diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f468f0206..5c7d39160a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "tsx": "^4.19.1",
     "typescript": "~5.3.3",
-    "uuid": "^11.0.3",
     "vite": "^4.3.9"
   },
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.4.1",
diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/package.json b/packages/snaps-controllers/package.json
index d9c65588d7..b865a31ac0 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/package.json
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/package.json
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@
     "readable-stream": "^3.6.2",
     "readable-web-to-node-stream": "^3.0.2",
     "semver": "^7.5.4",
-    "tar-stream": "^3.1.7",
-    "uuid": "^11.0.3"
+    "tar-stream": "^3.1.7"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@esbuild-plugins/node-globals-polyfill": "^0.2.3",
diff --git a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/cronjob/CronjobController.ts b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/cronjob/CronjobController.ts
index ce2333db7e..d5be331285 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-controllers/src/cronjob/CronjobController.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-controllers/src/cronjob/CronjobController.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from '@metamask/snaps-utils';
 import { assert, Duration, hasProperty, inMilliseconds } from '@metamask/utils';
 import { castDraft } from 'immer';
-import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 
 import type {
   GetAllSnaps,
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ export class CronjobController extends BaseController<
    * @returns An id.
    */
   private generateBackgroundEventId(): string {
-    const id = uuid();
+    const id = nanoid();
     if (this.state.events[id]) {
       this.generateBackgroundEventId();
     }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ebc52fd346..23ea3b58d6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5783,7 +5783,6 @@ __metadata:
     tar-stream: "npm:^3.1.7"
     ts-node: "npm:^10.9.1"
     typescript: "npm:~5.3.3"
-    uuid: "npm:^11.0.3"
     vite: "npm:^4.3.9"
     vite-tsconfig-paths: "npm:^4.0.5"
     wdio-chromedriver-service: "npm:^8.1.1"
@@ -20523,7 +20522,6 @@ __metadata:
     ts-node: "npm:^10.9.1"
     tsx: "npm:^4.19.1"
     typescript: "npm:~5.3.3"
-    uuid: "npm:^11.0.3"
     vite: "npm:^4.3.9"
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -22673,15 +22671,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"uuid@npm:^11.0.3":
-  version: 11.0.3
-  resolution: "uuid@npm:11.0.3"
-  bin:
-    uuid: dist/esm/bin/uuid
-  checksum: 10/251385563195709eb0697c74a834764eef28e1656d61174e35edbd129288acb4d95a43f4ce8a77b8c2fc128e2b55924296a0945f964b05b9173469d045625ff2
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "uuid@npm:^8.3.2":
   version: 8.3.2
   resolution: "uuid@npm:8.3.2"