diff --git a/cln-rpc/src/jsonrpc.rs b/cln-rpc/src/jsonrpc.rs
index 99a5469b1..a3930d9c3 100644
--- a/cln-rpc/src/jsonrpc.rs
+++ b/cln-rpc/src/jsonrpc.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum JsonRpc<N, R> {
-    Request(usize, R),
+    Request(serde_json::Value, R),
     Notification(N),
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ where
     {
         #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
         struct IdHelper {
-            id: Option<usize>,
+            id: Option<serde_json::Value>,
         }
 
         let v = Value::deserialize(deserializer)?;
diff --git a/cln-rpc/src/lib.rs b/cln-rpc/src/lib.rs
index d53ad0cad..cd2758d0a 100644
--- a/cln-rpc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cln-rpc/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use futures_util::sink::SinkExt;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use log::{debug, trace};
+use serde_json::json;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ impl ClnRpc {
 
         // Wrap the raw request in a well-formed JSON-RPC outer dict.
         let id = self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-        let req: JsonRpc<Notification, Request> = JsonRpc::Request(id, req);
+        let req: JsonRpc<Notification, Request> = JsonRpc::Request(json!(id), req);
         let req = serde_json::to_value(req).map_err(|e| RpcError {
             code: None,
             message: format!("Error parsing request: {}", e),
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ mod test {
         let read_req = dbg!(read.next().await.unwrap().unwrap());
 
         assert_eq!(
-            json!({"id": 1, "method": "getinfo", "params": {}, "jsonrpc": "2.0"}),
+            json!({"id": "1", "method": "getinfo", "params": {}, "jsonrpc": "2.0"}),
             read_req
         );
     }
diff --git a/plugins/src/lib.rs b/plugins/src/lib.rs
index 1da5f379c..56237d5c0 100644
--- a/plugins/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/src/lib.rs
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ pub struct ConfiguredPlugin<S, I, O>
 where
     S: Clone + Send,
 {
-    init_id: usize,
+    init_id: serde_json::Value,
     input: FramedRead<I, JsonRpcCodec>,
     output: Arc<Mutex<FramedWrite<O, JsonCodec>>>,
     plugin: Plugin<S>,
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ where
                         self.dispatch_notification(n, plugin).await
                     }
                     messages::JsonRpc::CustomRequest(id, p) => {
-                        match self.dispatch_custom_request(id, p, plugin).await {
+                        match self.dispatch_custom_request(id.clone(), p, plugin).await {
                             Ok(v) => plugin
                                 .sender
                                 .send(json!({
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ where
     }
 
     async fn dispatch_request(
-        _id: usize,
+        _id: serde_json::Value,
         _request: messages::Request,
         _plugin: &Plugin<S>,
     ) -> Result<(), Error> {
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ where
 
     async fn dispatch_custom_request(
         &self,
-        _id: usize,
+        _id: serde_json::Value,
         request: serde_json::Value,
         plugin: &Plugin<S>,
     ) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error> {
diff --git a/plugins/src/messages.rs b/plugins/src/messages.rs
index 9b23e4395..89722b997 100644
--- a/plugins/src/messages.rs
+++ b/plugins/src/messages.rs
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ pub struct ProxyInfo {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum JsonRpc<N, R> {
-    Request(usize, R),
+    Request(serde_json::Value, R),
     Notification(N),
-    CustomRequest(usize, Value),
+    CustomRequest(serde_json::Value, Value),
     CustomNotification(Value),
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ where
     {
         #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
         struct IdHelper {
-            id: Option<usize>,
+            id: Option<serde_json::Value>,
         }
 
         let v = Value::deserialize(deserializer)?;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ mod test {
                     "always_use_proxy": false
                 }
             },
-            "id": 10,
+            "id": "10",
         });
         let req: JsonRpc<Notification, Request> = serde_json::from_value(value).unwrap();
         match req {