diff --git a/src/datacat_integration/secrets.py b/src/datacat_integration/secrets.py
index d79f11d14b3fc61a00c52f8c946d05f235378c07..065ae5e3c617625db64318602dd10c81e160a735 100644
--- a/src/datacat_integration/secrets.py
+++ b/src/datacat_integration/secrets.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ connection_backend_type = "airflow_connections"
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-def validate_uuid(uuid_to_test: str, version=4):
+def validate_uuid(uuid_to_test: str):
     """Check if uuid_to_test id a valid UUID. Returns True if it is and false if it is not."""
     try:
-        uuid_obj = uuid.UUID(uuid_to_test, version=version)
+        uuid_obj = uuid.UUID(uuid_to_test)
     except ValueError:
         return False
     return str(uuid_obj) == uuid_to_test
diff --git a/tests/test_secrets.py b/tests/test_secrets.py
index 54a910d966c7909e9357ed90ad63a1529970a37b..f408922d685b91b91e3e5ab26c21bbbf1cd95459 100644
--- a/tests/test_secrets.py
+++ b/tests/test_secrets.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
 import os, json
+import uuid
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-from datacat_integration.secrets import DataCatConnectionWithSecrets, get_connection_with_secrets_from_entry, DatacatSecretsBackend
+from datacat_integration.secrets import DataCatConnectionWithSecrets, get_connection_with_secrets_from_entry, DatacatSecretsBackend, validate_uuid
 
 
 class TestSecretsBackend(TestCase):
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ class TestSecretsBackend(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(conn.extra_dejson['some_public_extra'], "12345")
         self.assertEqual(conn.extra_dejson['some_other_extra_to_be_overwritten_by_secret'], "secret_67890")
 
+    def test_uuid_validation(self):
+        self.assertTrue(validate_uuid(str(uuid.uuid4())))
+        self.assertFalse(validate_uuid("wrong_uuid"))
     
     def test_no_error_on_missing_extra(self):
         get_connection_with_secrets_from_entry({"name" : "some-name", "url" : "some_url", "metadata" : {}}, {}, "test-connection", 'false_oid')