diff --git a/pkg/unikontainers/vaccel.go b/pkg/unikontainers/vaccel.go
index b640b1ea3..2ddae4834 100644
--- a/pkg/unikontainers/vaccel.go
+++ b/pkg/unikontainers/vaccel.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package unikontainers
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"hash/fnv"
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
@@ -30,14 +31,13 @@ var ErrVAccelDisabled = errors.New("vaccel is disabled")
 // idToGuestCID generates a deterministic guest CID (Context Identifier)
 // for vsock communication based on a container or VM ID.
 func idToGuestCID(id string) int {
-	sum := 0
-	for _, c := range id {
-		sum += int(c)
-	}
+	h := fnv.New32a()
+	h.Write([]byte(id))
+	hashVal := h.Sum32()
+
 	const minVal = 3
-	const maxVal = 99
-	const valRange = maxVal - minVal + 1
-	val := (sum % valRange) + minVal
+	// Max uint32 is 4294967295. Range size = 4294967295 - 3 + 1 = 4294967293
+	val := int((hashVal % 4294967293) + minVal)
 
 	return val
 }
diff --git a/pkg/unikontainers/vaccel_test.go b/pkg/unikontainers/vaccel_test.go
index 9ab8f01d8..c15424aee 100644
--- a/pkg/unikontainers/vaccel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/unikontainers/vaccel_test.go
@@ -30,12 +30,22 @@ func TestIdToGuestCID(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "empty string",
 			id:          "",
-			expectedCID: 3,
+			expectedCID: 2166136264,
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "simple id",
 			id:          "container123",
-			expectedCID: 49,
+			expectedCID: 1588278395,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "anagram id 1",
+			id:          "abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789",
+			expectedCID: 4118960264,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "anagram id 2",
+			id:          "9876543210fedcba9876543210fedcba9876543210fedcba9876543210fedcba",
+			expectedCID: 1919582536,
 		},
 	}