diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d2bcc3e96d..1f8ad9ece2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.3
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20181106134648-c34317bd91bf
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.5
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.2.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 35cb463af0..5bbd30ba3d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.5 h1:kxhtnfFVi+rYdOALN0B3k9UT86zVJKfBimRaciULW4I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.5/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0 h1:qJYtXnJRWmpe7m/3XlyhrsLrEURqHRM2kxzoxXqyUDs=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+vpHVxEJEs9eg=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.0.0-20170729233727-0c5108395e2d/go.mod h1:sJBsCZ4ayReDTBIg8b9dl28c5xFWyhBTVRp3pOg5EKY=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/google/uuid/version4.go b/vendor/github.com/google/uuid/version4.go
index c110465db5..86160fbd07 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/google/uuid/version4.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/google/uuid/version4.go
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ func New() UUID {
 	return Must(NewRandom())
 }
 
+// NewString creates a new random UUID and returns it as a string or panics.
+// NewString is equivalent to the expression
+//
+//    uuid.New().String()
+func NewString() string {
+	return Must(NewRandom()).String()
+}
+
 // NewRandom returns a Random (Version 4) UUID.
 //
 // The strength of the UUIDs is based on the strength of the crypto/rand
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 79aca766d9..397ab70be7 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp
 github.com/google/gofuzz
 # github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20181106134648-c34317bd91bf
 github.com/google/shlex
-# github.com/google/uuid v1.1.5
+# github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0
 github.com/google/uuid
 # github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 github.com/gorilla/mux