diff --git a/autobahn/_version.py b/autobahn/_version.py
index 965c97f24..c8e3a5015 100644
--- a/autobahn/_version.py
+++ b/autobahn/_version.py
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
 #
 ###############################################################################
 
-__version__ = '24.4.1'
+__version__ = '24.4.2'
 
 __build__ = '00000000-0000000'
diff --git a/autobahn/util.py b/autobahn/util.py
index bfad2ed26..a66b26f28 100644
--- a/autobahn/util.py
+++ b/autobahn/util.py
@@ -278,13 +278,13 @@ def __next__(self):
 #
 
 
-# 8 byte mask with 53 LSBs set (WAMP requires IDs from [0, 2**53]
+# 8 byte mask with 53 LSBs set (WAMP requires IDs from [1, 2**53]
 _WAMP_ID_MASK = struct.unpack(">Q", b"\x00\x1f\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff")[0]
 
 
 def rid():
     """
-    Generate a new random integer ID from range **[0, 2**53]**.
+    Generate a new random integer ID from range **[1, 2**53]**.
 
     The generated ID is uniformly distributed over the whole range, doesn't have
     a period (no pseudo-random generator is used) and cryptographically strong.
@@ -298,13 +298,13 @@ def rid():
     :returns: A random integer ID.
     :rtype: int
     """
-    return struct.unpack("@Q", os.urandom(8))[0] & _WAMP_ID_MASK
+    return struct.unpack(">Q", os.urandom(8))[0] & _WAMP_ID_MASK or 2 ** 53
 
 
 # noinspection PyShadowingBuiltins
 def id():
     """
-    Generate a new random integer ID from range **[0, 2**53]**.
+    Generate a new random integer ID from range **[1, 2**53]**.
 
     The generated ID is based on a pseudo-random number generator (Mersenne Twister,
     which has a period of 2**19937-1). It is NOT cryptographically strong, and
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def id():
     :returns: A random integer ID.
     :rtype: int
     """
-    return random.randint(0, 9007199254740992)
+    return random.randint(1, 9007199254740992)
 
 
 def newid(length=16):
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 35681f6d7..a543df433 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+24.4.2
+------
+
+- fix: Ensure ID generator in range [1, 2 ** 53] (#1637)
+
 24.4.1
 ------