diff --git a/internal/observability/event/id.go b/internal/observability/event/id.go
index d0be045a1..69272738c 100644
--- a/internal/observability/event/id.go
+++ b/internal/observability/event/id.go
@@ -3,14 +3,23 @@ package event
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/db"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/sdk/helper/base62"
 )
 
+//  This modified newId has been done to stop a circular
+// dependency with the errors package that is caused by importing
+// boundary/internal/db
 func newId(prefix string) (string, error) {
 	const op = "event.newId"
-	id, err := db.NewPublicId(prefix)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", op, err)
+	if prefix == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s: missing prefix: %w", op, ErrInvalidParameter)
 	}
-	return id, nil
+	var publicId string
+	var err error
+
+	publicId, err = base62.Random(10)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s: unable to generate id %v: %w", op, err, ErrIo)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", prefix, publicId), nil
 }