diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9fe8e9f36..bbdef7fc1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v57 v57.0.0
 	github.com/google/tink/go v1.7.0
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0
 	github.com/gorilla/securecookie v1.1.2
 	github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3 v3.1.1
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
@@ -102,6 +101,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.4 // indirect
diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go
index 93aa24dc8..07b1eec2b 100644
--- a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/oklog/ulid/v2"
 
 	backend_types "go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2/pipeline/backend/types"
 	"go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2/pipeline/frontend/metadata"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 func (c *Compiler) createProcess(name string, container *yaml_types.Container, stepType backend_types.StepType) (*backend_types.Step, error) {
 	var (
-		uuid = uuid.New()
+		uuid = ulid.Make()
 
 		detached   bool
 		workingdir string
diff --git a/pipeline/pipeline.go b/pipeline/pipeline.go
index 4c0ef2106..9d620eb38 100644
--- a/pipeline/pipeline.go
+++ b/pipeline/pipeline.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/oklog/ulid/v2"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func New(spec *backend.Config, opts ...Option) *Runtime {
 	r.Description = map[string]string{}
 	r.spec = spec
 	r.ctx = context.Background()
-	r.taskUUID = uuid.New().String()
+	r.taskUUID = ulid.Make().String()
 	for _, opts := range opts {
 		opts(r)
 	}