diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/Cargo.toml b/lang/rust/avro/Cargo.toml
index be547acca91..15a9eb980af 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ strum = "0.24.0"
 strum_macros = "0.24.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 typed-builder = "0.10.0"
-uuid = { version = "0.8.2", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 zerocopy = "0.6.1"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.16"
diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/encode.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/encode.rs
index 04d220276b3..7af2c6976e8 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/encode.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/encode.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ pub(crate) fn encode_internal(
             let slice: [u8; 12] = duration.into();
             buffer.extend_from_slice(&slice);
         }
-        Value::Uuid(uuid) => encode_bytes(&uuid.to_string(), buffer),
+        Value::Uuid(uuid) => encode_bytes(
+            #[allow(unknown_lints)] // for Rust 1.51.0
+            #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_to_owned)]
+            // we need the call .to_string() to properly convert ASCII to UTF-8
+            &uuid.to_string(),
+            buffer,
+        ),
         Value::Bytes(bytes) => match *schema {
             Schema::Bytes => encode_bytes(bytes, buffer),
             Schema::Fixed { .. } => buffer.extend(bytes),
diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/lib.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/lib.rs
index 8b271d60337..539707cd7aa 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/lib.rs
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 //! `apache-avro` also supports the logical types listed in the [Avro specification](https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/spec.html#Logical+Types):
 //!
 //! 1. `Decimal` using the [`num_bigint`](https://docs.rs/num-bigint/0.2.6/num_bigint) crate
-//! 1. UUID using the [`uuid`](https://docs.rs/uuid/0.8.1/uuid) crate
+//! 1. UUID using the [`uuid`](https://docs.rs/uuid/1.0.0/uuid) crate
 //! 1. Date, Time (milli) as `i32` and Time (micro) as `i64`
 //! 1. Timestamp (milli and micro) as `i64`
 //! 1. Duration as a custom type with `months`, `days` and `millis` accessor methods each of which returns an `i32`
diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/types.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/types.rs
index 2ecb23e0ac8..89d66facaff 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/types.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/types.rs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ impl std::convert::TryFrom<Value> for JsonValue {
             Value::Duration(d) => Ok(Self::Array(
                 <[u8; 12]>::from(d).iter().map(|&v| v.into()).collect(),
             )),
-            Value::Uuid(uuid) => Ok(Self::String(uuid.to_hyphenated().to_string())),
+            Value::Uuid(uuid) => Ok(Self::String(uuid.as_hyphenated().to_string())),
         }
     }
 }