diff --git a/sbom.py b/sbom.py
index 9a3cfa00..42130e4f 100644
--- a/sbom.py
+++ b/sbom.py
@@ -100,10 +100,15 @@ class CreationInfo(TypedDict):
 def spdx_id(value: LiteralString) -> str:
     """Encode a value into characters that are valid in an SPDX ID"""
     value_as_spdx_id = re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9.\-]+", "-", value)
-    # To avoid collisions we append a hash suffix.
-    suffix = hashlib.sha256(value.encode()).hexdigest()[:8]
-    value_as_spdx_id = f"{value_as_spdx_id}-{suffix}"
-    assert _SPDX_IDS_TO_VALUES.setdefault(value_as_spdx_id, value) == value
+
+    # The happy path is there are no collisions.
+    # But collisions can happen, especially in file paths.
+    # We append a hash suffix in those cases.
+    if _SPDX_IDS_TO_VALUES.setdefault(value_as_spdx_id, value) != value:
+        suffix = hashlib.sha256(value.encode()).hexdigest()[:8]
+        value_as_spdx_id = f"{value_as_spdx_id}-{suffix}"
+        assert _SPDX_IDS_TO_VALUES.setdefault(value_as_spdx_id, value) == value
+
     return value_as_spdx_id
 
 
diff --git a/tests/sbom/sbom-with-pip-removed.json b/tests/sbom/sbom-with-pip-removed.json
index b2646f23..0ba2d4c0 100644
--- a/tests/sbom/sbom-with-pip-removed.json
+++ b/tests/sbom/sbom-with-pip-removed.json
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
   "packages": [],
   "relationships": [
     {
-      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-FILE-Modules-expat-COPYING-497fb0c3",
+      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-FILE-Modules-expat-COPYING",
       "relationshipType": "CONTAINS",
-      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-expat-83b93528"
+      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-expat"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/sbom/sbom-with-pip.json b/tests/sbom/sbom-with-pip.json
index d2ee1c6f..e758c182 100644
--- a/tests/sbom/sbom-with-pip.json
+++ b/tests/sbom/sbom-with-pip.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "files": [],
   "packages": [
     {
-      "SPDXID": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip-ced959c1",
+      "SPDXID": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip",
       "name": "pip",
       "versionInfo": "24.0",
       "licenseConcluded": "MIT",
@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@
   ],
   "relationships": [
     {
-      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-FILE-Modules-expat-COPYING-497fb0c3",
+      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-FILE-Modules-expat-COPYING",
       "relationshipType": "CONTAINS",
-      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-expat-83b93528"
+      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-expat"
     },
     {
-      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-urllib3-b7a198af",
+      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-urllib3",
       "relationshipType": "DEPENDS_ON",
-      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip-ced959c1"
+      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip"
     },
     {
-      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip-ced959c1",
+      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip",
       "relationshipType": "DEPENDS_ON",
-      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-cpython-608f998c"
+      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-cpython"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_sbom.py b/tests/test_sbom.py
index 8e7713dc..db2f59af 100644
--- a/tests/test_sbom.py
+++ b/tests/test_sbom.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ["value", "expected"],
     [
-        ("abc", "abc-ba7816bf"),
-        ("def", "def-cb8379ac"),
-        ("SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip", "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip-ced959c1"),
-        ("SPDXRef-PACKAGE-cpython", "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-cpython-79ab18d2"),
-        ("SPDXRef-PACKAGE-urllib3", "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-urllib3-b8ab4751"),
+        ("abc", "abc"),
+        ("path/name", "path-name"),
+        ("SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip", "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-pip"),
+        ("SPDXRef-PACKAGE-cpython", "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-cpython"),
+        ("SPDXRef-PACKAGE-urllib3", "SPDXRef-PACKAGE-urllib3"),
     ],
 )
 def test_spdx_id(value: str, expected: str) -> None: