diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDdlBuilder.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDdlBuilder.java
index 452345d4f8..fcb00967ee 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDdlBuilder.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDdlBuilder.java
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ public String mapDefaultValue(Object defaultValue, Column column) {
                     newValue = "TIMEZONE('utc', CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(0))";
                 }
             }
+        } else if (newValue != null && newValue.equals("newid()")) {
+            newValue = "gen_random_uuid()";
         }
         return newValue;
     }