diff --git a/src/Guid/Guid.php b/src/Guid/Guid.php
index 0af02104..494bf7fe 100644
--- a/src/Guid/Guid.php
+++ b/src/Guid/Guid.php
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Codec\CodecInterface;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Converter\NumberConverterInterface;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Converter\TimeConverterInterface;
+use Ramsey\Uuid\FeatureSet;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
+use Ramsey\Uuid\UuidFactory;
+use Ramsey\Uuid\UuidFactoryInterface;
 
 /**
  * Guid represents a UUID with "native" (little-endian) byte order
@@ -50,6 +53,11 @@
  */
 final class Guid extends Uuid
 {
+    /**
+     * @var UuidFactoryInterface|null
+     */
+    private static $factory = null;
+
     public function __construct(
         Fields $fields,
         NumberConverterInterface $numberConverter,
@@ -58,4 +66,27 @@ public function __construct(
     ) {
         parent::__construct($fields, $numberConverter, $codec, $timeConverter);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the factory used to create UUIDs
+     */
+    public static function getFactory(): UuidFactoryInterface
+    {
+        if (self::$factory === null) {
+            self::$factory = new UuidFactory(new FeatureSet(true));
+        }
+
+        return self::$factory;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the factory used to create UUIDs
+     *
+     * @param UuidFactoryInterface $factory A factory that will be used by this
+     *     class to create UUIDs
+     */
+    public static function setFactory(UuidFactoryInterface $factory): void
+    {
+        throw new \Exception('not allowed');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Uuid.php b/src/Uuid.php
index 82c37d6b..83ba4f95 100644
--- a/src/Uuid.php
+++ b/src/Uuid.php
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ public static function fromBytes(string $bytes): UuidInterface
             );
         }
 
-        return self::getFactory()->fromBytes($bytes);
+        return static::getFactory()->fromBytes($bytes);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ public static function fromString(string $uuid): UuidInterface
             return new LazyUuidFromString($uuid);
         }
 
-        return self::getFactory()->fromString($uuid);
+        return static::getFactory()->fromString($uuid);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ public static function fromDateTime(
         ?Hexadecimal $node = null,
         ?int $clockSeq = null
     ): UuidInterface {
-        return self::getFactory()->fromDateTime($dateTime, $node, $clockSeq);
+        return static::getFactory()->fromDateTime($dateTime, $node, $clockSeq);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ public static function fromHexadecimal(Hexadecimal $hex): UuidInterface
      */
     public static function fromInteger(string $integer): UuidInterface
     {
-        return self::getFactory()->fromInteger($integer);
+        return static::getFactory()->fromInteger($integer);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ public static function fromInteger(string $integer): UuidInterface
      */
     public static function isValid(string $uuid): bool
     {
-        return self::getFactory()->getValidator()->validate($uuid);
+        return static::getFactory()->getValidator()->validate($uuid);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ public static function isValid(string $uuid): bool
      */
     public static function uuid1($node = null, ?int $clockSeq = null): UuidInterface
     {
-        return self::getFactory()->uuid1($node, $clockSeq);
+        return static::getFactory()->uuid1($node, $clockSeq);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ public static function uuid2(
         ?Hexadecimal $node = null,
         ?int $clockSeq = null
     ): UuidInterface {
-        return self::getFactory()->uuid2($localDomain, $localIdentifier, $node, $clockSeq);
+        return static::getFactory()->uuid2($localDomain, $localIdentifier, $node, $clockSeq);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ public static function uuid2(
      */
     public static function uuid3($ns, string $name): UuidInterface
     {
-        return self::getFactory()->uuid3($ns, $name);
+        return static::getFactory()->uuid3($ns, $name);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ public static function uuid3($ns, string $name): UuidInterface
      */
     public static function uuid4(): UuidInterface
     {
-        return self::getFactory()->uuid4();
+        return static::getFactory()->uuid4();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ public static function uuid4(): UuidInterface
      */
     public static function uuid5($ns, string $name): UuidInterface
     {
-        return self::getFactory()->uuid5($ns, $name);
+        return static::getFactory()->uuid5($ns, $name);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ public static function uuid6(
         ?Hexadecimal $node = null,
         ?int $clockSeq = null
     ): UuidInterface {
-        return self::getFactory()->uuid6($node, $clockSeq);
+        return static::getFactory()->uuid6($node, $clockSeq);
     }
 
     /**