diff --git a/lib/create-app.js b/lib/create-app.js
index ff8336ef9..34b9e17eb 100644
--- a/lib/create-app.js
+++ b/lib/create-app.js
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function initAuthentication (app, argv) {
 function sessionSettings (secureCookies, host) {
   const sessionSettings = {
     name: 'nssidp.sid',
-    secret: uuid.v1(),
+    secret: uuid.v4(),
     saveUninitialized: false,
     resave: false,
     rolling: true,