diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/remote-cache/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/remote-cache/build.sbt
index 6ea9d9f49..920bc2e0c 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/remote-cache/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/remote-cache/build.sbt
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ lazy val root = (project in file("."))
       IO.write(output, "class HelloWorld")
       Seq(output)
     }.taskValue,
+    // bring back fixed-id because JDK 8/11 would be different intentionally
+    Compile / remoteCacheId := "fixed-id",
+    Compile / remoteCacheIdCandidates := Seq((Compile / remoteCacheId).value),
+    Test / remoteCacheId := "fixed-id",
+    Test / remoteCacheIdCandidates := Seq((Test / remoteCacheId).value),
+    CustomArtifact / remoteCacheId := "fixed-id",
+    CustomArtifact / remoteCacheIdCandidates := Seq((CustomArtifact / remoteCacheId).value),
 
     // test tasks
     recordPreviousIterations := {
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/remote-cache/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/remote-cache/test
index feab2a060..5c81f25a5 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/remote-cache/test
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/remote-cache/test
@@ -13,19 +13,19 @@ $ exists target/scala-2.12/test-classes/MyTest$.class
 $ exists target/scala-2.12/test-zinc/inc_compile_2.12.zip
 
 # Compile
-$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-789740d77fd44aa9/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-789740d77fd44aa9-cached-compile.jar
-$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-789740d77fd44aa9/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-789740d77fd44aa9-cached-compile.jar.md5
-$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-789740d77fd44aa9/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-789740d77fd44aa9-cached-compile.jar.sha1
+$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-fixed-id/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-fixed-id-cached-compile.jar
+$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-fixed-id/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-fixed-id-cached-compile.jar.md5
+$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-fixed-id/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-fixed-id-cached-compile.jar.sha1
 
 # Test
-$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-9cd077da3ad28ae5/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-9cd077da3ad28ae5-cached-test.jar
-$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-9cd077da3ad28ae5/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-9cd077da3ad28ae5-cached-test.jar.md5
-$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-9cd077da3ad28ae5/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-9cd077da3ad28ae5-cached-test.jar.sha1
+$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-fixed-id/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-fixed-id-cached-test.jar
+$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-fixed-id/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-fixed-id-cached-test.jar.md5
+$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-fixed-id/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-fixed-id-cached-test.jar.sha1
 
 # Custom artifact
-$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-1497188b634e2cd0/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-1497188b634e2cd0-custom-artifact.jar
-$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-1497188b634e2cd0/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-1497188b634e2cd0-custom-artifact.jar.md5
-$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-1497188b634e2cd0/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-1497188b634e2cd0-custom-artifact.jar.sha1
+$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-fixed-id/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-fixed-id-custom-artifact.jar
+$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-fixed-id/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-fixed-id-custom-artifact.jar.md5
+$ exists r/my-project/my-project_2.12/0.0.0-fixed-id/my-project_2.12-0.0.0-fixed-id-custom-artifact.jar.sha1
 
 > clean