diff --git a/Blacklight/NZBImport.php b/Blacklight/NZBImport.php
index a2a6b1cfe..034752ee1 100755
--- a/Blacklight/NZBImport.php
+++ b/Blacklight/NZBImport.php
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class NZBImport
     protected function insertNZB($nzbDetails): bool
     {
         // Make up a GUID for the release.
-        $this->relGuid = createGUID();
+        $this->relGuid = Str::uuid()->toString();
 
         // Remove part count from subject.
         $partLess = preg_replace('/(\(\d+\/\d+\))*$/', 'yEnc', $nzbDetails['subject']);
diff --git a/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php b/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php
index cff7eba1a..561caa7f3 100755
--- a/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php
+++ b/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class ProcessReleases
                         'searchname' => $searchName,
                         'totalpart' => $collection->totalfiles,
                         'groups_id' => $collection->groups_id,
-                        'guid' => createGUID(),
+                        'guid' => Str::uuid()->toString(),
                         'postdate' => $collection->date,
                         'fromname' => $fromName,
                         'size' => $collection->filesize,
diff --git a/app/Extensions/helper/helpers.php b/app/Extensions/helper/helpers.php
index 479d42fbd..04fbcc4ee 100644
--- a/app/Extensions/helper/helpers.php
+++ b/app/Extensions/helper/helpers.php
@@ -137,20 +137,6 @@ if (! function_exists('getUserBrowseOrdering')) {
     }
 }
 
-if (! function_exists('createGUID')) {
-    /**
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    function createGUID(): string
-    {
-        $data = random_bytes(16);
-        $data[6] = \chr(\ord($data[6]) & 0x0F | 0x40);    // set version to 0100
-        $data[8] = \chr(\ord($data[8]) & 0x3F | 0x80);    // set bits 6-7 to 10
-
-        return vsprintf('%s%s-%s-%s-%s-%s%s%s', str_split(sodium_bin2hex($data), 4));
-    }
-}
-
 if (! function_exists('getSimilarName')) {
     /**
      * @param  string  $name