diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 961d8b013..5acd15145 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ test.log
 /build
 !no2-old.db
 !no2-v3.db
+!no2-v4.3.0.db
 .diffblue
 infer-out
 secring.gpg
diff --git a/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/NitriteTest.java b/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/NitriteTest.java
index 1a3d26524..a8b272fcf 100644
--- a/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/NitriteTest.java
+++ b/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/NitriteTest.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ public void run() {
                     log.error("Error in thread", e);
                 }
             }
-        };
+        }
 
         Thread t0 = new Thread(new ThreadRunner());
         Thread t1 = new Thread(new ThreadRunner());
@@ -682,6 +683,32 @@ public void testReadOnlyMode() {
         deleteDb(fileName);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testIssue1162() throws IOException {
+
+        // setup no2-v4.3.0.db as a temp file
+        var databasePath = Files.createTempFile("temp-no2-v4.3.0", ".db");
+        var templateDb = Objects.requireNonNull(NitriteTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/no2-v4.3.0.db"));
+        Files.copy(templateDb, databasePath, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+
+        var module = MVStoreModule.withConfig()
+            .filePath(databasePath.toAbsolutePath().toFile())
+            .build();
+
+        var database = Nitrite.builder()
+            .loadModule(module)
+            .openOrCreate();
+
+        try (database) {
+            var collection = database.getCollection("myCollection");
+            assertEquals(1, collection.size());
+
+            var firstPerson = collection.find().firstOrNull();
+            assertNotNull(firstPerson);
+            assertEquals(1970829645337976832L, firstPerson.getId().getIdValue());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Data
     @AllArgsConstructor
     @NoArgsConstructor
diff --git a/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/resources/no2-v4.3.0.db b/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/resources/no2-v4.3.0.db
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d32d697e
Binary files /dev/null and b/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/src/test/resources/no2-v4.3.0.db differ
diff --git a/nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/NitriteId.java b/nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/NitriteId.java
index 1a13b5352..63d6208d0 100644
--- a/nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/NitriteId.java
+++ b/nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/NitriteId.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.Getter;
+
 import org.dizitart.no2.exceptions.InvalidIdException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -48,18 +49,20 @@ public final class NitriteId implements Comparable<NitriteId>, Serializable {
     private static final SnowflakeIdGenerator generator = new SnowflakeIdGenerator();
 
     /** The underlying value of the NitriteId. */
-    private long idValue;
+    /* WARNING(gh-1162): naming it idValue breaks java serialization for databases created with earlier version of nitrite
+     *                   and marking it transient introduces side effects for @EqualsAndHashCode */
+    private long _idValue;
 
     private NitriteId() {
-        this.idValue = generator.getId();
+        this._idValue = generator.getId();
     }
 
     private NitriteId(String value) {
-        this.idValue = Long.parseLong(value);
+        this._idValue = Long.parseLong(value);
     }
 
     private NitriteId(long value) {
-        this.idValue = value;
+        this._idValue = value;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -115,21 +118,25 @@ public static boolean validId(Object value) {
         }
     }
 
+    public long getIdValue() {
+        return _idValue;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int compareTo(NitriteId other) {
-        return Long.compare(idValue, other.idValue);
+        return Long.compare(_idValue, other._idValue);
     }
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return ID_PREFIX + idValue + ID_SUFFIX;
+        return ID_PREFIX + _idValue + ID_SUFFIX;
     }
 
     private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream stream) throws IOException {
-        stream.writeUTF(Long.toString(idValue));
+        stream.writeUTF(Long.toString(_idValue));
     }
 
     private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws IOException {
-        idValue = Long.parseLong(stream.readUTF());
+        _idValue = Long.parseLong(stream.readUTF());
     }
 }