diff --git a/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/go.mod b/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/go.mod
index f938de0f..d095c3cf 100644
--- a/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 replace github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go => ../../../..
 
 require (
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go v0.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
diff --git a/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/go.sum b/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/go.sum
index b7646a93..b9129942 100644
--- a/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/sourcer/examples/simple_source/go.sum
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=