diff --git a/.licenses/npm/uuid-9.0.0.dep.yml b/.licenses/npm/uuid-9.0.0.dep.yml
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diff --git a/src/distributions/base-distribution.ts b/src/distributions/base-distribution.ts
index bd872ba3..edac6b9b 100644
--- a/src/distributions/base-distribution.ts
+++ b/src/distributions/base-distribution.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {v4 as uuidv4} from 'uuid';
 import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache';
 import * as hc from '@actions/http-client';
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
@@ -166,9 +167,8 @@ export default abstract class BaseDistribution {
     const initialUrl = this.getDistributionUrl();
     const osArch: string = this.translateArchToDistUrl(arch);
 
-    // Create temporary folder to download in to
-    const tempDownloadFolder: string =
-      'temp_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 2000000000);
+    // Create temporary folder to download to
+    const tempDownloadFolder = `temp_${uuidv4()}`;
     const tempDirectory = process.env['RUNNER_TEMP'] || '';
     assert.ok(tempDirectory, 'Expected RUNNER_TEMP to be defined');
     const tempDir: string = path.join(tempDirectory, tempDownloadFolder);