diff --git a/tests/console/snapper_zypp.pm b/tests/console/snapper_zypp.pm
index 87b5df2408f0..4659d8076e59 100644
--- a/tests/console/snapper_zypp.pm
+++ b/tests/console/snapper_zypp.pm
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ use version_utils 'is_sle';
 use Test::Assert 'assert_equals';
 
 sub get_snapshot_id {
-    my $snapshot_id = is_sle("<=12-SP5") ? '$3' : '$1';
-    return script_output("snapper ls | awk 'END {print $snapshot_id}'");
+    my $snapshot_id = is_sle("<=12-SP5") ? `snapper ls | awk 'END {print \$3}'` : `snapper ls --disable-used-space --columns number | tail -n1`;
+    record_info("debug", $snapshot_id);
+    chomp($snapshot_id);
+    return $snapshot_id;
 }
 
 sub run_zypper_cmd {