diff --git a/src/objectExplorer/nodes/treeNodeInfo.ts b/src/objectExplorer/nodes/treeNodeInfo.ts
index 300e230f40..cd0d9b7e6a 100644
--- a/src/objectExplorer/nodes/treeNodeInfo.ts
+++ b/src/objectExplorer/nodes/treeNodeInfo.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { ObjectExplorerUtils } from "../objectExplorerUtils";
 import * as Constants from "../../constants/constants";
 import { ITreeNodeInfo, ObjectMetadata } from "vscode-mssql";
 import { IConnectionProfile } from "../../models/interfaces";
+import { generateGuid } from "../../models/utils";
 
 export class TreeNodeInfo extends vscode.TreeItem implements ITreeNodeInfo {
     private _nodePath: string;
@@ -68,9 +69,9 @@ export class TreeNodeInfo extends vscode.TreeItem implements ITreeNodeInfo {
         this.id = this.generateId();
     }
 
-    // Gernating a unique ID for the node
+    // Generating a unique ID for the node
     protected generateId(): string {
-        return `${this._connectionProfile?.id}-${this._nodePath}-${Date.now()}`;
+        return `${this._connectionProfile?.id}-${this._nodePath}-${generateGuid()}`;
     }
 
     public static fromNodeInfo(
diff --git a/test/unit/treeNodeInfo.test.ts b/test/unit/treeNodeInfo.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f171f5acf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/treeNodeInfo.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import { expect } from "chai";
+import { TreeNodeInfo } from "../../src/objectExplorer/nodes/treeNodeInfo";
+
+suite("TreeNodeInfo", () => {
+    test("When creating multiple TreeNodeInfo in quick succession, the nodePath should be unique", () => {
+        const node1 = new TreeNodeInfo(
+            "node_label",
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+            "node_path",
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+            "session_id",
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+        );
+
+        const node2 = new TreeNodeInfo(
+            "node_label",
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+            "node_path",
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+            "session_id",
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+            undefined,
+        );
+        expect(node1.id).to.not.equal(node2.id, "Node IDs should be unique");
+    });
+});