diff --git a/__tests__/files/node.spec.ts b/__tests__/files/node.spec.ts
index d7c2fa62..fa2a1d82 100644
--- a/__tests__/files/node.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/files/node.spec.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,51 @@ describe('FileId attribute', () => {
 	})
 })
 
+describe('Id attribute', () => {
+	test('Id undefined', () => {
+		const file = new File({
+			source: 'https://cloud.domain.com/remote.php/dav/files/emma/picture.jpg',
+			root: '/files/emma',
+			mime: 'image/jpeg',
+			owner: 'emma',
+		})
+		expect(file.id).toBeUndefined()
+	})
+
+	test('id definition', () => {
+		const file = new File({
+			source: 'https://cloud.domain.com/remote.php/dav/files/emma/picture.jpg',
+			root: '/files/emma',
+			mime: 'image/jpeg',
+			owner: 'emma',
+			id: '1234',
+		})
+		expect(file.id).toBe('1234')
+	})
+
+	test('Legacy id definition', () => {
+		const file = new File({
+			source: 'https://cloud.domain.com/remote.php/dav/files/emma/picture.jpg',
+			root: '/files/emma',
+			mime: 'image/jpeg',
+			owner: 'emma',
+			id: 1234,
+		})
+		expect(file.id).toBe('1234')
+	})
+
+	test('Legacy failed node id', () => {
+		const file = new File({
+			source: 'https://cloud.domain.com/remote.php/dav/files/emma/picture.jpg',
+			root: '/files/emma',
+			mime: 'image/jpeg',
+			owner: 'emma',
+			id: -1,
+		})
+		expect(file.id).toBeUndefined()
+	})
+})
+
 describe('Mime attribute', () => {
 	test('Mime definition', () => {
 		const file = new File({
@@ -304,7 +349,7 @@ describe('Sanity checks', () => {
 			root: '/files/emma',
 			mime: 'image/jpeg',
 			owner: 'emma',
-			id: '1234' as unknown as number,
+			id: true as unknown as number,
 		})).toThrowError('Invalid id type of value')
 	})
 
diff --git a/lib/node/node.ts b/lib/node/node.ts
index cd0246f8..14007333 100644
--- a/lib/node/node.ts
+++ b/lib/node/node.ts
@@ -287,11 +287,29 @@ export abstract class Node {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the node id if defined.
-	 * There is no setter as the fileid is not meant to be changed
+	 * Get the nodes file id if defined.
+	 * There is no setter as the fileid is not meant to be changed.
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated Nextcloud is migrating to snowflake ids which are strings. Use the `id` attribute instead.
 	 */
 	get fileid(): number | undefined {
-		return this._data?.id
+		return typeof this._data?.id === 'number' ? this._data.id : undefined
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the nodes id - if defined.
+	 *
+	 * Note: As Nextcloud is migrating to snowflake ids the id has to be a string,
+	 * due to limitations of the JavaScript number type (snowflake ids are 64bit JavaScript numbers can only accurately represent integers up to 53 bit).
+	 */
+	get id(): string | undefined {
+		if (typeof this._data?.id === 'undefined'
+			|| (typeof this._data.id === 'number' && this._data.id < 0)) {
+			// legacy fileid < 0 means the node failed, this should be communicated via the `status` attribute
+			// so in that case there is no id available
+			return undefined
+		}
+		return String(this._data.id)
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/lib/node/nodeData.ts b/lib/node/nodeData.ts
index dc420c99..d6e5f20f 100644
--- a/lib/node/nodeData.ts
+++ b/lib/node/nodeData.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,15 @@ export interface NodeData {
 	 */
 	root: string
 
-	/** Unique ID */
-	id?: number
+	/**
+	 * Unique ID
+	 *
+	 * This is usually the file id from the backend where this would be a number.
+	 * For some type of nodes this is already a snowflake id and thus as string.
+	 *
+	 * Note: Passing a number is deprecated.
+	 */
+	id?: number | string
 
 	/** Last modified time */
 	mtime?: Date
@@ -91,7 +98,7 @@ export function isDavResource(source: string, davService: RegExp): boolean {
  * @param davService Pattern to check if source is DAV ressource
  */
 export function validateData(data: NodeData, davService: RegExp) {
-	if (data.id && typeof data.id !== 'number') {
+	if (data.id && typeof data.id !== 'number' && typeof data.id !== 'string') {
 		throw new Error('Invalid id type of value')
 	}