diff --git a/dcicutils/misc_utils.py b/dcicutils/misc_utils.py
index 249524d6c..1ffab1607 100644
--- a/dcicutils/misc_utils.py
+++ b/dcicutils/misc_utils.py
@@ -2714,7 +2714,20 @@ def get_cpu_architecture_name() -> str:
     return ""
 
 
-def short_uuid(length: Optional[int] = None):
+def create_uuid(nodash: bool = False, upper: bool = False) -> str:
+    value = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    if nodash is True:
+        value = value.replace("-", "")
+    if upper is True:
+        value = value.upper()
+    return value
+
+
+def create_short_uuid(length: Optional[int] = None, upper: bool = False):
+    # Not really techincally a uuid of course.
     if (length is None) or (not isinstance(length, int)) or (length < 1):
         length = 16
-    return shortuuid.ShortUUID().random(length=length)
+    value = shortuuid.ShortUUID().random(length=length)
+    if upper is True:
+        value = value.upper()
+    return value
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56622d8fc..a9e289f9b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcicutils"
-version = "8.8.4.1b21"  # TODO: To become 8.8.5
+version = "8.8.4.1b22"  # TODO: To become 8.8.5
 description = "Utility package for interacting with the 4DN Data Portal and other 4DN resources"
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"