diff --git a/posthog/demo/matrix/matrix.py b/posthog/demo/matrix/matrix.py
index 7e35d8535ac1e..5f43bc1027cb4 100644
--- a/posthog/demo/matrix/matrix.py
+++ b/posthog/demo/matrix/matrix.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def roll_uuidt(self, at_timestamp: Optional[dt.datetime] = None) -> UUIDT:
     def roll_uuid_v7(self, at_timestamp: Optional[dt.datetime] = None) -> uuid.UUID:
         if at_timestamp is None:
             at_timestamp = self.simulation_time
-        return uuid7(int(at_timestamp.timestamp() * 1000), seeded_random=self.random)
+        return uuid7(int(at_timestamp.timestamp() * 1000), random=self.random)
 
 
 class Matrix(ABC):
diff --git a/posthog/models/utils.py b/posthog/models/utils.py
index 9572214dfc8c8..f16bd09984e13 100644
--- a/posthog/models/utils.py
+++ b/posthog/models/utils.py
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ def is_valid_uuid(cls, candidate: Any) -> bool:
 
 
 # Delete this when we can use the version from the stdlib directly, see https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/102461
-def uuid7(
-    unix_ms_time: Optional[Union[int, str]] = None, random_component: Optional[Union["Random", int]] = None
-) -> uuid.UUID:
+def uuid7(unix_ms_time: Optional[Union[int, str]] = None, random: Optional[Union["Random", int]] = None) -> uuid.UUID:
     # timestamp part
     unix_ms_time_int: int
     if isinstance(unix_ms_time, str):
@@ -113,14 +111,14 @@ def uuid7(
         unix_ms_time_int = unix_ms_time
 
     # random part
-    if isinstance(random_component, int):
+    if isinstance(random, int):
         # use the integer directly as the random component
-        rand_a = random_component & 0x0FFF
-        rand_b = random_component >> 12 & 0x03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
-    elif random_component is not None:
+        rand_a = random & 0x0FFF
+        rand_b = random >> 12 & 0x03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
+    elif random is not None:
         # use the provided random generator
-        rand_a = random_component.getrandbits(12)
-        rand_b = random_component.getrandbits(56)
+        rand_a = random.getrandbits(12)
+        rand_b = random.getrandbits(56)
     else:
         # use the system random generator
         rand_bytes = int.from_bytes(secrets.token_bytes(10), byteorder="little")