diff --git a/packages/controllers/src/idCounter.ts b/packages/controllers/src/idCounter.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c4111e3025..0000000000
--- a/packages/controllers/src/idCounter.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-let id = 1;
-
-export const getId = () => {
-  id = id + 1;
-  return id;
-};
diff --git a/packages/controllers/src/plugins/PluginController.ts b/packages/controllers/src/plugins/PluginController.ts
index 8a1bd5e5ff..7192a31754 100644
--- a/packages/controllers/src/plugins/PluginController.ts
+++ b/packages/controllers/src/plugins/PluginController.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ import EventEmitter from '@metamask/safe-event-emitter';
 import { ethErrors, serializeError } from 'eth-rpc-errors';
 import { IOcapLdCapability } from 'rpc-cap/dist/src/@types/ocap-ld';
 import { IRequestedPermissions } from 'rpc-cap/dist/src/@types';
-import { JsonRpcResponse } from 'json-rpc-engine';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import {
   WorkerController,
   SetupWorkerConnection,
 } from '../workers/WorkerController';
-import { getId } from '../idCounter';
 import { INLINE_PLUGINS } from './inlinePlugins';
 
 export const PLUGIN_PREFIX = 'wallet_plugin_';
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ export interface Plugin extends SerializablePlugin {
 export type PluginRpcHook = (
   origin: string,
   request: Record<string, unknown>,
-) => Promise<JsonRpcResponse<unknown>>;
+) => Promise<unknown>;
 
 export type ProcessPluginReturnType =
   | SerializablePlugin
@@ -744,7 +743,7 @@ export class PluginController extends EventEmitter {
       request: Record<string, unknown>,
     ) => {
       return await this.workerController.command(workerId, {
-        id: getId(),
+        id: nanoid(),
         jsonrpc: '2.0',
         method: 'pluginRpc',
         params: {
diff --git a/packages/controllers/src/workers/WorkerController.ts b/packages/controllers/src/workers/WorkerController.ts
index a98575193f..05366530cc 100644
--- a/packages/controllers/src/workers/WorkerController.ts
+++ b/packages/controllers/src/workers/WorkerController.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ import { PluginData } from '@mm-snap/types';
 import {
   JsonRpcEngine,
   JsonRpcRequest,
-  JsonRpcResponse,
+  PendingJsonRpcResponse,
 } from 'json-rpc-engine';
 
-import { getId } from '../idCounter';
-
 export type SetupWorkerConnection = (metadata: any, stream: Duplex) => void;
 
 interface PluginWorkerMetadata {
@@ -82,7 +80,10 @@ export class WorkerController extends SafeEventEmitter {
     this.store.updateState({ workers: newWorkerState });
   }
 
-  async command(workerId: string, message: JsonRpcRequest<any>): Promise<unknown> {
+  async command(
+    workerId: string,
+    message: JsonRpcRequest<unknown>,
+  ): Promise<unknown> {
     if (typeof message !== 'object') {
       throw new Error('Must send object.');
     }
@@ -93,7 +94,9 @@ export class WorkerController extends SafeEventEmitter {
     }
 
     console.log('Parent: Sending Command', message);
-    const response: any = await workerObj.rpcEngine.handle(message);
+    const response: PendingJsonRpcResponse<unknown> = await workerObj.rpcEngine.handle(
+      message,
+    );
     if (response.error) {
       throw new Error(response.error.message);
     }
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ export class WorkerController extends SafeEventEmitter {
   async startPlugin(
     workerId: string,
     pluginData: PluginData,
-  ): Promise<JsonRpcResponse<any>> {
+  ): Promise<unknown> {
     const _workerId: string = workerId || this.workers.keys().next()?.value();
     if (!_workerId) {
       throw new Error('No workers available.');
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ export class WorkerController extends SafeEventEmitter {
       jsonrpc: '2.0',
       method: 'installPlugin',
       params: pluginData,
-      id: getId(),
+      id: nanoid(),
     });
   }
 
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ export class WorkerController extends SafeEventEmitter {
     await this.command(workerId, {
       jsonrpc: '2.0',
       method: 'ping',
-      id: getId(),
+      id: nanoid(),
     });
     return workerId;
   }
diff --git a/packages/workers/package.json b/packages/workers/package.json
index b83f8c21e8..8a915aceff 100644
--- a/packages/workers/package.json
+++ b/packages/workers/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "@types/pump": "^1.1.0",
     "@types/readable-stream": "^2.3.9",
     "browserify": "16.2.3",
+    "json-rpc-engine": "^6.1.0",
     "pump": "^3.0.0",
     "ses": "^0.11.0",
     "tinyify": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/workers/src/PluginWorker.ts b/packages/workers/src/PluginWorker.ts
index aec15cb63f..650f3bf491 100644
--- a/packages/workers/src/PluginWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/workers/src/PluginWorker.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import ObjectMultiplex from '@metamask/object-multiplex';
 import pump from 'pump';
 import { WorkerPostMessageStream } from '@metamask/post-message-stream';
 import { PluginData, PluginProvider } from '@mm-snap/types';
+import type { JsonRpcId, JsonRpcRequest } from 'json-rpc-engine';
 import { STREAM_NAMES } from './enums';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unassigned-import
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ lockdown({
       this.rpcStream = mux.createStream(STREAM_NAMES.JSON_RPC) as any;
     }
 
-    private async onCommandRequest(message: any) {
+    private async onCommandRequest(message: JsonRpcRequest<unknown>) {
       if (!message || typeof message !== 'object' || Array.isArray(message)) {
         console.error('Command stream received non-object message.');
         return;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ lockdown({
 
       const { id, method, params } = message;
 
-      if (!id && typeof id !== 'string' && typeof id !== 'number') {
+      if (typeof id !== 'string' && typeof id !== 'number') {
         console.error(`Command stream received invalid id "${id}".`);
         return;
       }
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ lockdown({
       }
     }
 
-    private respond(id: string, responseObj: Record<string, unknown>) {
+    private respond(id: JsonRpcId, responseObj: Record<string, unknown>) {
       this.commandStream.write({
         ...responseObj,
         id,
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ lockdown({
     }
 
     private async handlePluginRpc(
-      id: string,
+      id: JsonRpcId,
       { origin, request, target }: PluginRpcRequest,
     ) {
       const handler = this.pluginRpcHandlers.get(target);
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ lockdown({
     }
 
     private installPlugin(
-      id: string,
+      id: JsonRpcId,
       { pluginName, sourceCode }: Partial<PluginData> = {},
     ) {
       if (!isTruthyString(pluginName) || !isTruthyString(sourceCode)) {