diff --git a/_version.d.ts b/_version.d.ts
index f905cf63b9..2ed49eae36 100644
--- a/_version.d.ts
+++ b/_version.d.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export declare const version = "5.0.0-beta.130";
+export declare const version = "5.0.0-beta.131";
diff --git a/_version.js b/_version.js
index f4261a1a21..d93a9475af 100644
--- a/_version.js
+++ b/_version.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 "use strict";
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.version = "5.0.0-beta.130";
+exports.version = "5.0.0-beta.131";
diff --git a/json-rpc-provider.d.ts b/json-rpc-provider.d.ts
index d079011cbe..8bf1159196 100644
--- a/json-rpc-provider.d.ts
+++ b/json-rpc-provider.d.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ declare class UncheckedJsonRpcSigner extends JsonRpcSigner {
 export declare class JsonRpcProvider extends BaseProvider {
     readonly connection: ConnectionInfo;
     _pendingFilter: Promise<number>;
+    _nextId: number;
     constructor(url?: ConnectionInfo | string, network?: Networkish);
     getSigner(addressOrIndex?: string | number): JsonRpcSigner;
     getUncheckedSigner(addressOrIndex?: string | number): UncheckedJsonRpcSigner;
diff --git a/json-rpc-provider.js b/json-rpc-provider.js
index e42ed37e96..83f3fba1e5 100644
--- a/json-rpc-provider.js
+++ b/json-rpc-provider.js
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ var JsonRpcProvider = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
         else {
             _this.connection = url;
         }
+        _this._nextId = 42;
         return _this;
     }
     JsonRpcProvider.prototype.getSigner = function (addressOrIndex) {
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ var JsonRpcProvider = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
         var request = {
             method: method,
             params: params,
-            id: 42,
+            id: (this._nextId++),
             jsonrpc: "2.0"
         };
         return web_1.fetchJson(this.connection, JSON.stringify(request), getResult).then(function (result) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f920594695..b6e28c3b8c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ethersproject/providers",
-  "version": "5.0.0-beta.130",
+  "version": "5.0.0-beta.131",
   "description": "Error utility functions for ethers.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "browser": {
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },
-  "tarballHash": "0x387a07d46e78db49a81027c6679e3472b3de0461731033c947431629d5226328"
+  "tarballHash": "0x8e823bbbab86f42a2bd94936fafc2aeb493d8eee8fcde3cbbc20b9589cd6078d"
 }
diff --git a/src.ts/_version.ts b/src.ts/_version.ts
index 38817cc3aa..6390b9811d 100644
--- a/src.ts/_version.ts
+++ b/src.ts/_version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const version = "5.0.0-beta.130";
+export const version = "5.0.0-beta.131";