diff --git a/cmd/derper/depaware.txt b/cmd/derper/depaware.txt
index 0b6df2561..aafbac821 100644
--- a/cmd/derper/depaware.txt
+++ b/cmd/derper/depaware.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/derper dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/depawa
    L    github.com/google/nftables/expr                              from github.com/google/nftables+
    L    github.com/google/nftables/internal/parseexprfunc            from github.com/google/nftables+
    L    github.com/google/nftables/xt                                from github.com/google/nftables/expr+
-        github.com/google/uuid                                       from tailscale.com/tsweb
+        github.com/google/uuid                                       from tailscale.com/util/fastuuid
         github.com/hdevalence/ed25519consensus                       from tailscale.com/tka
    L    github.com/josharian/native                                  from github.com/mdlayher/netlink+
    L 💣 github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink                              from tailscale.com/net/interfaces+
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/derper dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/depawa
         tailscale.com/util/ctxkey                                    from tailscale.com/tsweb+
    L 💣 tailscale.com/util/dirwalk                                   from tailscale.com/metrics
         tailscale.com/util/dnsname                                   from tailscale.com/hostinfo+
+        tailscale.com/util/fastuuid                                  from tailscale.com/tsweb
         tailscale.com/util/httpm                                     from tailscale.com/client/tailscale
         tailscale.com/util/lineread                                  from tailscale.com/hostinfo+
    L    tailscale.com/util/linuxfw                                   from tailscale.com/net/netns
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/derper dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/depawa
         math/big                                                     from crypto/dsa+
         math/bits                                                    from compress/flate+
         math/rand                                                    from github.com/mdlayher/netlink+
+        math/rand/v2                                                 from tailscale.com/util/fastuuid
         mime                                                         from github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt+
         mime/multipart                                               from net/http
         mime/quotedprintable                                         from mime/multipart
diff --git a/cmd/stund/depaware.txt b/cmd/stund/depaware.txt
index 09c39f3fc..b54ba8480 100644
--- a/cmd/stund/depaware.txt
+++ b/cmd/stund/depaware.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/stund dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/depawar
 
         github.com/beorn7/perks/quantile                             from github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus
      💣 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2                                 from github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus
-        github.com/google/uuid                                       from tailscale.com/tsweb
+        github.com/google/uuid                                       from tailscale.com/util/fastuuid
      💣 github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus               from tailscale.com/tsweb/promvarz
         github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/internal      from github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus
         github.com/prometheus/client_model/go                        from github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus+
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/stund dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/depawar
         tailscale.com/util/ctxkey                                    from tailscale.com/tsweb+
    L 💣 tailscale.com/util/dirwalk                                   from tailscale.com/metrics
         tailscale.com/util/dnsname                                   from tailscale.com/tailcfg
+        tailscale.com/util/fastuuid                                  from tailscale.com/tsweb
         tailscale.com/util/lineread                                  from tailscale.com/version/distro
         tailscale.com/util/nocasemaps                                from tailscale.com/types/ipproto
         tailscale.com/util/slicesx                                   from tailscale.com/tailcfg
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ tailscale.com/cmd/stund dependencies: (generated by github.com/tailscale/depawar
         math/big                                                     from crypto/dsa+
         math/bits                                                    from compress/flate+
         math/rand                                                    from math/big+
+        math/rand/v2                                                 from tailscale.com/util/fastuuid
         mime                                                         from github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt+
         mime/multipart                                               from net/http
         mime/quotedprintable                                         from mime/multipart
diff --git a/tsweb/request_id.go b/tsweb/request_id.go
index 2db9cb767..8516b8f72 100644
--- a/tsweb/request_id.go
+++ b/tsweb/request_id.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"tailscale.com/util/ctxkey"
+	"tailscale.com/util/fastuuid"
 )
 
 // RequestID is an opaque identifier for a HTTP request, used to correlate
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func GenerateRequestID() RequestID {
 	// REQ-1 indicates the version of the RequestID pattern. It is
 	// currently arbitrary but allows for forward compatible
 	// transitions if needed.
-	return RequestID("REQ-1" + uuid.NewString())
+	return RequestID("REQ-1" + fastuuid.NewUUID().String())
 }
 
 // SetRequestID is an HTTP middleware that injects a RequestID in the