diff --git a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableLink.ts b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableLink.ts
index 1ca596864d..798ef49b27 100644
--- a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableLink.ts
+++ b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableLink.ts
@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@ type SubscriptionCallbacks = {
 };
 
 type CreateChannelId = () => string
-
-function createChannelId() {
-  // `crypto.randomUUID()` (Web Crypto API) is used because a low-entropy
-  // identifier here can collide between simultaneously-created subscriptions,
-  // and ActionCable routes incoming payloads by identifier — colliding
-  // subscriptions would receive each other's payloads.
-  return crypto.randomUUID()
-}
-
 class ActionCableLink extends ApolloLink {
   cable: Consumer
   channelName: string
@@ -42,7 +33,7 @@ class ActionCableLink extends ApolloLink {
     this.actionName = options.actionName || "execute"
     this.connectionParams = options.connectionParams || {}
     this.callbacks = options.callbacks || {}
-    this.createChannelId = options.createChannelId || createChannelId
+    this.createChannelId = options.createChannelId || crypto.randomUUID.bind(crypto)
   }
 
   // Interestingly, this link does _not_ call through to `next` because
diff --git a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableSubscriber.ts b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableSubscriber.ts
index 75711734ec..6d9e786243 100644
--- a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableSubscriber.ts
+++ b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/ActionCableSubscriber.ts
@@ -8,15 +8,19 @@ interface ApolloNetworkInterface {
   _opts: any
 }
 
+type CreateChannelId = () => string
+
 class ActionCableSubscriber {
   _cable: Consumer
   _networkInterface: ApolloNetworkInterface
   _channelName: string
+  _createChannelId: CreateChannelId
 
-  constructor(cable: Consumer, networkInterface: ApolloNetworkInterface, channelName?: string) {
+  constructor(cable: Consumer, networkInterface: ApolloNetworkInterface, channelName?: string, createChannelId?: CreateChannelId) {
     this._cable = cable
     this._networkInterface = networkInterface
     this._channelName = channelName || "GraphqlChannel"
+    this._createChannelId = createChannelId || crypto.randomUUID.bind(crypto)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ class ActionCableSubscriber {
   subscribe(request: any, handler: any) {
     var networkInterface = this._networkInterface
     // unique-ish
-    var channelId = Math.round(Date.now() + Math.random() * 100000).toString(16)
+    var channelId = this._createChannelId()
     var channel = this._cable.subscriptions.create({
       channel: this._channelName,
       channelId: channelId,
diff --git a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/createActionCableHandler.ts b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/createActionCableHandler.ts
index 4f2668473a..17b2367d9f 100644
--- a/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/createActionCableHandler.ts
+++ b/javascript_client/src/subscriptions/createActionCableHandler.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ interface ActionCableHandlerOptions {
   operations?: { getOperationId: Function}
   channelName?: string
   clientName?: string
+  createChannelId?: () => string
 }
 
 function createActionCableHandler(options: ActionCableHandlerOptions) {
+  const createChannelId = options.createChannelId || crypto.randomUUID.bind(crypto)
   return function (operation: { text: string, name: string, id?: string }, variables: object, _cacheConfig: object, observer: {onError: Function, onNext: Function, onCompleted: Function}) {
-    // unique-ish
-    var channelId = Math.round(Date.now() + Math.random() * 100000).toString(16)
+    var channelId = createChannelId()
     var cable = options.cable
     var operations = options.operations
     var subscribed = true
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 2690222b6c..8a71c04fa8 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
     var query = options.query
     var variables = options.variables
     var receivedCallback = options.received
-    // Unique-ish
-    var uuid = Math.round(Date.now() + Math.random() * 100000).toString(16)
+    var uuid = crypto.randomUUID()
     var subscription = {
       _subscribed: false,
       subscription: App.cable.subscriptions.create({