diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEventManager.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEventManager.java
index f92661d0d..01978254f 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEventManager.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/telemetry/MapboxEventManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.Vector;
 import okhttp3.MediaType;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ public class MapboxEventManager {
     private static final String MAPBOX_EVENTS_BASE_URL = "https://api.tiles.mapbox.com";
     private String eventsURL = MAPBOX_EVENTS_BASE_URL;
 
+    private static final String SESSION_UUID = java.util.UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+
     private MapboxEventManager(@NonNull Context context) {
         super();
         this.accessToken = ApiAccess.getToken(context);
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ public class MapboxEventManager {
                     // Basic Event Meta Data
                     jsonObject.put("event", evt.get("event"));
                     jsonObject.put("version", MapboxEvent.VERSION);
-                    jsonObject.put("instance", "FFFFFFFF-GGGG-HHHH-IIII-JJJJJJJJJJJJ");
+                    jsonObject.put("instance", SESSION_UUID);
                     jsonObject.put("created", evt.get("created"));
                     jsonObject.put("anonid", "AAAAAAAA-BBBB-CCCC-DDDD-EEEEEEEEEEEE");
                     jsonObject.put("appBundleId", context.getPackageName());