diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 22e6ed9e..6dae1172 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jlaffaye/ftp v0.2.0
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9
 	github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v2 v2.1.1
-	github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3 v3.0.7
+	github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.23
 	github.com/mhale/smtpd v0.8.3
 	github.com/minio/sio v0.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d0f4a351..41f8829d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.8/go.mod h1:6iNWHTpQ+nfNRN5E00MSdfDwVesa8hhS32PhPO
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 h1:El6M4kTTCOh6aBiKaUGG7oYTSPP8MxqL4YI3kZKwcP4=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510/go.mod h1:pupxD2MaaD3pAXIBCelhxNneeOaAeabZDe5s4K6zSpQ=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/wire v0.6.0 h1:HBkoIh4BdSxoyo9PveV8giw7ZsaBOvzWKfcg/6MrVwI=
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ github.com/lestrrat-go/option v1.0.1 h1:oAzP2fvZGQKWkvHa1/SAcFolBEca1oN+mQ7eooNB
 github.com/lestrrat-go/option v1.0.1/go.mod h1:5ZHFbivi4xwXxhxY9XHDe2FHo6/Z7WWmtT7T5nBBp3I=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
-github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3 v3.0.7 h1:trX0KTHy4Pbwo/6ia8fscyHoGA+mf1jWbPJVuvyJQQ8=
-github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3 v3.0.7/go.mod h1:vMk8ke37EmiewwolSO1NLW8vP4ZaKlRuDIi8tWWmAts=
+github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4 v4.0.0 h1:QRbbVkfgNippHOS8PXDkti4NaWeyYfcBTHtw7k08o4c=
+github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:Zs8puNcrvf2rV9rTH51ZLLcj7ZXqQI3lv67aw4KiB1Y=
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20240819163618-b1d8f4d146e7 h1:5RK988zAqB3/AN3opGfRpoQgAVqr6/A5+qRTi67VUZY=
 github.com/lufia/plan9stats v0.0.0-20240819163618-b1d8f4d146e7/go.mod h1:ilwx/Dta8jXAgpFYFvSWEMwxmbWXyiUHkd5FwyKhb5k=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 h1:IeQXZAiQcpL9mgcAe1Nu6cX9LLw6ExEHKjN0VQdvPDY=
diff --git a/internal/common/actions_test.go b/internal/common/actions_test.go
index 28eea408..87b168f6 100644
--- a/internal/common/actions_test.go
+++ b/internal/common/actions_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3"
+	"github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4"
 	"github.com/rs/xid"
 	"github.com/sftpgo/sdk"
 	"github.com/sftpgo/sdk/plugin/notifier"
diff --git a/internal/httpd/httpd_test.go b/internal/httpd/httpd_test.go
index fc43b71d..29534d59 100644
--- a/internal/httpd/httpd_test.go
+++ b/internal/httpd/httpd_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-chi/render"
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
-	"github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3"
+	"github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 	"github.com/mhale/smtpd"
 	"github.com/pquerna/otp"
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
index 3de95b1f..30d0bd09 100644
--- a/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
-	"github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v3"
+	"github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4"
 	"github.com/rs/xid"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ func GenerateRandomBytes(length int) []byte {
 	return b[:length]
 }
 
-// GenerateUniqueID retuens an unique ID
+// GenerateUniqueID returns an unique ID
 func GenerateUniqueID() string {
 	u, err := uuid.NewRandom()
 	if err != nil {