diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fcfdcf85..92ccc900 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "uvicorn>=0.27.0",
     "uvloop>=0.19.0",
     "httptools>=0.7.1",
-    "uuid>=1.30",
-    "uuid6>=2024.1.12",
     "alembic>=1.13.1",
     "asyncpg>=0.29.0",
     "SQLAlchemy-Utils>=0.41.1",
diff --git a/src/app/core/db/models.py b/src/app/core/db/models.py
index 0ade95ff..67e290db 100644
--- a/src/app/core/db/models.py
+++ b/src/app/core/db/models.py
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
 from sqlalchemy import Boolean, DateTime, text
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import UUID
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
-from uuid6 import uuid7
 
 
 class UUIDMixin:
     uuid: Mapped[uuid_pkg.UUID] = mapped_column(
-        UUID(as_uuid=True), primary_key=True, default=uuid7, server_default=text("gen_random_uuid()")
+        UUID(as_uuid=True), primary_key=True, default=uuid_pkg.uuid4, server_default=text("gen_random_uuid()")
     )
 
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/schemas.py b/src/app/core/schemas.py
index 9566aa52..c1c0d73a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/schemas.py
+++ b/src/app/core/schemas.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_serializer
-from uuid6 import uuid7
 
 
 class HealthCheck(BaseModel):
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ class ReadyCheck(BaseModel):
 
 # -------------- mixins --------------
 class UUIDSchema(BaseModel):
-    uuid: uuid_pkg.UUID = Field(default_factory=uuid7)
+    uuid: uuid_pkg.UUID = Field(default_factory=uuid_pkg.uuid4)
 
 
 class TimestampSchema(BaseModel):
diff --git a/src/app/models/post.py b/src/app/models/post.py
index 032e9ca9..57ae0a9a 100644
--- a/src/app/models/post.py
+++ b/src/app/models/post.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from sqlalchemy import UUID, DateTime, ForeignKey, String
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
-from uuid6 import uuid7
 
 from ..core.db.database import Base
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ class Post(Base):
     created_by_user_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(ForeignKey("user.id"), index=True)
     title: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(30))
     text: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(63206))
-    uuid: Mapped[uuid_pkg.UUID] = mapped_column(UUID(as_uuid=True), default_factory=uuid7, unique=True)
+    uuid: Mapped[uuid_pkg.UUID] = mapped_column(UUID(as_uuid=True), default_factory=uuid_pkg.uuid4, unique=True)
     media_url: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String, default=None)
 
     created_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), default_factory=lambda: datetime.now(UTC))
diff --git a/src/app/models/user.py b/src/app/models/user.py
index 07cca2d8..5298a3f9 100644
--- a/src/app/models/user.py
+++ b/src/app/models/user.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from sqlalchemy import DateTime, ForeignKey, String
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import UUID
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
-from uuid6 import uuid7
 
 from ..core.db.database import Base
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ class User(Base):
     hashed_password: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String)
 
     profile_image_url: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String, default="https://profileimageurl.com")
-    uuid: Mapped[uuid_pkg.UUID] = mapped_column(UUID(as_uuid=True), default_factory=uuid7, unique=True)
+    uuid: Mapped[uuid_pkg.UUID] = mapped_column(UUID(as_uuid=True), default_factory=uuid_pkg.uuid4, unique=True)
     created_at: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), default_factory=lambda: datetime.now(UTC))
     updated_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), default=None)
     deleted_at: Mapped[datetime | None] = mapped_column(DateTime(timezone=True), default=None)
diff --git a/src/scripts/create_first_superuser.py b/src/scripts/create_first_superuser.py
index baf58af6..a436cbc3 100644
--- a/src/scripts/create_first_superuser.py
+++ b/src/scripts/create_first_superuser.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
+import uuid
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 from sqlalchemy import Boolean, Column, DateTime, ForeignKey, Integer, MetaData, String, Table, insert, select
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import UUID
-from uuid6 import uuid7  # 126
 
 from ..app.core.config import settings
 from ..app.core.db.database import AsyncSession, async_engine, local_session
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async def create_first_user(session: AsyncSession) -> None:
                 Column("email", String(50), nullable=False, unique=True, index=True),
                 Column("hashed_password", String, nullable=False),
                 Column("profile_image_url", String, default="https://profileimageurl.com"),
-                Column("uuid", UUID(as_uuid=True), default=uuid7, unique=True),
+                Column("uuid", UUID(as_uuid=True), default=uuid.uuid4, unique=True),
                 Column("created_at", DateTime(timezone=True), default=lambda: datetime.now(UTC), nullable=False),
                 Column("updated_at", DateTime),
                 Column("deleted_at", DateTime),
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 22038f1b..935cef91 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ def sample_user_data():
 @pytest.fixture
 def sample_user_read():
     """Generate a sample UserRead object."""
-    from uuid6 import uuid7
+    import uuid
 
     from src.app.schemas.user import UserRead
 
     return UserRead(
         id=1,
-        uuid=uuid7(),
+        uuid=uuid.uuid4(),
         name=fake.name(),
         username=fake.user_name(),
         email=fake.email(),
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 10c85d61..5295439d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -405,8 +405,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "sqlalchemy" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy-utils" },
     { name = "structlog" },
-    { name = "uuid" },
-    { name = "uuid6" },
     { name = "uvicorn" },
     { name = "uvloop" },
 ]
@@ -459,8 +457,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "sqlalchemy-utils", specifier = ">=0.41.1" },
     { name = "structlog", specifier = ">=25.1.0,<=25.5.0" },
     { name = "types-redis", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=4.6.0" },
-    { name = "uuid", specifier = ">=1.30" },
-    { name = "uuid6", specifier = ">=2024.1.12" },
     { name = "uvicorn", specifier = ">=0.27.0" },
     { name = "uvloop", specifier = ">=0.19.0" },
 ]
@@ -1500,21 +1496,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8f/1c/20bb3d7b2bad56d881e3704131ddedbb16eb787101306887dff349064662/user_agents-2.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a98c4dc72ecbc64812c4534108806fb0a0b3a11ec3fd1eafe807cee5b0a942e7", size = 9614, upload-time = "2020-08-23T06:01:54.047Z" },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "uuid"
-version = "1.30"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ce/63/f42f5aa951ebf2c8dac81f77a8edcc1c218640a2a35a03b9ff2d4aa64c3d/uuid-1.30.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1f87cc004ac5120466f36c5beae48b4c48cc411968eed0eaecd3da82aa96193f", size = 5811, upload-time = "2007-05-26T11:13:24Z" }
-
-[[package]]
-name = "uuid6"
-version = "2025.0.1"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ca/b7/4c0f736ca824b3a25b15e8213d1bcfc15f8ac2ae48d1b445b310892dc4da/uuid6-2025.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cd0af94fa428675a44e32c5319ec5a3485225ba2179eefcf4c3f205ae30a81bd", size = 13932, upload-time = "2025-07-04T18:30:35.186Z" }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3d/b2/93faaab7962e2aa8d6e174afb6f76be2ca0ce89fde14d3af835acebcaa59/uuid6-2025.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:80530ce4d02a93cdf82e7122ca0da3ebbbc269790ec1cb902481fa3e9cc9ff99", size = 6979, upload-time = "2025-07-04T18:30:34.001Z" },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "uvicorn"
 version = "0.34.3"