diff --git a/crewai/agent.py b/crewai/agent.py
index 71d3f8a47..31087bdb5 100644
--- a/crewai/agent.py
+++ b/crewai/agent.py
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ from langchain.chat_models import ChatOpenAI
 from langchain.memory import ConversationSummaryMemory
 from langchain.tools.render import render_text_description
 from langchain_core.runnables.config import RunnableConfig
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, InstanceOf, model_validator
+from pydantic import ConfigDict, Field, InstanceOf, model_validator
 
 from crewai.agents import CacheHandler, CrewAgentOutputParser, ToolsHandler
+from crewai.base.model import CrewAIBaseModel
 from crewai.prompts import Prompts
 
 
-class Agent(BaseModel):
+class Agent(CrewAIBaseModel):
     """Represents an agent in a system.
 
     Each agent has a role, a goal, a backstory, and an optional language model (llm).
@@ -29,9 +30,7 @@ class Agent(BaseModel):
             allow_delegation: Whether the agent is allowed to delegate tasks to other agents.
     """
 
-    class Config:
-        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
-
+    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
     role: str = Field(description="Role of the agent")
     goal: str = Field(description="Objective of the agent")
     backstory: str = Field(description="Backstory of the agent")
diff --git a/crewai/base/__init__.py b/crewai/base/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/crewai/base/model.py b/crewai/base/model.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..211ae5be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crewai/base/model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import uuid
+from typing import Optional
+
+from pydantic import UUID4, BaseModel, Field, field_validator
+from pydantic_core import PydanticCustomError
+
+
+class CrewAIBaseModel(BaseModel):
+    """Base model with unique identifier."""
+
+    __hash__ = object.__hash__
+    id: UUID4 = Field(
+        default_factory=uuid.uuid4,
+        frozen=True,
+        description="Unique identifier for the object, not set by user.",
+    )
+
+    @field_validator("id", mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def _deny_user_set_id(cls, v: Optional[UUID4]) -> None:
+        if v:
+            raise PydanticCustomError(
+                "may_not_set_field", "This field is not to be set by the user.", {}
+            )
diff --git a/crewai/crew.py b/crewai/crew.py
index d0b7907eb..77902f40c 100644
--- a/crewai/crew.py
+++ b/crewai/crew.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import json
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 from pydantic import (
-    BaseModel,
+    ConfigDict,
     Field,
     InstanceOf,
     Json,
@@ -13,17 +13,16 @@ from pydantic_core import PydanticCustomError
 
 from crewai.agent import Agent
 from crewai.agents import CacheHandler
+from crewai.base.model import CrewAIBaseModel
 from crewai.process import Process
 from crewai.task import Task
 from crewai.tools.agent_tools import AgentTools
 
 
-class Crew(BaseModel):
+class Crew(CrewAIBaseModel):
     """Class that represents a group of agents, how they should work together and their tasks."""
 
-    class Config:
-        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
-
+    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
     tasks: List[Task] = Field(description="List of tasks", default_factory=list)
     agents: List[Agent] = Field(
         description="List of agents in this crew.", default_factory=list
diff --git a/crewai/task.py b/crewai/task.py
index e87caf0a0..f766f8c0b 100644
--- a/crewai/task.py
+++ b/crewai/task.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 from typing import Any, List, Optional
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, model_validator
+from pydantic import Field, model_validator
 
 from crewai.agent import Agent
+from crewai.base.model import CrewAIBaseModel
 
 
-class Task(BaseModel):
+class Task(CrewAIBaseModel):
     """Class that represent a task to be executed."""
 
     description: str = Field(description="Description of the actual task.")