diff --git a/swh/model/tests/swh_model_data.py b/swh/model/tests/swh_model_data.py
--- a/swh/model/tests/swh_model_data.py
+++ b/swh/model/tests/swh_model_data.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
         visit=3,
         type="git",
         status="full",
-        snapshot=hash_to_bytes("17d0066a4a80aba4a0e913532ee8ff2014f006a9"),
+        snapshot=hash_to_bytes("9e78d7105c5e0f886487511e2a92377b4ee4c32a"),
         metadata=None,
     ),
     OriginVisitStatus(
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
         visit=2,
         type="hg",
         status="partial",
-        snapshot=hash_to_bytes("8ce268b87faf03850693673c3eb5c9bb66e1ca38"),
+        snapshot=hash_to_bytes("0e7f84ede9a254f2cd55649ad5240783f557e65f"),
         metadata=None,
     ),
 ]
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
         },
     ),
     Snapshot(
-        id=hash_to_bytes("09efffaaad8d1f9c7f9402db0266dbe28082853f"),
+        id=hash_to_bytes("0e7f84ede9a254f2cd55649ad5240783f557e65f"),
         branches={
             b"target/revision": SnapshotBranch(
                 target_type=TargetType.REVISION, target=REVISIONS[0].id,
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
             ),
             b"target/snapshot": SnapshotBranch(
                 target_type=TargetType.SNAPSHOT,
-                target=hash_to_bytes("17d0066a4a80aba4a0e913532ee8ff2014f006a9"),
+                target=hash_to_bytes("9e78d7105c5e0f886487511e2a92377b4ee4c32a"),
             ),
         },
     ),
diff --git a/swh/model/tests/test_swh_model_data.py b/swh/model/tests/test_swh_model_data.py
--- a/swh/model/tests/test_swh_model_data.py
+++ b/swh/model/tests/test_swh_model_data.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         ), f"{obj.compute_hash().hex()} != {obj.id.hex()}"
 
 
-def test_ensure_visit_visit_status_date_consistency():
+def test_ensure_visit_status_date_consistency():
     """ensure origin-visit-status dates are more recent than their visit counterpart
 
     The origin-visit-status dates needs to be shifted slightly in the future from their
@@ -43,3 +43,12 @@
         assert visit.origin == visit_status.origin
         assert visit.visit == visit_status.visit
         assert visit.date < visit_status.date
+
+
+def test_ensure_visit_status_snapshot_consistency():
+    """ensure origin-visit-status snapshots exist in the test dataset
+    """
+    snapshots = [snp.id for snp in TEST_OBJECTS["snapshot"]]
+    for visit_status in TEST_OBJECTS["origin_visit_status"]:
+        if visit_status.snapshot:
+            assert visit_status.snapshot in snapshots