diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index f0ebf129092052ee578749c2b11be492fbf38fa2..9dbf5159a813028c7faaa976c9a08026c8c7599d 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 - cta/CTA#969 `xrdfs query prepare` malformed JSON output 
 - cta/CTA#972 Updates cta-taped and rmcd man pages
 - cta/CTA#967 CI DB cleanup issues
+- cta/CTA#982 cta-fst-gcd ignored eos files with fid>4294967295
 
 # v4.0-1
 
diff --git a/python/eosfstgcd/ctafstgcd.py b/python/eosfstgcd/ctafstgcd.py
index 98b7a4e8a252e6a8331d963a8c0ade4935d1a76f..4f82a2ba47803cde724f10a839e25ec700012b66 100755
--- a/python/eosfstgcd/ctafstgcd.py
+++ b/python/eosfstgcd/ctafstgcd.py
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ class Gc:
     except Exception as err:
       self.log.error('process_fs_sub_dir: Failed to list contents of sub directory: sub_dir={}: {}'.format(sub_dir, err))
 
-    fst_files = [f for f in sub_dir_files if re.match('^[0-9A-Fa-f]{8,9}$', f) and self.disk.isfile(os.path.join(sub_dir, f))]
+    fst_files = [f for f in sub_dir_files if re.match('^[0-9A-Fa-f]{8,}$', f) and self.disk.isfile(os.path.join(sub_dir, f))]
     for fst_file in fst_files:
       self.process_file(sub_dir, fst_file, eos_space)