diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0521d7e2e..91ff1cd69 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
 	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0 // indirect
 	github.com/ricochet2200/go-disk-usage/du v0.0.0-20210707232629-ac9918953285
-	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0
+	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76
 	github.com/segmentio/kafka-go v0.4.29
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.22.5
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5aca17ea4..b2d90ac34 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -979,8 +979,9 @@ github.com/ryanuber/columnize v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:sm1tb6uqfes/u+d4ooFo
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0/go.mod h1:807d1WSdnB0XRJzKNil9Om6lcp/3a0v4qIHxIXzX/Yc=
 github.com/samuel/go-zookeeper v0.0.0-20190923202752-2cc03de413da/go.mod h1:gi+0XIa01GRL2eRQVjQkKGqKF3SF9vZR/HnPullcV2E=
 github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5 v5.0.0/go.mod h1:FKdcjfQW6rpZSnxxUvEA5H/cDPdvJ/SZJQLWWXWGrZ0=
-github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0 h1:0uYX9dsZ2yD7q2RtLRtPSdGDWzjeM3TbMJP9utgA0ww=
 github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dA0hQrYB0VpLJoorglMZABFdXlWrHn1NEOzdhQKdks0=
+github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76 h1:ofyVTM1w4iyKwaQIlRR6Ip06mXXx5Cnz7a4mTGYq1hE=
+github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.1-0.20180404165556-75cca531ea76/go.mod h1:dA0hQrYB0VpLJoorglMZABFdXlWrHn1NEOzdhQKdks0=
 github.com/schollz/closestmatch v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:RtP1ddjLong6gTkbtmuhtR2uUrrJOpYzYRvbcPAid+g=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg65j358z/aeFdxmN0P9QXhEzd20vsDc=
 github.com/segmentio/kafka-go v0.4.29 h1:4ujULpikzHG0HqKhjumDghFjy/0RRCSl/7lbriwQAH0=
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index b5c1a15d1..fe53c98bd 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1319,7 +1319,11 @@ func (srv *Server) StartTransaction(ctx context.Context, id string, timeout time
 
 	// empty string id should generate an id
 	if id == "" {
-		id = uuid.NewV4().String()
+		uid, err := uuid.NewV4()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating id")
+		}
+		id = uid.String()
 	}
 	trns, err := srv.holder.StartTransaction(ctx, id, timeout, exclusive)
 	if err != nil {