diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsers.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsers.java
index 3e85c8e4c37..1460e11f6be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsers.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.providers.builtin.PasswordEncryption;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.users.ApiToken;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.users.AuthenticatedUser;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.json.JsonPrinter;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
 import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.json.JsonPrinter.json;
+import static edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.json.JsonPrinter.jsonForAuthUser;
 
 /**
  * REST API bean for managing {@link BuiltinUser}s.
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ private Response internalSave(BuiltinUser user, String password, String key) {
 
             JsonObjectBuilder resp = Json.createObjectBuilder();
             resp.add("user", json(user));
+            resp.add("authenticatedUser", jsonForAuthUser(au));
             resp.add("apiToken", token.getTokenString());
             
             alr.setInfo("builtinUser:" + user.getUserName() + " authenticatedUser:" + au.getIdentifier() );
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/AdminIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/AdminIT.java
index e810e023fb7..fa47ef9c0ef 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/AdminIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/AdminIT.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public static void setUp() {
         Response createUserToConvert = UtilIT.createRandomUser();
         createUserToConvert.prettyPrint();
 
-        idOfUserToConvert = createUserToConvert.body().jsonPath().getLong("data.user.id");
+        idOfUserToConvert = createUserToConvert.body().jsonPath().getLong("data.authenticatedUser.id");
         emailOfUserToConvert = createUserToConvert.body().jsonPath().getString("data.user.email");
         usernameOfUserToConvert = UtilIT.getUsernameFromResponse(createUserToConvert);
 
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ public void testConvertShibUserToBuiltin() throws Exception {
 
         Response infoOfUserToConvert = UtilIT.getAuthenticatedUser(usernameOfUserToConvert, superuserApiToken);
         infoOfUserToConvert.prettyPrint();
-        /**
-         * https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/2418 is cropping up again in
-         * that if we try to reuse this ID below it's the wrong ID (off by one).
-         * Weird and troubling.
-         */
-        idOfUserToConvert = infoOfUserToConvert.body().jsonPath().getLong("data.id");
 
         String invalidEmailAddress = "invalidEmailAddress";
         Response invalidEmailFail = UtilIT.migrateShibToBuiltin(idOfUserToConvert, invalidEmailAddress, superuserApiToken);
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsersIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsersIT.java
index b0a65a7da26..ac294d7bfd6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsersIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/BuiltinUsersIT.java
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ public void testUserId() {
         assertEquals(200, createUserResponse.getStatusCode());
 
         JsonPath createdUser = JsonPath.from(createUserResponse.body().asString());
-        int userIdFromJsonCreateResponse = createdUser.getInt("data.user." + idKey);
+        int builtInUserIdFromJsonCreateResponse = createdUser.getInt("data.user." + idKey);
+        int authenticatedUserIdFromJsonCreateResponse = createdUser.getInt("data.authenticatedUser." + idKey);
         String username = createdUser.getString("data.user." + usernameKey);
 
         Response getUserResponse = getUserFromDatabase(username);
@@ -43,14 +44,9 @@ public void testUserId() {
         deleteUserResponse.prettyPrint();
 
         System.out.println(userIdFromDatabase + " was the id from the database");
-        System.out.println(userIdFromJsonCreateResponse + " was the id from JSON response on create");
-        /**
-         * This test is expected to pass on a clean, fresh database but for an
-         * unknown reason it fails when you load it up with a production
-         * database from dataverse.harvard.edu. Why? This is what
-         * https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/2418 is about.
-         */
-        assertEquals(userIdFromDatabase, userIdFromJsonCreateResponse);
+        System.out.println(builtInUserIdFromJsonCreateResponse + " was the id of the BuiltinUser from JSON response on create");
+        System.out.println(authenticatedUserIdFromJsonCreateResponse + " was the id of the AuthenticatedUser from JSON response on create");
+        assertEquals(userIdFromDatabase, authenticatedUserIdFromJsonCreateResponse);
     }
 
     @Test