diff --git a/packages/chonky/package.json b/packages/chonky/package.json
index 5ef5e583..cd6c1e61 100644
--- a/packages/chonky/package.json
+++ b/packages/chonky/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
     "@types/react-virtualized-auto-sizer": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/react-window": "^1.8.2",
     "@types/redux-watch": "^1.1.0",
-    "@types/shortid": "^0.0.29",
     "classnames": "^2.2.6",
     "deepmerge": "^4.2.2",
     "exact-trie": "^1.0.13",
@@ -83,6 +82,7 @@
     "filesize": "^6.1.0",
     "fuzzy-search": "^3.2.1",
     "hotkeys-js": "^3.8.3",
+    "nanoid": "^5.0.9",
     "react-dnd": "11",
     "react-dnd-html5-backend": "11",
     "react-intl": "^5.13.2",
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
     "react-virtualized-auto-sizer": "^1.0.5",
     "react-window": "^1.8.6",
     "redux-watch": "^1.2.0",
-    "shortid": "^2.2.16",
     "styled-components": "^5.3.0",
     "tsdef": "^0.0.14"
   },
diff --git a/packages/chonky/src/components/external/FileBrowser.tsx b/packages/chonky/src/components/external/FileBrowser.tsx
index 56346323..ef343564 100644
--- a/packages/chonky/src/components/external/FileBrowser.tsx
+++ b/packages/chonky/src/components/external/FileBrowser.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { HTML5Backend } from 'react-dnd-html5-backend';
 import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
 import { ThemeProvider } from 'react-jss';
 import { Provider as ReduxProvider } from 'react-redux';
-import shortid from 'shortid';
 
 import { useChonkyStore } from '../../redux/store';
 import { FileBrowserHandle, FileBrowserProps } from '../../types/file-browser.types';
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 import { ChonkyBusinessLogic } from '../internal/ChonkyBusinessLogic';
 import { ChonkyIconPlaceholder } from '../internal/ChonkyIconPlaceholder';
 import { ChonkyPresentationLayer } from '../internal/ChonkyPresentationLayer';
+import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 
 // if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
 //     const whyDidYouRender = require('@welldone-software/why-did-you-render');
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const FileBrowser = React.forwardRef<
         i18n,
     ]);
 
-    const chonkyInstanceId = useStaticValue(() => instanceId ?? shortid.generate());
+    const chonkyInstanceId = useStaticValue(() => instanceId ?? nanoid());
     const store = useChonkyStore(chonkyInstanceId);
 
     const isMobileBreakpoint = useIsMobileBreakpoint();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6470d013..2317d699 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4476,11 +4476,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.16.1.tgz#18845205e86ff0038517aab7a18a62a6b9f71275"
   integrity sha512-EaCxbanVeyxDRTQBkdLb3Bvl/HK7PBK6UJjsSixB0iHKoWxE5uu2Q/DgtpOhPIojN0Zl1whvOd7PoHs2P0s5eA==
 
-"@types/shortid@^0.0.29":
-  version "0.0.29"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/shortid/-/shortid-0.0.29.tgz#8093ee0416a6e2bf2aa6338109114b3fbffa0e9b"
-  integrity sha1-gJPuBBam4r8qpjOBCRFLP7/6Dps=
-
 "@types/source-list-map@*":
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/source-list-map/-/source-list-map-0.1.2.tgz#0078836063ffaf17412349bba364087e0ac02ec9"
@@ -12998,16 +12993,16 @@ nan@^2.12.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.14.2.tgz#f5376400695168f4cc694ac9393d0c9585eeea19"
   integrity sha512-M2ufzIiINKCuDfBSAUr1vWQ+vuVcA9kqx8JJUsbQi6yf1uGRyb7HfpdfUr5qLXf3B/t8dPvcjhKMmlfnP47EzQ==
 
-nanoid@^2.1.0:
-  version "2.1.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanoid/-/nanoid-2.1.11.tgz#ec24b8a758d591561531b4176a01e3ab4f0f0280"
-  integrity sha512-s/snB+WGm6uwi0WjsZdaVcuf3KJXlfGl2LcxgwkEwJF0D/BWzVWAZW/XY4bFaiR7s0Jk3FPvlnepg1H1b1UwlA==
-
 nanoid@^3.1.23:
   version "3.1.23"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.1.23.tgz#f744086ce7c2bc47ee0a8472574d5c78e4183a81"
   integrity sha512-FiB0kzdP0FFVGDKlRLEQ1BgDzU87dy5NnzjeW9YZNt+/c3+q82EQDUwniSAUxp/F0gFNI1ZhKU1FqYsMuqZVnw==
 
+nanoid@^5.0.9:
+  version "5.0.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanoid/-/nanoid-5.0.9.tgz#977dcbaac055430ce7b1e19cf0130cea91a20e50"
+  integrity sha512-Aooyr6MXU6HpvvWXKoVoXwKMs/KyVakWwg7xQfv5/S/RIgJMy0Ifa45H9qqYy7pTCszrHzP21Uk4PZq2HpEM8Q==
+
 nanomatch@^1.2.9:
   version "1.2.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nanomatch/-/nanomatch-1.2.13.tgz#b87a8aa4fc0de8fe6be88895b38983ff265bd119"
@@ -16374,13 +16369,6 @@ shellwords@^0.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shellwords/-/shellwords-0.1.1.tgz#d6b9181c1a48d397324c84871efbcfc73fc0654b"
   integrity sha512-vFwSUfQvqybiICwZY5+DAWIPLKsWO31Q91JSKl3UYv+K5c2QRPzn0qzec6QPu1Qc9eHYItiP3NdJqNVqetYAww==
 
-shortid@^2.2.16:
-  version "2.2.16"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shortid/-/shortid-2.2.16.tgz#b742b8f0cb96406fd391c76bfc18a67a57fe5608"
-  integrity sha512-Ugt+GIZqvGXCIItnsL+lvFJOiN7RYqlGy7QE41O3YC1xbNSeDGIRO7xg2JJXIAj1cAGnOeC1r7/T9pgrtQbv4g==
-  dependencies:
-    nanoid "^2.1.0"
-
 side-channel@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/side-channel/-/side-channel-1.0.4.tgz#efce5c8fdc104ee751b25c58d4290011fa5ea2cf"