diff --git a/api-server/package.json b/api-server/package.json
index a85c50a9da..81e38e7841 100644
--- a/api-server/package.json
+++ b/api-server/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "moment-timezone": "^0.5.33",
     "mongodb": "^3.6.9",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
-    "nanoid": "^1.3.4",
+    "nanoid": "^3.2.0",
     "nodemailer-ses-transport": "^1.5.1",
     "passport": "^0.4.1",
     "passport-auth0": "^1.4.1",
diff --git a/api-server/src/common/models/user.js b/api-server/src/common/models/user.js
index a3c545f087..4afcba1298 100644
--- a/api-server/src/common/models/user.js
+++ b/api-server/src/common/models/user.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import debugFactory from 'debug';
 import dedent from 'dedent';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import moment from 'moment';
-import generate from 'nanoid/generate';
+import { customAlphabet } from 'nanoid';
 import { Observable } from 'rx';
 import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
 import { isEmail } from 'validator';
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const log = debugFactory('fcc:models:user');
 const BROWNIEPOINTS_TIMEOUT = [1, 'hour'];
 const nanoidCharSet =
   '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';
+const nanoid = customAlphabet(nanoidCharSet, 21);
 
 const createEmailError = redirectTo =>
   wrapHandledError(new Error('email format is invalid'), {
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ function populateRequiredFields(user) {
   }
 
   if (!user.unsubscribeId) {
-    user.unsubscribeId = generate(nanoidCharSet, 20);
+    user.unsubscribeId = nanoid();
   }
   return;
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e593baccc0..c88965ae8d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
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         "mongodb": "^3.6.9",
         "morgan": "^1.10.0",
-        "nanoid": "^1.3.4",
+        "nanoid": "^3.2.0",
         "nodemailer-ses-transport": "^1.5.1",
         "passport": "^0.4.1",
         "passport-auth0": "^1.4.1",
@@ -6048,18 +6048,6 @@
         "node": ">=8.9.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@storybook/addon-essentials/node_modules/nanoid": {
-      "version": "3.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-fmsZYa9lpn69Ad5eDn7FMcnnSR+8R34W9qJEijxYhTbfOWzr22n1QxCMzXLK+ODyW2973V3Fux959iQoUxzUIA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "bin": {
-        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.cjs"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@storybook/addon-essentials/node_modules/prettier": {
       "version": "2.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prettier/-/prettier-2.3.0.tgz",
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       "dev": true
     },
-    "node_modules/mocha/node_modules/nanoid": {
-      "version": "3.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-fmsZYa9lpn69Ad5eDn7FMcnnSR+8R34W9qJEijxYhTbfOWzr22n1QxCMzXLK+ODyW2973V3Fux959iQoUxzUIA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "bin": {
-        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.cjs"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/mocha/node_modules/p-locate": {
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-locate/-/p-locate-5.0.0.tgz",
@@ -40408,9 +40384,15 @@
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-      "version": "1.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-1.3.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4ug4BsuHxiVHoRUe1ud6rUFT3WUMmjXt1W0quL0CviZQANdan7D8kqN5/maw53hmAApY/jfzMRkC57BNNs60ZQ=="
+      "version": "3.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fmsZYa9lpn69Ad5eDn7FMcnnSR+8R34W9qJEijxYhTbfOWzr22n1QxCMzXLK+ODyW2973V3Fux959iQoUxzUIA==",
+      "bin": {
+        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.cjs"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1"
+      }
     },
     "node_modules/nanomatch": {
       "version": "1.2.13",
@@ -44064,17 +44046,6 @@
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     },
-    "node_modules/postcss/node_modules/nanoid": {
-      "version": "3.1.30",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.1.30.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-zJpuPDwOv8D2zq2WRoMe1HsfZthVewpel9CAvTfc/2mBD1uUT/agc5f7GHGWXlYkFvi1mVxe4IjvP2HNrop7nQ==",
-      "bin": {
-        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.cjs"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/prebuild-install": {
       "version": "7.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prebuild-install/-/prebuild-install-7.0.0.tgz",
@@ -55683,18 +55654,6 @@
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       }
     },
-    "tools/ui-components/node_modules/nanoid": {
-      "version": "3.1.30",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.1.30.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-zJpuPDwOv8D2zq2WRoMe1HsfZthVewpel9CAvTfc/2mBD1uUT/agc5f7GHGWXlYkFvi1mVxe4IjvP2HNrop7nQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "bin": {
-        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.cjs"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1"
-      }
-    },
     "tools/ui-components/node_modules/prettier": {
       "version": "2.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prettier/-/prettier-2.3.0.tgz",
@@ -57665,7 +57624,7 @@
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         "mongodb": "^3.6.9",
         "morgan": "^1.10.0",
-        "nanoid": "^1.3.4",
+        "nanoid": "3.2.0",
         "nodemailer-ses-transport": "^1.5.1",
         "nodemon": "^2.0.14",
         "passport": "^0.4.1",
@@ -58485,12 +58444,6 @@
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           }
         },
-        "nanoid": {
-          "version": "3.1.30",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.1.30.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-zJpuPDwOv8D2zq2WRoMe1HsfZthVewpel9CAvTfc/2mBD1uUT/agc5f7GHGWXlYkFvi1mVxe4IjvP2HNrop7nQ==",
-          "dev": true
-        },
         "prettier": {
           "version": "2.3.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prettier/-/prettier-2.3.0.tgz",
@@ -60612,12 +60565,6 @@
             "json5": "^2.1.2"
           }
         },
-        "nanoid": {
-          "version": "3.2.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.2.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-fmsZYa9lpn69Ad5eDn7FMcnnSR+8R34W9qJEijxYhTbfOWzr22n1QxCMzXLK+ODyW2973V3Fux959iQoUxzUIA==",
-          "dev": true
-        },
         "prettier": {
           "version": "2.3.0",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prettier/-/prettier-2.3.0.tgz",
@@ -87023,12 +86970,6 @@
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           "dev": true
         },
-        "nanoid": {
-          "version": "3.2.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.2.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-fmsZYa9lpn69Ad5eDn7FMcnnSR+8R34W9qJEijxYhTbfOWzr22n1QxCMzXLK+ODyW2973V3Fux959iQoUxzUIA==",
-          "dev": true
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         "p-locate": {
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           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-locate/-/p-locate-5.0.0.tgz",
@@ -87370,9 +87311,9 @@
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-      "version": "1.3.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-1.3.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4ug4BsuHxiVHoRUe1ud6rUFT3WUMmjXt1W0quL0CviZQANdan7D8kqN5/maw53hmAApY/jfzMRkC57BNNs60ZQ=="
+      "version": "3.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fmsZYa9lpn69Ad5eDn7FMcnnSR+8R34W9qJEijxYhTbfOWzr22n1QxCMzXLK+ODyW2973V3Fux959iQoUxzUIA=="
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     "nanomatch": {
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@@ -89716,13 +89657,6 @@
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         "picocolors": "^1.0.0",
         "source-map-js": "^1.0.1"
-      },
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-          "version": "3.1.30",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.1.30.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-zJpuPDwOv8D2zq2WRoMe1HsfZthVewpel9CAvTfc/2mBD1uUT/agc5f7GHGWXlYkFvi1mVxe4IjvP2HNrop7nQ=="
-        }
       }
     },
     "postcss-calc": {