diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/check_in_event.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/check_in_event.rb
index 91ae17dc3..758b2432c 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/check_in_event.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/check_in_event.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require "securerandom"
 require "sentry/cron/monitor_config"
+require "sentry/utils/uuid"
 
 module Sentry
   class CheckInEvent < Event
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ def initialize(
       self.status = status
       self.duration = duration
       self.monitor_config = monitor_config
-      self.check_in_id = check_in_id || SecureRandom.uuid.delete("-")
+      self.check_in_id = check_in_id || Utils.uuid
     end
 
     # @return [Hash]
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/event.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/event.rb
index 154452599..d9ad89d44 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/event.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/event.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 require "sentry/utils/real_ip"
 require "sentry/utils/request_id"
 require "sentry/utils/custom_inspection"
+require "sentry/utils/uuid"
 
 module Sentry
   # This is an abstract class that defines the shared attributes of an event.
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ class Event
     # @param message [String, nil]
     def initialize(configuration:, integration_meta: nil, message: nil)
       # Set some simple default values
-      @event_id      = SecureRandom.uuid.delete("-")
+      @event_id      = Utils.uuid
       @timestamp     = Sentry.utc_now.iso8601
       @platform      = :ruby
       @type          = self.class::TYPE
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/profiler.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/profiler.rb
index d81e46024..b1fbaf39b 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/profiler.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/profiler.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require "securerandom"
 require_relative "profiler/helpers"
+require "sentry/utils/uuid"
 
 module Sentry
   class Profiler
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ class Profiler
     attr_reader :sampled, :started, :event_id
 
     def initialize(configuration)
-      @event_id = SecureRandom.uuid.delete("-")
+      @event_id = Utils.uuid
       @started = false
       @sampled = nil
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/propagation_context.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/propagation_context.rb
index 4112689ff..9fb847dbc 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/propagation_context.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/propagation_context.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require "securerandom"
 require "sentry/baggage"
+require "sentry/utils/uuid"
 
 module Sentry
   class PropagationContext
@@ -66,8 +67,8 @@ def initialize(scope, env = nil)
         end
       end
 
-      @trace_id ||= SecureRandom.uuid.delete("-")
-      @span_id = SecureRandom.uuid.delete("-").slice(0, 16)
+      @trace_id ||= Utils.uuid
+      @span_id = Utils.uuid.slice(0, 16)
     end
 
     # Extract the trace_id, parent_span_id and parent_sampled values from a sentry-trace header.
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/span.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/span.rb
index 256d8bd2f..3d13805a5 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/span.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/span.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require "securerandom"
 require "sentry/metrics/local_aggregator"
+require "sentry/utils/uuid"
 
 module Sentry
   class Span
@@ -127,8 +128,8 @@ def initialize(
       timestamp: nil,
       origin: nil
     )
-      @trace_id = trace_id || SecureRandom.uuid.delete("-")
-      @span_id = span_id || SecureRandom.uuid.delete("-").slice(0, 16)
+      @trace_id = trace_id || Utils.uuid
+      @span_id = span_id || Utils.uuid.slice(0, 16)
       @parent_span_id = parent_span_id
       @sampled = sampled
       @start_timestamp = start_timestamp || Sentry.utc_now.to_f
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/uuid.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/uuid.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfd23d7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/utils/uuid.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "securerandom"
+
+module Sentry
+  module Utils
+    DELIMITER = "-"
+
+    def self.uuid
+      SecureRandom.uuid.delete(DELIMITER)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/vernier/profiler.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/vernier/profiler.rb
index 2818ae8d5..77f42a36a 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/vernier/profiler.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/vernier/profiler.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require "securerandom"
 require_relative "../profiler/helpers"
 require_relative "output"
+require "sentry/utils/uuid"
 
 module Sentry
   module Vernier
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ class Profiler
       attr_reader :started, :event_id, :result
 
       def initialize(configuration)
-        @event_id = SecureRandom.uuid.delete("-")
+        @event_id = Utils.uuid
 
         @started = false
         @sampled = nil