diff --git a/linux_os/guide/services/ssh/file_groupownership_sshd_private_key/rule.yml b/linux_os/guide/services/ssh/file_groupownership_sshd_private_key/rule.yml
index e13d154b6d7..ad687639d5f 100644
--- a/linux_os/guide/services/ssh/file_groupownership_sshd_private_key/rule.yml
+++ b/linux_os/guide/services/ssh/file_groupownership_sshd_private_key/rule.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ documentation_complete: true
 title: 'Verify Group Ownership on SSH Server Private *_key Key Files'
 
 {{% set dedicated_ssh_groupname = groups.get("dedicated_ssh_keyowner", {}).get("name") %}}
-{{% set dedicated_ssh_groupid = groups.get("dedicated_ssh_keyowner", {}).get("id") %}}
 
 description: |-
     SSH server private keys, files that match the <code>/etc/ssh/*_key</code> glob, must be
@@ -36,4 +35,4 @@ template:
             - /etc/ssh/
         file_regex:
             - ^.*_key$
-        filegid: '{{{ dedicated_ssh_groupid if dedicated_ssh_groupid else '0' }}}'
+        filegid: '{{{ dedicated_ssh_groupname if dedicated_ssh_groupname else '0' }}}'
diff --git a/products/rhel7/product.yml b/products/rhel7/product.yml
index 816a79c9857..83c9f17e43a 100644
--- a/products/rhel7/product.yml
+++ b/products/rhel7/product.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ audisp_conf_path: "/etc/audisp"
 groups:
   dedicated_ssh_keyowner:
     name: ssh_keys
-    id: "997"
 
 cpes_root: "../../shared/applicability"
 cpes:
diff --git a/products/rhel8/product.yml b/products/rhel8/product.yml
index 13b5f8839c7..447f68d3550 100644
--- a/products/rhel8/product.yml
+++ b/products/rhel8/product.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ grub2_uefi_boot_path: "/boot/efi/EFI/redhat"
 groups:
   dedicated_ssh_keyowner:
     name: ssh_keys
-    id: "995"
 
 faillock_path: "/var/log/faillock"
 
diff --git a/products/rhel9/product.yml b/products/rhel9/product.yml
index 378182af94d..050c3dc7f5e 100644
--- a/products/rhel9/product.yml
+++ b/products/rhel9/product.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ grub2_uefi_boot_path: "/boot/grub2"
 groups:
   dedicated_ssh_keyowner:
     name: ssh_keys
-    id: "996"
 
 sshd_distributed_config: "true"
 
diff --git a/shared/templates/file_groupowner/oval.template b/shared/templates/file_groupowner/oval.template
index ed760c6cbf7..77ed73a3343 100644
--- a/shared/templates/file_groupowner/oval.template
+++ b/shared/templates/file_groupowner/oval.template
@@ -38,11 +38,34 @@
   </unix:file_object>
 
   <unix:file_state id="state_file_groupowner{{{ FILEID }}}_gid_{{{ FILEGID }}}_{{{ loop.index0 }}}" version="1">
+    {{%- if FILEGID == '0' %}}
     <unix:group_id datatype="int">{{{ FILEGID }}}</unix:group_id>
+    {{%- else %}}
+    <unix:group_id datatype="int" var_ref="var_dedicated_groupowner{{{ FILEID }}}_uid_{{{ FILEGID }}}"></unix:group_id>
+    {{%- endif %}}
   </unix:file_state>
   {{% endfor %}}
 
   <unix:file_state id="symlink_file_groupowner{{{ FILEID }}}_uid_{{{ FILEGID }}}" version="1">
     <unix:type operation="equals">symbolic link</unix:type>
   </unix:file_state>
+
+  {{%- if FILEGID != '0' %}}
+  <ind:textfilecontent54_object id="obj_dedicated_groupowner{{{ FILEID }}}_uid_{{{ FILEGID }}}" version="1" comment="gid of the dedicated {{{ FILEGID }}} group">
+  {{%- if product != 'rhcos4' -%}}
+    <ind:filepath>/etc/group</ind:filepath>
+  {{%- else %}}
+    {{# CoreOS doesn't list all groups in /etc/group - that's probably related to the FS immutability #}}
+    <ind:filepath>/usr/lib/group</ind:filepath>
+  {{%- endif %}}
+    <ind:pattern operation="pattern match">^{{{ FILEGID }}}:\w+:(\w+):.*</ind:pattern>
+    <ind:instance datatype="int" operation="equals">1</ind:instance>
+  </ind:textfilecontent54_object>
+
+  <!-- variable storing count of all group names - including duplicates -->
+  <local_variable id="var_dedicated_groupowner{{{ FILEID }}}_uid_{{{ FILEGID }}}" datatype="int" version="1"
+                  comment="Count of all group names (including duplicates if any)">
+          <object_component item_field="subexpression" object_ref="obj_dedicated_groupowner{{{ FILEID }}}_uid_{{{ FILEGID }}}"/>
+  </local_variable>
+  {{%- endif %}}
 </def-group>