diff --git a/src/components/message/Message.js b/src/components/message/Message.js
index cce2b6dd83..9bb6021cb5 100644
--- a/src/components/message/Message.js
+++ b/src/components/message/Message.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import {
     createState,
     getRequestDuration,
     getTsCookieFromStorage,
-    getOrCreateDeviceID
+    getOrCreateDeviceID,
+    getGlobalSessionID
 } from '../../utils';
 
 const Message = function ({ markup, meta, parentStyles, warnings }) {
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ const Message = function ({ markup, meta, parentStyles, warnings }) {
         // getRequestDuration runs in the child component (iframe/banner message),
         // passing a value to onReady and up to the parent component to go out with
         // the other stats
-        requestDuration: getRequestDuration()
+        requestDuration: getRequestDuration(),
+        globalSessionID: getGlobalSessionID()
     });
 
     onMarkup({
@@ -224,7 +226,8 @@ const Message = function ({ markup, meta, parentStyles, warnings }) {
                                 // getRequestDuration runs in the child component (iframe/banner message),
                                 // passing a value to onReady and up to the parent component to go out with
                                 // the other stats
-                                requestDuration: getRequestDuration()
+                                requestDuration: getRequestDuration(),
+                                globalSessionID: getGlobalSessionID()
                             });
                         }
 
diff --git a/src/library/zoid/message/component.js b/src/library/zoid/message/component.js
index 3698864b6c..2a41985ccf 100644
--- a/src/library/zoid/message/component.js
+++ b/src/library/zoid/message/component.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
     getLibraryVersion,
     runStats,
     logger,
-    getOrCreateGlobalSessionID,
     getSessionID,
     getGlobalState,
     getCurrentTime,
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ export default createGlobalVariableGetter('__paypal_credit_message__', () =>
                 queryParam: false,
                 value: ({ props }) => {
                     const { onReady } = props;
-                    return ({ meta, activeTags, ts, requestDuration, messageRequestId }) => {
+                    return ({ meta, activeTags, ts, requestDuration, messageRequestId, globalSessionID }) => {
                         const { account, merchantId, index, modal, getContainer, pageType } = props;
                         const { trackingDetails, offerType, ppDebugId } = meta;
                         const partnerClientId = merchantId && account.slice(10); // slice is to remove the characters 'client-id:' from account name
@@ -255,10 +254,9 @@ export default createGlobalVariableGetter('__paypal_credit_message__', () =>
                                     // deviceID from internal iframe storage
                                     // should be populated previously by the treatments component
                                     deviceID: getOrCreateDeviceID(),
-                                    // Global Session ID allows messages to be correlated to button events
-                                    globalSessionID: getOrCreateGlobalSessionID(),
                                     // Session ID from parent local storage,
-                                    sessionID: getSessionID()
+                                    sessionID: getSessionID(),
+                                    globalSessionID
                                 },
                                 [index]: {
                                     type: 'message',
diff --git a/src/utils/sdk.js b/src/utils/sdk.js
index ecd5484c9b..2c29390c0e 100644
--- a/src/utils/sdk.js
+++ b/src/utils/sdk.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable eslint-comments/disable-enable-pair, no-else-return */
 import arrayFrom from 'core-js-pure/stable/array/from';
-import { getStorage as getBelterStorage, uniqueID as createBelterID } from '@krakenjs/belter/src';
+import { getStorage as getBelterStorage } from '@krakenjs/belter/src';
 import { SDK_QUERY_KEYS, SDK_SETTINGS } from '@paypal/sdk-constants/src';
 import {
     getClientID,
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ import {
     getCSPNonce,
     getNamespace as getSDKNamespace,
     getDefaultNamespace as getDefaultSDKNamespace,
-    getGlobalSessionID as getSDKGlobalSessionID,
-    setGlobalSessionID as setSDKGlobalSessionID,
+    getPayPalSessionID as getSDKGlobalSessionID,
     getSessionID as getSDKSessionID,
     getStorageID as getSDKStorageID,
     getStorageState as getSDKStorageState,
@@ -165,18 +164,12 @@ export function getStorage() {
     return getBelterStorage({ name: getNamespace() });
 }
 
-// Uses SDK methods to get and set a global session ID
+// Uses SDK methods to get a global session ID
 // value will be passed in message_render events
 // and used to correlate with button events
-export function getOrCreateGlobalSessionID() {
+export function getGlobalSessionID() {
     if (__MESSAGES__.__TARGET__ === 'SDK') {
-        let globalSessionID = getSDKGlobalSessionID();
-        if (!globalSessionID) {
-            globalSessionID = createBelterID();
-            setSDKGlobalSessionID(globalSessionID);
-        }
-
-        return globalSessionID;
+        return getSDKGlobalSessionID();
     } else {
         return getStorage().getSessionID();
     }
diff --git a/tests/unit/spec/src/components/message/Message.test.js b/tests/unit/spec/src/components/message/Message.test.js
index dacdcb84a7..31c865d89d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/spec/src/components/message/Message.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/spec/src/components/message/Message.test.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jest.mock('src/utils', () => ({
     getActiveTags: jest.fn(),
     getTsCookieFromStorage: jest.fn(() => ts),
     getOrCreateDeviceID: jest.fn(() => 'uid_26a2522628_mtc6mjk6nti'),
+    getGlobalSessionID: jest.fn(() => 'uid_d31a430e8f_mtq6ndk6mjk'),
     request: jest.fn(() =>
         Promise.resolve({
             data: '<!--{"markup":"<div>mock</div>","meta":{"messageRequestId":"23456"},"parentStyles":"body { color: blue; }","warnings":[]}-->'
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ describe('Message', () => {
         payerId: 'DEV00000000NI',
         deviceID: 'uid_26a2522628_mtc6mjk6nti',
         sessionID: 'uid_fda0b4618b_mtg6ndy6mjc',
+        globalSessionID: 'uid_d31a430e8f_mtq6ndk6mjk',
         onClick: jest.fn(),
         onReady: jest.fn(),
         onHover: jest.fn(),
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ describe('Message', () => {
         expect(window.xprops.onReady).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
             meta: {},
             messageRequestId: 'uid_xxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxx',
+            globalSessionID: 'uid_d31a430e8f_mtq6ndk6mjk',
             requestDuration: 123,
             ts
         });
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ describe('Message', () => {
         expect(window.xprops.onReady).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
             meta: {},
             messageRequestId: originalMRID,
+            globalSessionID: 'uid_d31a430e8f_mtq6ndk6mjk',
             requestDuration: 123,
             ts
         });
@@ -150,6 +154,7 @@ describe('Message', () => {
                 messageRequestId: '23456'
             },
             messageRequestId: expect.not.stringMatching(originalMRID),
+            globalSessionID: 'uid_d31a430e8f_mtq6ndk6mjk',
             requestDuration: 123,
             ts
         });
@@ -168,6 +173,7 @@ describe('Message', () => {
         expect(window.xprops.onReady).toBeCalledWith({
             meta: {},
             messageRequestId: 'uid_xxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxx',
+            globalSessionID: 'uid_d31a430e8f_mtq6ndk6mjk',
             requestDuration: 123,
             ts
         });