diff --git a/context/context.go b/context/context.go
index c3fe90f9f..23f93e0bc 100644
--- a/context/context.go
+++ b/context/context.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 // instanceContext is a context that provides only an instance id. It is
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (ic *instanceContext) Value(key interface{}) interface{} {
 			// call a random generator from the package initialization
 			// code. For various reasons random could not be available
 			// https://github.com/distribution/distribution/issues/782
-			ic.id = uuid.Generate().String()
+			ic.id = uuid.NewString()
 		})
 		return ic.id
 	}
diff --git a/context/http.go b/context/http.go
index f0e5fd518..bcdf29658 100644
--- a/context/http.go
+++ b/context/http.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func WithRequest(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request) context.Context {
 	return &httpRequestContext{
 		Context:   ctx,
 		startedAt: time.Now(),
-		id:        uuid.Generate().String(),
+		id:        uuid.NewString(),
 		r:         r,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/context/trace.go b/context/trace.go
index 8fdb0a93a..2e169f0c5 100644
--- a/context/trace.go
+++ b/context/trace.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 // WithTrace allocates a traced timing span in a new context. This allows a
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func WithTrace(ctx context.Context) (context.Context, func(format string, a ...i
 	f := runtime.FuncForPC(pc)
 	ctx = &traced{
 		Context: ctx,
-		id:      uuid.Generate().String(),
+		id:      uuid.NewString(),
 		start:   time.Now(),
 		parent:  GetStringValue(ctx, "trace.id"),
 		fnname:  f.Name(),
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7da6e4416..b32650d65 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-events v0.0.0-20190806004212-e31b211e4f1c
 	github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.0.1
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.0
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/arc/v2 v2.0.5
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.5 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/client/repository_test.go b/internal/client/repository_test.go
index 16c14ad2b..b6f4d224c 100644
--- a/internal/client/repository_test.go
+++ b/internal/client/repository_test.go
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/context"
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/manifest"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/manifest/ocischema"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/api/errcode"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/testutil"
 	"github.com/distribution/reference"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	v1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func TestBlobServeBlobHEAD(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBlobResume(t *testing.T) {
 	dgst, b1 := newRandomBlob(1024)
-	id := uuid.Generate().String()
+	id := uuid.NewString()
 	var m testutil.RequestResponseMap
 	repo, _ := reference.WithName("test.example.com/repo1")
 	m = append(m, testutil.RequestResponseMapping{
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ func TestBlobUploadChunked(t *testing.T) {
 		b1[513:1024],
 	}
 	repo, _ := reference.WithName("test.example.com/uploadrepo")
-	uuids := []string{uuid.Generate().String()}
+	uuids := []string{uuid.NewString()}
 	m = append(m, testutil.RequestResponseMapping{
 		Request: testutil.Request{
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ func TestBlobUploadChunked(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	offset := 0
 	for i, chunk := range chunks {
-		uuids = append(uuids, uuid.Generate().String())
+		uuids = append(uuids, uuid.NewString())
 		newOffset := offset + len(chunk)
 		m = append(m, testutil.RequestResponseMapping{
 			Request: testutil.Request{
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ func TestBlobUploadMonolithic(t *testing.T) {
 	dgst, b1 := newRandomBlob(1024)
 	var m testutil.RequestResponseMap
 	repo, _ := reference.WithName("test.example.com/uploadrepo")
-	uploadID := uuid.Generate().String()
+	uploadID := uuid.NewString()
 	m = append(m, testutil.RequestResponseMapping{
 		Request: testutil.Request{
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ func TestBlobUploadMonolithicDockerUploadUUIDFromURL(t *testing.T) {
 	dgst, b1 := newRandomBlob(1024)
 	var m testutil.RequestResponseMap
 	repo, _ := reference.WithName("test.example.com/uploadrepo")
-	uploadID := uuid.Generate().String()
+	uploadID := uuid.NewString()
 	m = append(m, testutil.RequestResponseMapping{
 		Request: testutil.Request{
 			Method: http.MethodPost,
diff --git a/notifications/bridge.go b/notifications/bridge.go
index de95907c5..e63aab65b 100644
--- a/notifications/bridge.go
+++ b/notifications/bridge.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/context"
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
 	"github.com/distribution/reference"
 	events "github.com/docker/go-events"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 )
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (b *bridge) createEvent(action string) *Event {
 // createEvent returns a new event, timestamped, with the specified action.
 func createEvent(action string) *Event {
 	return &Event{
-		ID:        uuid.Generate().String(),
+		ID:        uuid.NewString(),
 		Timestamp: time.Now(),
 		Action:    action,
 	}
diff --git a/notifications/bridge_test.go b/notifications/bridge_test.go
index 0c10ec049..dba10f274 100644
--- a/notifications/bridge_test.go
+++ b/notifications/bridge_test.go
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3"
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/manifest"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/manifest/schema2"
 	v2 "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/api/v2"
 	"github.com/distribution/reference"
 	events "github.com/docker/go-events"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	v1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 	repo   = "test/repo"
 	source = SourceRecord{
 		Addr:       "remote.test",
-		InstanceID: uuid.Generate().String(),
+		InstanceID: uuid.NewString(),
 	}
 	ub = mustUB(v2.NewURLBuilderFromString("http://test.example.com/", false))
 
diff --git a/registry/registry.go b/registry/registry.go
index 0f0bb6f2e..98a29eeda 100644
--- a/registry/registry.go
+++ b/registry/registry.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/configuration"
 	dcontext "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/context"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/health"
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/handlers"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/listener"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/version"
@@ -136,10 +135,6 @@ func NewRegistry(ctx context.Context, config *configuration.Configuration) (*Reg
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error configuring logger: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// inject a logger into the uuid library. warns us if there is a problem
-	// with uuid generation under low entropy.
-	uuid.Loggerf = dcontext.GetLogger(ctx).Warnf
-
 	app := handlers.NewApp(ctx, config)
 	// TODO(aaronl): The global scope of the health checks means NewRegistry
 	// can only be called once per process.
diff --git a/registry/storage/linkedblobstore.go b/registry/storage/linkedblobstore.go
index 31444f642..392d39b06 100644
--- a/registry/storage/linkedblobstore.go
+++ b/registry/storage/linkedblobstore.go
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3"
 	dcontext "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/context"
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver"
 	"github.com/distribution/reference"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 )
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (lbs *linkedBlobStore) Create(ctx context.Context, options ...distribution.
 		}
 	}
 
-	uuid := uuid.Generate().String()
+	uuid := uuid.NewString()
 	startedAt := time.Now().UTC()
 
 	path, err := pathFor(uploadDataPathSpec{
diff --git a/registry/storage/purgeuploads.go b/registry/storage/purgeuploads.go
index f9bb4447c..e1a876e7f 100644
--- a/registry/storage/purgeuploads.go
+++ b/registry/storage/purgeuploads.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
 	storageDriver "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
diff --git a/registry/storage/purgeuploads_test.go b/registry/storage/purgeuploads_test.go
index fe401cfa1..93aa8a95e 100644
--- a/registry/storage/purgeuploads_test.go
+++ b/registry/storage/purgeuploads_test.go
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/internal/uuid"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver"
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver/inmemory"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
 func testUploadFS(t *testing.T, numUploads int, repoName string, startedAt time.Time) (driver.StorageDriver, context.Context) {
 	d := inmemory.New()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	for i := 0; i < numUploads; i++ {
-		addUploads(ctx, t, d, uuid.Generate().String(), repoName, startedAt)
+		addUploads(ctx, t, d, uuid.NewString(), repoName, startedAt)
 	}
 	return d, ctx
 }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestPurgeAll(t *testing.T) {
 	fs, ctx := testUploadFS(t, uploadCount, "test-repo", oneHourAgo)
 
 	// Ensure > 1 repos are purged
-	addUploads(ctx, t, fs, uuid.Generate().String(), "test-repo2", oneHourAgo)
+	addUploads(ctx, t, fs, uuid.NewString(), "test-repo2", oneHourAgo)
 	uploadCount++
 
 	deleted, errs := PurgeUploads(ctx, fs, time.Now(), true)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestPurgeSome(t *testing.T) {
 	newUploadCount := 4
 
 	for i := 0; i < newUploadCount; i++ {
-		addUploads(ctx, t, fs, uuid.Generate().String(), "test-repo", time.Now().Add(1*time.Hour))
+		addUploads(ctx, t, fs, uuid.NewString(), "test-repo", time.Now().Add(1*time.Hour))
 	}
 
 	deleted, errs := PurgeUploads(ctx, fs, time.Now(), true)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestPurgeOnlyUploads(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Create a directory tree outside _uploads and ensure
 	// these files aren't deleted.
-	dataPath, err := pathFor(uploadDataPathSpec{name: "test-repo", id: uuid.Generate().String()})
+	dataPath, err := pathFor(uploadDataPathSpec{name: "test-repo", id: uuid.NewString()})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
 	}