diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e3ceddf2348..9f0937fbfa6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mstoykov/atlas v0.0.0-20220811071828-388f114305dd
 	github.com/mstoykov/envconfig v1.5.0
 	github.com/mstoykov/k6-taskqueue-lib v0.1.3
-	github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid v0.0.0-20131221200532-179d4d0c4d8d
 	github.com/serenize/snaker v0.0.0-20201027110005-a7ad2135616e
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.1.2
@@ -67,13 +66,12 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
-require github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.2 // indirect
-
 require (
 	buf.build/gen/go/gogo/protobuf/protocolbuffers/go v1.36.5-20210810001428-4df00b267f94.1 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bufbuild/protocompile v0.14.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/chromedp/sysutil v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
@@ -87,6 +85,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid v0.0.0-20131221200532-179d4d0c4d8d // indirect
 	github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.11 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210911075715-681adbf594b8 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/lib/netext/httpext/httpdebug_transport.go b/lib/netext/httpext/httpdebug_transport.go
index f242dfcd9a3..79da128132d 100644
--- a/lib/netext/httpext/httpdebug_transport.go
+++ b/lib/netext/httpext/httpdebug_transport.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 
-	uuid "github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ type httpDebugTransport struct {
 //   - https://github.com/k6io/k6/issues/1042
 //   - https://github.com/k6io/k6/issues/774
 func (t httpDebugTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	id, _ := uuid.NewV4()
-	t.debugRequest(req, id.String())
+	id := uuid.NewString()
+	t.debugRequest(req, id)
 	resp, err := t.originalTransport.RoundTrip(req)
-	t.debugResponse(resp, id.String())
+	t.debugResponse(resp, id)
 	return resp, err
 }