diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ca1e480..ff410cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ url = "2.5.8"
 fluent-uri = "0.3.2"
 idna = "1.1.0"
 percent-encoding = "2.3.2"
-uuid = { version = "1.20.0", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.20.0", features = ["v7", "serde"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.43", features = ["serde"] }
 json-pointer = "0.3.4"
 indexmap = { version = "2.13.0", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/src/merger/mod.rs b/src/merger/mod.rs
index cab224f..af14181 100644
--- a/src/merger/mod.rs
+++ b/src/merger/mod.rs
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ impl Merger {
         .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
         .unwrap_or("");
       let id_val = if entity_id.is_empty() {
-        Value::String(uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string())
+        Value::String(uuid::Uuid::now_v7().to_string())
       } else {
         Value::String(entity_id.to_string())
       };
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ impl Merger {
         Self::quote_literal(&old_val_obj),
         Self::quote_literal(&new_val_obj),
         Self::quote_literal(id_str),
-        Self::quote_literal(&Value::String(uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string())),
+        Self::quote_literal(&Value::String(uuid::Uuid::now_v7().to_string())),
         Self::quote_literal(&Value::String(change_kind.to_string())),
         Self::quote_literal(&Value::String(timestamp.to_string())),
         Self::quote_literal(&Value::String(user_id.to_string()))