diff --git a/syft/artifact/id.go b/syft/artifact/id.go
index 4b87fd293c1..c53ca7c9ad0 100644
--- a/syft/artifact/id.go
+++ b/syft/artifact/id.go
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ func IDByHash(obj interface{}) (ID, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not build ID for object=%+v: %w", obj, err)
 	}
 
-	return ID(fmt.Sprintf("%x", f)), nil
+	return ID(fmt.Sprintf("%016x", f)), nil
 }
diff --git a/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestEncodeFullJSONDocument.golden b/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestEncodeFullJSONDocument.golden
index c039a245730..daca7eb5ed6 100644
--- a/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestEncodeFullJSONDocument.golden
+++ b/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestEncodeFullJSONDocument.golden
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
    }
   },
   {
-   "id": "e7c88bd18e11b0b",
+   "id": "0e7c88bd18e11b0b",
    "location": {
     "path": "/a/place/a"
    },