diff --git a/glide-core/Cargo.toml b/glide-core/Cargo.toml
index 1d934fabc3..671fb63aa0 100644
--- a/glide-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/glide-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ directories = { version = "4.0", optional = true }
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 arcstr = "1.1.5"
 sha1_smol = "1.0.0"
+nanoid = "0.4.0"
 
 [features]
 socket-layer = ["directories", "integer-encoding", "num_cpus", "protobuf", "tokio-util", "bytes"]
diff --git a/glide-core/src/client/mod.rs b/glide-core/src/client/mod.rs
index 772ed9103f..4c4141e29d 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ impl Client {
     // to continue the scan called ScanState.
     // In order to avoid passing Rust GC to clean the ScanState when the cursor (ref) is passed to the warp layer,
     // which mean that Rust layer is not aware of the cursor anymore, we need to keep the ScanState alive.
-    // We do that by storing the ScanState in a global container, and return a hash of the cursor to the warp layer.
+    // We do that by storing the ScanState in a global container, and return a cursor-id of the cursor to the warp layer.
     //
-    // The warp layer create an object contain the hash with a drop function that will remove the cursor from the container.
-    // When the ref is removed from the hash map, there's no more references to the ScanState, and the GC will clean it.
+    // The warp layer create an object contain the cursor-id with a drop function that will remove the cursor from the container.
+    // When the ref is removed from the hash-map, there's no more references to the ScanState, and the GC will clean it.
     pub async fn cluster_scan<'a>(
         &'a mut self,
         scan_state_cursor: &'a ScanStateRC,
@@ -252,13 +252,16 @@ impl Client {
                     )
                     .await?;
 
-                let cluster_hash = if cursor.is_finished() {
+                let cluster_cursor_id = if cursor.is_finished() {
                     "finished".to_string()
                 } else {
                     insert_cluster_scan_cursor(cursor)
                 };
                 convert_to_expected_type(
-                    Value::Array(vec![Value::SimpleString(cluster_hash), Value::Array(keys)]),
+                    Value::Array(vec![
+                        Value::SimpleString(cluster_cursor_id),
+                        Value::Array(keys),
+                    ]),
                     Some(ExpectedReturnType::ClusterScanReturnType {
                         cursor: &ExpectedReturnType::BulkString,
                         keys: &ExpectedReturnType::ArrayOfStrings,
diff --git a/glide-core/src/client/value_conversion.rs b/glide-core/src/client/value_conversion.rs
index 44d47ec5d5..51cfce68e6 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/client/value_conversion.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/client/value_conversion.rs
@@ -1016,17 +1016,17 @@ mod tests {
     // Test conversion of cluster scan return type
     #[test]
     fn convert_cluster_scan_return_type() {
-        let cluster_hash = "hash".to_string();
+        let cluster_cursor_id = "id".to_string();
         let keys = Value::Array(vec![
             Value::BulkString("key:340".to_string().into_bytes()),
             Value::BulkString("value:341".to_string().into_bytes()),
         ]);
         let value = Value::Array(vec![
-            Value::SimpleString(cluster_hash.clone()),
+            Value::SimpleString(cluster_cursor_id.clone()),
             keys.clone(),
         ]);
         let expected_result = Value::Array(vec![
-            Value::BulkString(cluster_hash.clone().into_bytes()),
+            Value::BulkString(cluster_cursor_id.clone().into_bytes()),
             keys.clone(),
         ]);
         assert_eq!(
@@ -1043,14 +1043,14 @@ mod tests {
     }
     #[test]
     fn convert_cluster_scan_return_finished() {
-        let cluster_hash = "finished".to_string();
+        let cluster_cursor_id = "finished".to_string();
         let keys = Value::Array(vec![]);
         let value = Value::Array(vec![
-            Value::SimpleString(cluster_hash.clone()),
+            Value::SimpleString(cluster_cursor_id.clone()),
             keys.clone(),
         ]);
         let expected_result = Value::Array(vec![
-            Value::BulkString(cluster_hash.clone().into_bytes()),
+            Value::BulkString(cluster_cursor_id.clone().into_bytes()),
             keys.clone(),
         ]);
         assert_eq!(
@@ -1068,8 +1068,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn convert_cluster_scan_fail_on_bad_return() {
-        let cluster_hash = "hash".to_string();
-        let value = Value::Array(vec![Value::SimpleString(cluster_hash.clone())]);
+        let cluster_cursor_id = "id".to_string();
+        let value = Value::Array(vec![Value::SimpleString(cluster_cursor_id.clone())]);
         assert!(convert_to_expected_type(
             value,
             Some(ExpectedReturnType::ClusterScanReturnType {
diff --git a/glide-core/src/cluster_scan_container.rs b/glide-core/src/cluster_scan_container.rs
index f2c2dd80a1..72dc7ccdf1 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/cluster_scan_container.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/cluster_scan_container.rs
@@ -2,44 +2,43 @@
  * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 use logger_core::log_info;
+use nanoid::nanoid;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use redis::{RedisResult, ScanStateRC};
-use sha1_smol::Sha1;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Mutex};
 
 // This is a container for storing the cursor of a cluster scan.
 // The cursor for a cluster scan is a ref to the actual ScanState struct in redis-rs.
 // In order to avoid dropping it when it is passed between layers of the application,
-// we store it in this container and only pass the hash of the cursor.
-// The cursor is stored in the container and can be retrieved using the hash.
-// In wrapper layer we wrap the hash in an object, which, when dropped, trigger the removal of the cursor from the container.
+// we store it in this container and only pass the id of the cursor.
+// The cursor is stored in the container and can be retrieved using the id.
+// In wrapper layer we wrap the id in an object, which, when dropped, trigger the removal of the cursor from the container.
 // When the ref is removed from the container, the actual ScanState struct is dropped by Rust GC.
 
 static CONTAINER: Lazy<Mutex<HashMap<String, ScanStateRC>>> =
     Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
 
 pub fn insert_cluster_scan_cursor(scan_state: ScanStateRC) -> String {
-    let hash = Sha1::new();
-    let hash = hash.digest().to_string();
-    CONTAINER.lock().unwrap().insert(hash.clone(), scan_state);
-    hash
+    let id = nanoid!();
+    CONTAINER.lock().unwrap().insert(id.clone(), scan_state);
+    id
 }
 
-pub fn get_cluster_scan_cursor(hash: String) -> RedisResult<ScanStateRC> {
-    let scan_state_rc = CONTAINER.lock().unwrap().get(&hash).cloned();
+pub fn get_cluster_scan_cursor(id: String) -> RedisResult<ScanStateRC> {
+    let scan_state_rc = CONTAINER.lock().unwrap().get(&id).cloned();
     match scan_state_rc {
         Some(scan_state_rc) => Ok(scan_state_rc),
         None => Err(redis::RedisError::from((
             redis::ErrorKind::ResponseError,
-            "Invalid scan_state_cursor hash",
+            "Invalid scan_state_cursor id",
         ))),
     }
 }
 
-pub fn remove_scan_state_cursor(hash: String) {
+pub fn remove_scan_state_cursor(id: String) {
     log_info(
         "scan_state_cursor lifetime",
-        format!("Removed scan_state_cursor with hash: `{hash}`"),
+        format!("Removed scan_state_cursor with id: `{id}`"),
     );
-    CONTAINER.lock().unwrap().remove(&hash);
+    CONTAINER.lock().unwrap().remove(&id);
 }
diff --git a/glide-core/src/socket_listener.rs b/glide-core/src/socket_listener.rs
index e7c871378a..2ed44881d2 100644
--- a/glide-core/src/socket_listener.rs
+++ b/glide-core/src/socket_listener.rs
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ async fn send_command(
 async fn cluster_scan(cluster_scan: ClusterScan, mut client: Client) -> ClientUsageResult<Value> {
     // Since we don't send the cluster scan as a usual command, but throw a special function in redis-rs library,
     // we need to handle the command separately.
-    // Especially, we need to handle the cursor, which is not the cursor of the ValKey command, but the a hash of the ref
+    // Especially, we need to handle the cursor, which is not the cursor of the ValKey command, but the a id of the ref
     // to the ScanState in redis-rs stored in the cluster scan container.
     // We need to get the ref from the table or create a new one if the cursor is empty.
     let cursor = cluster_scan.cursor.into();
diff --git a/python/python/glide/glide_client.py b/python/python/glide/glide_client.py
index 2901224f04..bcc16bd5da 100644
--- a/python/python/glide/glide_client.py
+++ b/python/python/glide/glide_client.py
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ async def _cluster_scan(
             )
         request = RedisRequest()
         request.callback_idx = self._get_callback_index()
-        # Take out the hash string from the wrapping object
+        # Take out the id string from the wrapping object
         cursor_str = cursor.get_cursor()
         if cursor_str is not None:
             request.cluster_scan.cursor = cursor_str
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_async_client.py b/python/python/tests/test_async_client.py
index f6477ee8ec..1f566a5159 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_async_client.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_async_client.py
@@ -6770,7 +6770,7 @@ async def test_cluster_scan_cleaning_cursor(self, redis_client: GlideClusterClie
         new_cursor_with_same_id = ClusterScanCursor(cursor_string)
         with pytest.raises(RequestError) as e_info:
             await redis_client.scan(new_cursor_with_same_id)
-        assert "Invalid scan_state_cursor hash" in str(e_info.value)
+        assert "Invalid scan_state_cursor id" in str(e_info.value)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("cluster_mode", [True])
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("protocol", [ProtocolVersion.RESP2, ProtocolVersion.RESP3])
diff --git a/python/src/lib.rs b/python/src/lib.rs
index 255c9ec8cb..0b2fbb3503 100644
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ impl Level {
 
 /// This struct is used to keep track of the cursor of a cluster scan.
 /// We want to avoid passing the cursor between layers of the application,
-/// So we keep the state in the container and only pass the hash of the cursor.
-/// The cursor is stored in the container and can be retrieved using the hash.
+/// So we keep the state in the container and only pass the id of the cursor.
+/// The cursor is stored in the container and can be retrieved using the id.
 /// The cursor is removed from the container when the object is deleted (dropped).
 #[pyclass]
 pub struct ClusterScanCursor {