diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 919624d..376fa92 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+v4.2.0
+
+* **[BREAKING CHANGE]** Deprecate default/empty `UuidValue` constructor because it has a different behavior from the 3.x package version. 
+Use `UuidValue.fromString()` instead, which has the same behavior. If you need to define a const `UuidValue` you can use `UuidValue.raw()`, but making sure the value is lowercase.
+
 v4.1.0
 
 * **[BREAKING CHANGE]** In order to enforce lowercase strings in `UuidValue`, I have made the default const constructor private, and added a `fromString` factory constructor. Please migrate any direct `UuidValue()` usage to `UuidValue.fromString()` or `UuidValue.withValidation()`.
diff --git a/lib/uuid_value.dart b/lib/uuid_value.dart
index 20e3fbe..e60e606 100644
--- a/lib/uuid_value.dart
+++ b/lib/uuid_value.dart
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ class UuidValue {
 
   /// fromString() creates a UuidValue from a [String] with no validation.
   factory UuidValue.fromString(String uuid) {
-    return UuidValue(uuid.toLowerCase());
+    return UuidValue.raw(uuid.toLowerCase());
   }
 
   /// fromByteList() creates a UuidValue from a [Uint8List] of bytes.
   factory UuidValue.fromByteList(Uint8List byteList, {int? offset}) {
-    return UuidValue(UuidParsing.unparse(byteList, offset: offset ?? 0));
+    return UuidValue.raw(UuidParsing.unparse(byteList, offset: offset ?? 0));
   }
 
   /// fromList() creates a UuidValue from a [List<int>] of bytes.
   factory UuidValue.fromList(List<int> byteList, {int? offset}) {
-    return UuidValue(UuidParsing.unparse(byteList, offset: offset ?? 0));
+    return UuidValue.raw(UuidParsing.unparse(byteList, offset: offset ?? 0));
   }
 
   /// withValidation() creates a UuidValue from a [uuid] string.
@@ -28,23 +28,29 @@ class UuidValue {
   /// Throws [FormatException] if the UUID is invalid.
   factory UuidValue.withValidation(String uuid,
       [ValidationMode validationMode = ValidationMode.strictRFC4122]) {
-    final uuidValue = UuidValue(uuid.toLowerCase());
+    final uuidValue = UuidValue.fromString(uuid);
     uuidValue.validate(validationMode);
     return uuidValue;
   }
 
-  static const dns = UuidValue(Uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS);
-  static const url = UuidValue(Uuid.NAMESPACE_URL);
-  static const oid = UuidValue(Uuid.NAMESPACE_OID);
-  static const x500 = UuidValue(Uuid.NAMESPACE_X500);
-  static const nil = UuidValue(Uuid.NAMESPACE_NIL);
+  static const dns = UuidValue.raw(Uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS);
+  static const url = UuidValue.raw(Uuid.NAMESPACE_URL);
+  static const oid = UuidValue.raw(Uuid.NAMESPACE_OID);
+  static const x500 = UuidValue.raw(Uuid.NAMESPACE_X500);
+  static const nil = UuidValue.raw(Uuid.NAMESPACE_NIL);
 
-  /// UuidValue() Constructor for creating a uuid value.
-  ///
-  /// WARNING: Please do not use this directly, use [UuidValue.fromString]
-  /// or [UuidValue.withValidation]
+  /// Creates a UuidValue by taking directly the internal string representation of the [uuid],
+  /// which is expected to be lowercase.
   ///
+  /// You can use [UuidValue.fromString] instead, which will lowercase the uuid string for you or
+  /// [UuidValue.withValidation] if you need validation of the created UUIDs.
+  const UuidValue.raw(this.uuid);
+
   /// Takes in a string representation of a [uuid] to wrap.
+  @Deprecated(
+    'Use UuidValue.fromString() instead. If you need to define a const UuidValue '
+    'you can use UuidValue.raw(), but making sure the value is lowercase.',
+  )
   const UuidValue(this.uuid);
 
   /// validate() validates the internal string representation of the uuid.
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index bc6c7e8..a0bf380 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: uuid
-version: 4.1.0
+version: 4.2.0
 description: >
   RFC4122 (v1, v4, v5, v6, v7, v8) UUID Generator and Parser for Dart
 documentation: https://daegalus.github.io/dart-uuid/index.html