diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/path_provider/path_provider/CHANGELOG.md
index bd6c0bc651f5..43e765aaf0b4 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.6.28
+
+* Drop unused UUID dependency for tests.
+
 ## 1.6.27
 
 * Update the example app: remove the deprecated `RaisedButton` and `FlatButton` widgets.
diff --git a/packages/path_provider/path_provider/pubspec.yaml b/packages/path_provider/path_provider/pubspec.yaml
index 649b3420d72f..065c53fec9fd 100644
--- a/packages/path_provider/path_provider/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/path_provider/path_provider/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: path_provider
 description: Flutter plugin for getting commonly used locations on host platform file systems, such as the temp and app data directories.
 homepage: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/path_provider/path_provider
-version: 1.6.27
+version: 1.6.28
 
 flutter:
   plugin:
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ dev_dependencies:
     sdk: flutter
   flutter_driver:
     sdk: flutter
-  uuid: "^1.0.0"
   pedantic: ^1.8.0
   mockito: ^4.1.1
   plugin_platform_interface: ^1.0.0