diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/176 b/tests/qemu-iotests/176
index 0f31a20..b8dc17c 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/176
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/176
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 function run_qemu()
 {
     $QEMU -nographic -qmp stdio -serial none "$@" 2>&1 \
-	| _filter_testdir | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu
+	| _filter_testdir | _filter_qmp | _filter_qemu \
+        | sed 's/"sha256": ".\{64\}"/"sha256": HASH/'
 }
 
 for reason in snapshot bitmap; do
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/176.out b/tests/qemu-iotests/176.out
index e62085c..f03a2e7 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/176.out
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/176.out
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 QMP_VERSION
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
-{"return": {"sha256": "e12600978d86b5a453861ae5c17d275204673fef3874b7c3c5433c6153d84706"}}
+{"return": {"sha256": HASH}}
 {"return": {}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN", "data": {"guest": false}}
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 QMP_VERSION
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
-{"return": {"sha256": "e12600978d86b5a453861ae5c17d275204673fef3874b7c3c5433c6153d84706"}}
+{"return": {"sha256": HASH}}
 {"return": {}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN", "data": {"guest": false}}
 
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 QMP_VERSION
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
-{"return": {"sha256": "e12600978d86b5a453861ae5c17d275204673fef3874b7c3c5433c6153d84706"}}
+{"return": {"sha256": HASH}}
 {"return": {}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN", "data": {"guest": false}}
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 QMP_VERSION
 {"return": {}}
 {"return": {}}
-{"return": {"sha256": "e12600978d86b5a453861ae5c17d275204673fef3874b7c3c5433c6153d84706"}}
+{"return": {"sha256": HASH}}
 {"return": {}}
 {"timestamp": {"seconds":  TIMESTAMP, "microseconds":  TIMESTAMP}, "event": "SHUTDOWN", "data": {"guest": false}}
 *** done