diff --git a/xmodel/converters.py b/xmodel/converters.py
index 137dff7..77e867b 100644
--- a/xmodel/converters.py
+++ b/xmodel/converters.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import uuid
+from uuid import UUID
 
 import ciso8601
 
@@ -249,6 +249,33 @@ def convert_decimal(
     return Decimal(value)
 
 
+def convert_uuid(
+    api,
+    direction: Direction,
+    field: Field,
+    value: Any,
+):
+    if value is None or value is Null:
+        return value
+
+    if direction is Direction.to_json:
+        # Convert UUID object into a str.
+        return str(value)
+
+    if direction not in (Direction.to_model, Direction.from_json):
+        # We don't know the direction (new direct?)
+        raise XModelError(
+            f"Unknown direction ({direction}), can't convert value ({value}); "
+            f"is this a new direction I need to handle?"
+        )
+
+    # Going into model, return a UUID.
+    if isinstance(value, UUID):
+        return value
+
+    return UUID(value)
+
+
 DEFAULT_CONVERTERS: Dict[Type, Converter] = {
     Decimal: convert_decimal,
     dt.date: convert_json_date,
@@ -257,5 +284,5 @@ def convert_decimal(
     float: ConvertBasicType(basic_type=float),
     str: ConvertBasicType(basic_type=str),
     bool: ConvertBasicBool(),
-    uuid.UUID: ConvertBasicType(basic_type=str),
+    UUID: convert_uuid,
 }
diff --git a/xmodel/remote/api.py b/xmodel/remote/api.py
index ac9e491..88c6da8 100644
--- a/xmodel/remote/api.py
+++ b/xmodel/remote/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import dataclasses
-import uuid
+from uuid import UUID
 from decimal import Decimal
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import (
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ def response_state(self) -> ResponseState[M]:
     def get_via_id(
             self,
             id: Union[
-                Union[int, str],
-                List[Union[int, str]],
-                Dict[str, Union[str, int]],
-                List[Dict[str, Union[str, int]]],
+                    int | str | UUID,
+                    List[int | str | UUID],
+                    Dict[str, str | int | UUID],
+                    List[Dict[str, str | int | UUID]],
             ],
             fields: FieldNames = Default,
             id_field: str = None,
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def get_via_id(
         value_type = type(id)
 
         # Treat a Decimal as a string for the purposes of querying for it.
-        if type(id) in (Decimal, uuid.UUID):
+        if type(id) in (Decimal, UUID):
             id = str(id)
             value_type = str