diff --git a/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/evidence.go b/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/evidence.go
index 414afb21a..a3b71943f 100644
--- a/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/evidence.go
+++ b/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/evidence.go
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ type EvidenceCrafter struct {
 // customEvidence represents the expected structure of a custom Evidence JSON file
 type customEvidence struct {
 	// ID is a unique identifier for the evidence
-	ID string `json:"id"`
+	// Deprecated: in favor of ChainloopID
+	ID          string `json:"id"`
+	ChainloopID string `json:"chainloop.material.evidence.id"`
 	// Schema is an optional schema reference for the evidence validation
 	Schema string `json:"schema"`
 	// Data contains the actual evidence content
@@ -93,8 +95,14 @@ func (i *EvidenceCrafter) tryExtractAnnotations(m *api.Attestation_Material, art
 		return
 	}
 
+	chainloopID := evidence.ChainloopID
+	// fallback to deprecated id field
+	if chainloopID == "" {
+		chainloopID = evidence.ID
+	}
+
 	// Check if it has the required structure (id and data fields)
-	if evidence.ID == "" || len(evidence.Data) == 0 {
+	if chainloopID == "" || len(evidence.Data) == 0 {
 		i.logger.Debug().Msg("evidence JSON does not have required id and data fields, skipping annotation extraction")
 		return
 	}
@@ -105,7 +113,7 @@ func (i *EvidenceCrafter) tryExtractAnnotations(m *api.Attestation_Material, art
 	}
 
 	// Extract id and schema as annotations
-	m.Annotations[annotationEvidenceID] = evidence.ID
+	m.Annotations[annotationEvidenceID] = chainloopID
 	if evidence.Schema != "" {
 		m.Annotations[annotationEvidenceSchema] = evidence.Schema
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/evidence_test.go b/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/evidence_test.go
index 8df8cd069..57577f489 100644
--- a/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/evidence_test.go
+++ b/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/evidence_test.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func TestEvidenceCraftWithJSONAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedAnnotations map[string]string
 	}{
 		{
-			name:     "JSON with id, data and schema fields extracts annotations",
+			name:     "JSON with deprecated id, data and schema fields extracts annotations",
 			filePath: "./testdata/evidence-with-id-data-schema.json",
 			expectedAnnotations: map[string]string{
 				"chainloop.material.evidence.id":     "custom-evidence-123",
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ func TestEvidenceCraftWithJSONAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 				"chainloop.material.evidence.id": "custom-evidence-456",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "JSON with new chainloop.material.evidence.id, data and schema fields extracts annotations",
+			filePath: "./testdata/evidence-with-new-id-data-schema.json",
+			expectedAnnotations: map[string]string{
+				"chainloop.material.evidence.id":     "custom-evidence-123",
+				"chainloop.material.evidence.schema": "https://example.com/schema/v1",
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:                "JSON without required structure does not extract annotations",
 			filePath:            "./testdata/evidence-invalid-structure.json",
diff --git a/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/testdata/evidence-with-new-id-data-schema.json b/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/testdata/evidence-with-new-id-data-schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2b595cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/attestation/crafter/materials/testdata/evidence-with-new-id-data-schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "chainloop.material.evidence.id": "custom-evidence-123",
+  "schema": "https://example.com/schema/v1",
+  "data": {
+    "status": "approved",
+    "approver": "john.doe@example.com",
+    "timestamp": "2025-10-30T10:00:00Z",
+    "details": {
+      "review_type": "security",
+      "findings": ["no issues found"]
+    }
+  }
+}