diff --git a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/liveliness_utils.cpp b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/liveliness_utils.cpp
index c17920913..f40f8b7ba 100644
--- a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/liveliness_utils.cpp
+++ b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/liveliness_utils.cpp
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Entity::Entity(
         sizeof(keyexpr_gid.high64));
 
   // We also hash the liveliness keyexpression into a size_t that we use to index into our maps.
-  this->keyexpr_hash_ = hash_gid(this->gid_);
+  this->keyexpr_hash_ = std::hash<Gid>{}(this->gid_);
 }
 
 ///=============================================================================
@@ -670,15 +670,4 @@ std::string demangle_name(const std::string & input)
   return output;
 }
 }  // namespace liveliness
-
-///=============================================================================
-size_t hash_gid(const std::array<uint8_t, RMW_GID_STORAGE_SIZE> gid)
-{
-  std::stringstream hash_str;
-  hash_str << std::hex;
-  for (const auto & g : gid) {
-    hash_str << static_cast<int>(g);
-  }
-  return std::hash<std::string>{}(hash_str.str());
-}
 }  // namespace rmw_zenoh_cpp
diff --git a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/liveliness_utils.hpp b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/liveliness_utils.hpp
index 8577619fd..a14b9acce 100644
--- a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/liveliness_utils.hpp
+++ b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/liveliness_utils.hpp
@@ -234,8 +234,7 @@ std::string qos_to_keyexpr(const rmw_qos_profile_t & qos);
 std::optional<rmw_qos_profile_t> keyexpr_to_qos(const std::string & keyexpr);
 }  // namespace liveliness
 
-///=============================================================================
-size_t hash_gid(const std::array<uint8_t, RMW_GID_STORAGE_SIZE> gid);
+using Gid = std::array<uint8_t, RMW_GID_STORAGE_SIZE>;
 }  // namespace rmw_zenoh_cpp
 
 ///=============================================================================
@@ -270,6 +269,29 @@ struct equal_to<rmw_zenoh_cpp::liveliness::ConstEntityPtr>
     return lhs->keyexpr_hash() == rhs->keyexpr_hash();
   }
 };
+
+template<>
+struct hash<rmw_zenoh_cpp::Gid>
+{
+  std::size_t operator()(const rmw_zenoh_cpp::Gid & gid) const noexcept
+  {
+    // This function implemented FNV-1a 64-bit as the GID is small enough
+    // (e.g. as of commit db4d05e of ros2/rmw RMW_GID_STORAGE_SIZE is set to 16)
+    // and FNV is known to be efficient in such cases.
+    //
+    // See https://github.com/ros2/rmw/blob/db4d05e/rmw/include/rmw/types.h#L44
+    // and https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-eastlake-fnv-17.html
+    static constexpr uint64_t FNV_OFFSET_BASIS_64 = 0x00000100000001b3;
+    static constexpr uint64_t FNV_PRIME_64 = 0xcbf29ce484222325;
+
+    uint64_t hash = FNV_OFFSET_BASIS_64;
+    for (const uint8_t & byte : gid) {
+      hash ^= byte;
+      hash *= FNV_PRIME_64;
+    }
+    return static_cast<std::size_t>(hash);
+  }
+};
 }  // namespace std
 
 #endif  // DETAIL__LIVELINESS_UTILS_HPP_
diff --git a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_service_data.cpp b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_service_data.cpp
index 289aeb7d3..8087349c0 100644
--- a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_service_data.cpp
+++ b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_service_data.cpp
@@ -346,12 +346,11 @@ rmw_ret_t ServiceData::take_request(
   request_header->received_timestamp = query->get_received_timestamp();
 
   // Add this query to the map, so that rmw_send_response can quickly look it up later.
-  const size_t hash = rmw_zenoh_cpp::hash_gid(writer_guid);
-  std::unordered_map<size_t, SequenceToQuery>::iterator it = sequence_to_query_map_.find(hash);
+  std::unordered_map<Gid, SequenceToQuery>::iterator it = sequence_to_query_map_.find(writer_guid);
   if (it == sequence_to_query_map_.end()) {
     SequenceToQuery stq;
-    sequence_to_query_map_.insert(std::make_pair(hash, std::move(stq)));
-    it = sequence_to_query_map_.find(hash);
+    sequence_to_query_map_.insert(std::make_pair(writer_guid, std::move(stq)));
+    it = sequence_to_query_map_.find(writer_guid);
   } else {
     // Client already in the map
     if (it->second.find(request_header->request_id.sequence_number) != it->second.end()) {
@@ -380,12 +379,11 @@ rmw_ret_t ServiceData::send_response(
     return RMW_RET_OK;
   }
 
-  std::array<uint8_t, RMW_GID_STORAGE_SIZE> writer_guid;
+  Gid writer_guid;
   memcpy(writer_guid.data(), request_id->writer_guid, RMW_GID_STORAGE_SIZE);
 
   // Create the queryable payload
-  const size_t hash = hash_gid(writer_guid);
-  std::unordered_map<size_t, SequenceToQuery>::iterator it = sequence_to_query_map_.find(hash);
+  std::unordered_map<Gid, SequenceToQuery>::iterator it = sequence_to_query_map_.find(writer_guid);
   if (it == sequence_to_query_map_.end()) {
     // If there is no data associated with this request, the higher layers of
     // ROS 2 seem to expect that we just silently return with no work.
@@ -399,8 +397,8 @@ rmw_ret_t ServiceData::send_response(
   }
   std::unique_ptr<ZenohQuery> query = std::move(query_it->second);
   it->second.erase(query_it);
-  if (sequence_to_query_map_[hash].size() == 0) {
-    sequence_to_query_map_.erase(hash);
+  if (sequence_to_query_map_[writer_guid].size() == 0) {
+    sequence_to_query_map_.erase(writer_guid);
   }
 
   rcutils_allocator_t * allocator = &(rmw_node_->context->options.allocator);
diff --git a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_service_data.hpp b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_service_data.hpp
index 1c557370b..d556b54bd 100644
--- a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_service_data.hpp
+++ b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_service_data.hpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class ServiceData final : public std::enable_shared_from_this<ServiceData>
   std::deque<std::unique_ptr<ZenohQuery>> query_queue_;
   // Map to store the sequence_number (as given by the client) -> ZenohQuery
   using SequenceToQuery = std::unordered_map<int64_t, std::unique_ptr<ZenohQuery>>;
-  std::unordered_map<size_t, SequenceToQuery> sequence_to_query_map_;
+  std::unordered_map<Gid, SequenceToQuery> sequence_to_query_map_;
   // Wait set data.
   rmw_wait_set_data_t * wait_set_data_;
   // Data callback manager.
diff --git a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_subscription_data.cpp b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_subscription_data.cpp
index cb7a54ab7..35fdd7b4e 100644
--- a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_subscription_data.cpp
+++ b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_subscription_data.cpp
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ void SubscriptionData::add_new_message(
   }
 
   // Check for messages lost if the new sequence number is not monotonically increasing.
-  const size_t gid_hash = hash_gid(msg->attachment.copy_gid());
-  auto last_known_pub_it = last_known_published_msg_.find(gid_hash);
+  const Gid gid = msg->attachment.copy_gid();
+  auto last_known_pub_it = last_known_published_msg_.find(gid);
   if (last_known_pub_it != last_known_published_msg_.end()) {
     const int64_t seq_increment = std::abs(
       msg->attachment.sequence_number() -
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ void SubscriptionData::add_new_message(
     }
   }
   // Always update the last known sequence number for the publisher.
-  last_known_published_msg_[gid_hash] = msg->attachment.sequence_number();
+  last_known_published_msg_[gid] = msg->attachment.sequence_number();
 
   message_queue_.emplace_back(std::move(msg));
 
diff --git a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_subscription_data.hpp b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_subscription_data.hpp
index 81c8c1071..74491be7e 100644
--- a/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_subscription_data.hpp
+++ b/rmw_zenoh_cpp/src/detail/rmw_subscription_data.hpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class SubscriptionData final : public std::enable_shared_from_this<SubscriptionD
   std::unique_ptr<MessageTypeSupport> type_support_;
   std::deque<std::unique_ptr<Message>> message_queue_;
   // Map GID of a subscription to the sequence number of the message it published.
-  std::unordered_map<size_t, int64_t> last_known_published_msg_;
+  std::unordered_map<Gid, int64_t> last_known_published_msg_;
   // Wait set data.
   rmw_wait_set_data_t * wait_set_data_;
   // Callback managers.