diff --git a/frontend_server_common/lib/src/frontend_server_client.dart b/frontend_server_common/lib/src/frontend_server_client.dart
index 6576a0b43..b517dfe8c 100644
--- a/frontend_server_common/lib/src/frontend_server_client.dart
+++ b/frontend_server_common/lib/src/frontend_server_client.dart
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import 'package:dwds/expression_compiler.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'package:package_config/package_config.dart';
 import 'package:test_common/test_sdk_layout.dart';
-import 'package:usage/uuid/uuid.dart';
+import 'package:uuid/uuid.dart';
 
 import 'utilities.dart';
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ class ResidentCompiler {
     }
     var server = _server!;
 
-    var inputKey = Uuid().generateV4();
+    var inputKey = const Uuid().v4();
     server.stdin.writeln('recompile $mainUri$inputKey');
     _logger.info('<- recompile $mainUri$inputKey');
     for (var fileUri in request.invalidatedFiles) {
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class ResidentCompiler {
     }
     var server = _server!;
 
-    var inputKey = Uuid().generateV4();
+    var inputKey = const Uuid().v4();
     server.stdin.writeln('compile-expression $inputKey');
     server.stdin.writeln(request.expression);
     request.definitions.forEach(server.stdin.writeln);
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ class ResidentCompiler {
     }
     var server = _server!;
 
-    var inputKey = Uuid().generateV4();
+    var inputKey = const Uuid().v4();
     server.stdin.writeln('compile-expression-to-js $inputKey');
     server.stdin.writeln(request.libraryUri);
     server.stdin.writeln(request.line);
diff --git a/frontend_server_common/pubspec.yaml b/frontend_server_common/pubspec.yaml
index 22e6c31f6..d4bb1dc64 100644
--- a/frontend_server_common/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/frontend_server_common/pubspec.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ dependencies:
   pub_semver: ^2.1.1
   test_common:
     path: ../test_common
-  usage: ^4.0.0
+  uuid: ^3.0.7