diff --git a/rest/slurmrestapi.py b/rest/slurmrestapi.py
index 68e89041..9eb1a0fd 100644
--- a/rest/slurmrestapi.py
+++ b/rest/slurmrestapi.py
@@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ def get_jobs():
 @authentication_verify()
 def show_job(job_id):
 
-    # pyslurm >= 16.05 expects a string in parameter of job.find_id()
-    job = get_from_cache(pyslurm.job.find_id, 'show_job', str(job_id))
+    # PySLURM >= 16.05 expects a string in parameter of job.find_id() and
+    # returns a list. The expected job dict is the 1st element of this list.
+    job = get_from_cache(pyslurm.job.find_id, 'show_job', str(job_id))[0]
     onlyUsersJobs = False
     fill_job_user(job)
     if auth_enabled:
diff --git a/tests/mocks/pyslurm.py b/tests/mocks/pyslurm.py
index 826006d3..129b663c 100644
--- a/tests/mocks/pyslurm.py
+++ b/tests/mocks/pyslurm.py
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ def get(self):
     def find_id(self, jobid):
         for job in context.CTLD.jobs:
             if job.jobid == jobid:
-                return job.todict()[jobid]
+                return [job.todict()[jobid]]
         return None
 
 class MockPySlurmReservation(object):