diff --git a/swh/loader/mercurial/from_disk.py b/swh/loader/mercurial/from_disk.py
--- a/swh/loader/mercurial/from_disk.py
+++ b/swh/loader/mercurial/from_disk.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from swh.loader.mercurial.utils import get_minimum_env, parse_visit_date
 from swh.model import identifiers
 from swh.model.from_disk import Content, DentryPerms, Directory
-from swh.model.hashutil import hash_to_bytehex
+from swh.model.hashutil import hash_to_bytehex, hash_to_bytes
 from swh.model.model import (
     ExtID,
     ObjectType,
@@ -450,7 +450,11 @@
 
         for bookmark_name, node_id in branching_info.bookmarks.items():
             name = b"bookmarks/%s" % bookmark_name
-            target = self.get_revision_id_from_hg_nodeid(node_id)
+            # hack as the input received is not aligned with the rest
+            # received: b'8f55d284a9d4d7d211f04cbc678e9f215b304404'
+            # expected: b'\x8fU\xd2\x84\xa9\xd4\xd7\xd2\x11\xf0L\xbcg\x8e\x9f![0D\x04'
+            node_id_bytes = hash_to_bytes(node_id.decode())
+            target = self.get_revision_id_from_hg_nodeid(node_id_bytes)
             snapshot_branches[name] = SnapshotBranch(
                 target=target, target_type=TargetType.REVISION
             )
diff --git a/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_from_disk.py b/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_from_disk.py
--- a/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_from_disk.py
+++ b/swh/loader/mercurial/tests/test_from_disk.py
@@ -725,9 +725,8 @@
     assert visit_status2.snapshot == visit_status.snapshot
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail
-def test_loader_missing_hgnodeid_mapping(swh_storage, datadir, tmp_path):
-    """TODO: Analyze this issue and update the comment about the proper behavior.
+def test_loader_repository_with_bookmark_information(swh_storage, datadir, tmp_path):
+    """Repository with bookmark information should be ingested correctly
 
     """
     archive_name = "anomad-d"