diff --git a/aiocraft/mc/types.py b/aiocraft/mc/types.py
index f099027..5726e16 100644
--- a/aiocraft/mc/types.py
+++ b/aiocraft/mc/types.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class PositionType(Type):
 Position = PositionType()
 
 class UUIDType(Type):
-	pytype : type = str # TODO maybe use partial with uuid constructor?
+	pytype : type = uuid.UUID
 	MAX_SIZE : int = 16
 
 	def write(self, data:uuid.UUID, buffer:io.BytesIO, ctx:object=None):