diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_snapshots.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
index 634cab0cf..5e3db0c5c 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func printSnapshotsReadable(stdout io.Writer, list []*restic.Snapshot) {
 type Snapshot struct {
 	*restic.Snapshot
 
-	ID string `json:"id"`
+	ID *restic.ID `json:"id"`
 }
 
 // printSnapshotsJSON writes the JSON representation of list to stdout.
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func printSnapshotsJSON(stdout io.Writer, list []*restic.Snapshot) error {
 
 		k := Snapshot{
 			Snapshot: sn,
-			ID:       sn.ID().String(),
+			ID:       sn.ID(),
 		}
 		snapshots = append(snapshots, k)
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/integration_test.go b/src/cmds/restic/integration_test.go
index 6bb7ed254..a4ad49ba9 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/integration_test.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/integration_test.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func testRunFind(t testing.TB, gopts GlobalOptions, pattern string) []string {
 	return strings.Split(string(buf.Bytes()), "\n")
 }
 
-func testRunSnapshots(t testing.TB, gopts GlobalOptions) (*Snapshot, map[string]Snapshot) {
+func testRunSnapshots(t testing.TB, gopts GlobalOptions) (newest *Snapshot, snapmap map[restic.ID]Snapshot) {
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
 	globalOptions.stdout = buf
 	globalOptions.JSON = true
@@ -177,15 +177,14 @@ func testRunSnapshots(t testing.TB, gopts GlobalOptions) (*Snapshot, map[string]
 	snapshots := []Snapshot{}
 	OK(t, json.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), &snapshots))
 
-	var newest *Snapshot
-	snapmap := make(map[string]Snapshot, len(snapshots))
+	snapmap = make(map[restic.ID]Snapshot, len(snapshots))
 	for _, sn := range snapshots {
-		snapmap[sn.ID] = sn
+		snapmap[*sn.ID] = sn
 		if newest == nil || sn.Time.After(newest.Time) {
 			newest = &sn
 		}
 	}
-	return newest, snapmap
+	return
 }
 
 func testRunForget(t testing.TB, gopts GlobalOptions, args ...string) {