diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9e31c4bdf3f88..ac47fb91e2c56 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2259,6 +2259,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "insta",
  "itertools 0.12.0",
  "once_cell",
+ "rand",
  "ruff_diagnostics",
  "ruff_source_file",
  "ruff_text_size",
diff --git a/crates/ruff_notebook/Cargo.toml b/crates/ruff_notebook/Cargo.toml
index 517a2334553c7..524cfb4eb97f3 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_notebook/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ruff_notebook/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 serde_with = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["macros"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/ruff_notebook/src/notebook.rs b/crates/ruff_notebook/src/notebook.rs
index 84d2b43ab6e7a..6e99e7e501cc8 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_notebook/src/notebook.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_notebook/src/notebook.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::{io, iter};
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
+use rand::Rng;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::error::Category;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -145,8 +146,10 @@ impl Notebook {
         // Add cell ids to 4.5+ notebooks if they are missing
         // https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/6834
         // https://github.com/jupyter/enhancement-proposals/blob/master/62-cell-id/cell-id.md#required-field
+        // https://github.com/jupyter/enhancement-proposals/blob/master/62-cell-id/cell-id.md#questions
         if raw_notebook.nbformat == 4 && raw_notebook.nbformat_minor >= 5 {
-            let mut id_index: u128 = 0;
+            // We use a mock random number generator to generate deterministic uuids
+            let mut rng = rand::rngs::mock::StepRng::new(0, 1);
             let mut existing_ids = HashSet::new();
 
             for cell in &raw_notebook.cells {
@@ -168,15 +171,11 @@ impl Notebook {
                 };
                 if id.is_none() {
                     loop {
-                        // https://github.com/jupyter/enhancement-proposals/blob/master/62-cell-id/cell-id.md#questions
-                        let new_id = uuid::Builder::from_u128(id_index)
+                        let new_id = uuid::Builder::from_random_bytes(rng.gen())
                             .into_uuid()
                             .as_hyphenated()
                             .to_string();
 
-                        // Increment the index
-                        id_index += 1;
-
                         if !existing_ids.contains(&new_id) {
                             existing_ids.insert(new_id.clone());
                             *id = Some(new_id);