diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ddbdf3d3a..e4cc0e3f5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0
 	github.com/go-stomp/stomp v2.1.4+incompatible
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3
-	github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.3.1+incompatible
+	github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.0.0
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.4.2
 	github.com/golang/geo v0.0.0-20190916061304-5b978397cfec
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/goburrow/modbus v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/goburrow/serial v0.1.1-0.20211022031912-bfb69110f8dd // indirect
 	github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20190726142602-4481cbc300e2 // indirect
+	github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.2.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/golang-sql/civil v0.0.0-20190719163853-cb61b32ac6fe // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 03c249211..1a3a79326 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1152,9 +1152,10 @@ github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.6/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5x
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.0/go.mod h1:F1TvTiK9OcQqauNUHlbJvyl9Qa1QvF/gOUDKA14jxHU=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.3.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
+github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.2.0+incompatible h1:yyYWMnhkhrKwwr8gAOcOCYxOOscHgDS9yZgBrnJfGa0=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
-github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.3.1+incompatible h1:0/KbAdpx3UXAx1kEOWHJeOkpbgRFGHVgv+CFIY7dBJI=
-github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.3.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
+github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.0.0 h1:p544++a97kEL+svbcFbCQVM9KFu0Yo25UoISXGNNH9M=
+github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.0.0/go.mod h1:CDOjlDMVAtN56jqyRUZh58JT31Tiw7/oQyEXZV+9bD8=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.1.0/go.mod h1:gf4bu3Q80BeJ6H1S1vYPm8/ELATdvryBaNFGgqEef3s=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Njal3psf3qN6dwBtQfUmBZh2ybovJ0tlu3o/AC7HYjU=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.0/go.mod h1:5YRNX2z1oM5gXdAkurHa942MDgEJyk02w4OecKY87+c=
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
index 41d2438e5..a94dfa7d5 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
+	"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
index 10f86a124..267193a7f 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
+	"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/kafka"
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
index 79271dd1f..a7b826e37 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis/types"
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
+	"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	internalaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/aws"
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis_test.go b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis_test.go
index 33b141bae..2dc8f4a6d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kinesis/kinesis_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis/types"
-	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
+	"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"