diff --git a/sdk/node/src/hfc.ts b/sdk/node/src/hfc.ts
index e2e33665959..66c85d81ef2 100644
--- a/sdk/node/src/hfc.ts
+++ b/sdk/node/src/hfc.ts
@@ -1757,10 +1757,10 @@ export class TransactionContext extends events.EventEmitter {
                     tx.setPayload(chaincodeDeploymentSpec.toBuffer());
 
                     //
-                    // Set the transaction UUID
+                    // Set the transaction ID
                     //
 
-                    tx.setTxid(sdk_util.GenerateUUID());
+                    tx.setTxid(hash);
 
                     //
                     // Set the transaction timestamp