diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Uuid/Pecl.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Uuid/Pecl.php
index 554d6a2110a61072b02d124271126223f3aa4170..6676cd466d5096f3642a276e845b8958c6f1a112 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Uuid/Pecl.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Uuid/Pecl.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Pecl implements UuidInterface {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function generate() {
-    return uuid_create(UUID_TYPE_DEFAULT);
+    return strtolower(uuid_create(UUID_TYPE_DEFAULT));
   }
 
 }