diff --git a/.scoper-production-dependencies b/.scoper-production-dependencies
index e29620a89e..336650b97b 100644
--- a/.scoper-production-dependencies
+++ b/.scoper-production-dependencies
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ psr/http-client
 psr/http-factory
 psr/http-message
 psr/simple-cache
+symfony/uid
+symfony/polyfill-uuid
diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index e1f28be62a..489ba0fd63 100644
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Share your tables and views with users and groups within your cloud.
 Have a good time and manage whatever you want.
 
 ]]></description>
-	<version>2.1.1</version>
+	<version>2.2.0-dev.0</version>
 	<licence>AGPL-3.0-or-later</licence>
 	<author mail="florian.steffens@nextcloud.com">Florian Steffens</author>
 	<namespace>Tables</namespace>
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 489681ad53..059ed891e5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
   "require": {
     "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet": "^5.1",
     "ext-json": "*",
-    "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": "^1.9.1"
+    "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": "^1.9.1",
+    "symfony/uid": "^6.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 27c9e8da40..e404bb10a3 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "b78c507d2c52ea02251a257651916b49",
+    "content-hash": "a23ff2aecc750aa400068e3f79dc35b8",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin",
@@ -642,6 +642,167 @@
                 "source": "https://github.com/php-fig/simple-cache/tree/3.0.0"
             },
             "time": "2021-10-29T13:26:27+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/polyfill-uuid",
+            "version": "v1.37.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-uuid.git",
+                "reference": "26dfec253c4cf3e51b541b52ddf7e42cb0908e94"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/polyfill-uuid/zipball/26dfec253c4cf3e51b541b52ddf7e42cb0908e94",
+                "reference": "26dfec253c4cf3e51b541b52ddf7e42cb0908e94",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=7.2"
+            },
+            "provide": {
+                "ext-uuid": "*"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
+                "ext-uuid": "For best performance"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "thanks": {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill",
+                    "name": "symfony/polyfill"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "files": [
+                    "bootstrap.php"
+                ],
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Polyfill\\Uuid\\": ""
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Grégoire Pineau",
+                    "email": "lyrixx@lyrixx.info"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Symfony polyfill for uuid functions",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "keywords": [
+                "compatibility",
+                "polyfill",
+                "portable",
+                "uuid"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-uuid/tree/v1.37.0"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://symfony.com/sponsor",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/fabpot",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/nicolas-grekas",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/packagist/symfony/symfony",
+                    "type": "tidelift"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2026-04-10T16:19:22+00:00"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/uid",
+            "version": "v6.4.32",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/uid.git",
+                "reference": "6b973c385f00341b246f697d82dc01a09107acdd"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/uid/zipball/6b973c385f00341b246f697d82dc01a09107acdd",
+                "reference": "6b973c385f00341b246f697d82dc01a09107acdd",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8.1",
+                "symfony/polyfill-uuid": "^1.15"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "symfony/console": "^5.4|^6.0|^7.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Component\\Uid\\": ""
+                },
+                "exclude-from-classmap": [
+                    "/Tests/"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Grégoire Pineau",
+                    "email": "lyrixx@lyrixx.info"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Nicolas Grekas",
+                    "email": "p@tchwork.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Provides an object-oriented API to generate and represent UIDs",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "keywords": [
+                "UID",
+                "ulid",
+                "uuid"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/uid/tree/v6.4.32"
+            },
+            "funding": [
+                {
+                    "url": "https://symfony.com/sponsor",
+                    "type": "custom"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/fabpot",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/nicolas-grekas",
+                    "type": "github"
+                },
+                {
+                    "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/packagist/symfony/symfony",
+                    "type": "tidelift"
+                }
+            ],
+            "time": "2025-12-23T15:07:59+00:00"
         }
     ],
     "packages-dev": [
diff --git a/lib/Db/Column.php b/lib/Db/Column.php
index 7ebcdacf35..9ced1ff698 100644
--- a/lib/Db/Column.php
+++ b/lib/Db/Column.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use OCA\Tables\Dto\Column as ColumnDto;
 use OCA\Tables\ResponseDefinitions;
 use OCA\Tables\Service\ValueObject\ViewColumnInformation;
+use OCA\Tables\Vendor\Symfony\Component\Uid\Uuid;
 use ValueError;
 
 /**
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
  *
  * @psalm-import-type TablesColumn from ResponseDefinitions
  *
+ * @method string getUuid()
  * @method getTitle(): string
  * @method setTitle(string $title)
  * @method getTableId(): int
@@ -59,13 +61,11 @@
  * @method setTextDefault(?string $textDefault)
  * @method getTextAllowedPattern(): string
  * @method setTextAllowedPattern(?string $textAllowedPattern)
- * @method getTextAllowedPattern(): ?string
  * @method getTextMaxLength(): int
  * @method setTextMaxLength(?int $textMaxLength)
  * @method getTextUnique(): bool
  * @method setTextUnique(?bool $textUnique)
  * @method getSelectionOptions(): string
- * @method getSelectionDefault(): string
  * @method setSelectionOptions(?string $selectionOptionsArray)
  * @method setSelectionDefault(?string $selectionDefault)
  * @method getSelectionDefault(): ?string
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class Column extends EntitySuper implements JsonSerializable {
 
 	public const META_ID_TITLE = 'id';
 
+	protected ?string $uuid = null;
 	protected ?string $title = null;
 	protected ?int $tableId = null;
 	protected ?string $createdBy = null;
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ class Column extends EntitySuper implements JsonSerializable {
 
 	public function __construct() {
 		$this->addType('id', 'integer');
+		$this->addType('uuid', 'string');
 		$this->addType('tableId', 'integer');
 		$this->addType('mandatory', 'boolean');
 
@@ -198,8 +200,23 @@ public static function isValidMetaTypeId(int $metaTypeId): bool {
 		], true);
 	}
 
+	private function assignUuid(): void {
+		if ($this->uuid !== null) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException('This column already has a UUID, they are immutable');
+		}
+		$this->uuid = Uuid::v7()->toRfc4122();
+	}
+
+	protected function setUuid(string $uuid): void {
+		if ($this->uuid !== null) {
+			throw new \RuntimeException('This column already has a UUID, they are immutable');
+		}
+		$this->uuid = $uuid;
+	}
+
 	public static function fromDto(ColumnDto $data): self {
 		$column = new self();
+		$column->assignUuid();
 		$column->setTitle($data->getTitle());
 		$column->setType($data->getType());
 		$column->setSubtype($data->getSubtype() ?? '');
@@ -262,6 +279,7 @@ public function setSelectionOptionsArray(array $array):void {
 	public function jsonSerialize(): array {
 		return [
 			'id' => $this->id,
+			'uuid' => $this->uuid,
 			'tableId' => $this->tableId,
 			'title' => $this->title,
 			'createdBy' => $this->createdBy,
diff --git a/lib/Migration/Version2020Date20260513185340.php b/lib/Migration/Version2020Date20260513185340.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32766789b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Migration/Version2020Date20260513185340.php
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OCA\Tables\Migration;
+
+use Closure;
+use OCA\Tables\Vendor\Symfony\Component\Uid\Uuid;
+use OCP\DB\ISchemaWrapper;
+use OCP\DB\Types;
+use OCP\IDBConnection;
+use OCP\Migration\IOutput;
+use OCP\Migration\SimpleMigrationStep;
+use Override;
+
+class Version2020Date20260513185340 extends SimpleMigrationStep {
+	private const TARGET_TABLE = 'tables_columns';
+	private const COL_ID = 'id';
+	private const COL_UUID = 'uuid';
+
+	public function __construct(
+		private readonly IDBConnection $db,
+	) {
+	}
+
+	#[Override]
+	public function changeSchema(IOutput $output, Closure $schemaClosure, array $options): ?ISchemaWrapper {
+		$schema = $schemaClosure();
+
+		if (!$schema->hasTable(self::TARGET_TABLE)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		$columnsTable = $schema->getTable(self::TARGET_TABLE);
+		if (!$columnsTable->hasColumn(self::COL_UUID)) {
+			$columnsTable->addColumn(self::COL_UUID, Types::STRING, [
+				'notnull' => false,
+				'default' => null,
+				'length' => 36,
+				'comment' => 'UUIDv7 identifier to support structural updates across instances',
+			]);
+		}
+
+		return $schema;
+	}
+
+	#[Override]
+	public function postSchemaChange(IOutput $output, Closure $schemaClosure, array $options): void {
+
+		$qbUpdate = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
+		$qbUpdate->update(self::TARGET_TABLE)
+			->set(self::COL_UUID, $qbUpdate->createParameter('columnUuid'))
+			->where($qbUpdate->expr()->eq(self::COL_ID, $qbUpdate->createParameter('columnLocalId')));
+
+		$qbSelect = $this->db->getQueryBuilder();
+		$qbSelect->select(self::COL_ID)
+			->from(self::TARGET_TABLE);
+		$select = $qbSelect->executeQuery();
+
+		$writeBatches = 250;
+		$updates = 0;
+
+		try {
+			$this->db->beginTransaction();
+			while (($columnId = $select->fetchOne()) !== false) {
+				$qbUpdate->setParameters(
+					[
+						'columnLocalId' => (int)$columnId,
+						'columnUuid' => Uuid::v7()->toRfc4122(),
+					],
+					[
+						Types::INTEGER,
+						Types::STRING,
+					]
+				);
+				$qbUpdate->executeStatement();
+				$updates++;
+				if ($updates % $writeBatches === 0) {
+					$this->db->commit();
+					$this->db->beginTransaction();
+				}
+			}
+			$this->db->commit();
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			$this->db->rollBack();
+			throw $e;
+		}
+
+		$select->closeCursor();
+	}
+}