diff --git a/examples/musicbrainz_api/search_release_group.rs b/examples/musicbrainz_api/search_release_group.rs
index 48e4f7f..0b27b95 100644
--- a/examples/musicbrainz_api/search_release_group.rs
+++ b/examples/musicbrainz_api/search_release_group.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fn main() {
     };
 
     let matches = api
-        .search_release_group(&arid, album)
+        .search_release_group(&arid, &album)
         .expect("failed to make API call");
 
     println!("{matches:#?}");
diff --git a/src/core/interface/musicbrainz/mod.rs b/src/core/interface/musicbrainz/mod.rs
index 3adc8c0..c0c7162 100644
--- a/src/core/interface/musicbrainz/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/interface/musicbrainz/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub trait IMusicBrainz {
     fn search_release_group(
         &mut self,
         arid: &Mbid,
-        album: Album,
+        album: &Album,
     ) -> Result<Vec<Match<Album>>, Error>;
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl IMusicBrainz for NullMusicBrainz {
     fn search_release_group(
         &mut self,
         _arid: &Mbid,
-        _album: Album,
+        _album: &Album,
     ) -> Result<Vec<Match<Album>>, Error> {
         Ok(vec![])
     }
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mbid: Mbid = "d368baa8-21ca-4759-9731-0b2753071ad8".try_into().unwrap();
         let album = Album::new(AlbumId::new("an album"), AlbumDate::default(), None, vec![]);
         assert!(musicbrainz
-            .search_release_group(&mbid, album)
+            .search_release_group(&mbid, &album)
             .unwrap()
             .is_empty());
     }
diff --git a/src/external/musicbrainz/api/mod.rs b/src/external/musicbrainz/api/mod.rs
index 464a726..1fbf909 100644
--- a/src/external/musicbrainz/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/external/musicbrainz/api/mod.rs
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ impl<Mbc: IMusicBrainzApiClient> IMusicBrainz for MusicBrainzApi<Mbc> {
     fn search_release_group(
         &mut self,
         arid: &Mbid,
-        album: Album,
+        album: &Album,
     ) -> Result<Vec<Match<Album>>, Error> {
         let title = &album.id.title;
         let arid = arid.uuid().as_hyphenated().to_string();
         let mut query = format!("arid:{arid}");
 
         match album.musicbrainz {
-            Some(mbref) => {
+            Some(ref mbref) => {
                 let rgid = mbref.mbid().uuid().as_hyphenated().to_string();
                 query.push_str(&format!(" AND rgid:{rgid}"));
             }
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ impl TryFrom<LookupReleaseGroup> for Album {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all(deserialize = "kebab-case"))]
 struct ResponseSearchReleaseGroup {
     release_groups: Vec<SearchReleaseGroup>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all(deserialize = "kebab-case"))]
 struct SearchReleaseGroup {
     score: u8,
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub enum SerdeAlbumPrimaryTypeDef {
     Other,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct SerdeAlbumPrimaryType(#[serde(with = "SerdeAlbumPrimaryTypeDef")] AlbumPrimaryType);
 
 impl From<SerdeAlbumPrimaryType> for AlbumPrimaryType {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ impl From<SerdeAlbumSecondaryType> for AlbumSecondaryType {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use mockall::predicate;
+    use mockall::{predicate, Sequence};
 
     use crate::collection::album::AlbumId;
 
@@ -298,14 +298,21 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn search_release_group() {
         let mut client = MockIMusicBrainzApiClient::new();
-        let url = format!(
+        let url_title = format!(
             "https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2\
              /release-group\
              ?query=arid%3A{arid}+AND+releasegroup%3A%22{title}%22+AND+firstreleasedate%3A{year}",
-            title = "an+album",
             arid = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+            title = "an+album",
             year = "1986"
         );
+        let url_rgid = format!(
+            "https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2\
+             /release-group\
+             ?query=arid%3A{arid}+AND+rgid%3A{rgid}",
+            arid = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+            rgid = "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
+        );
 
         let release_group = SearchReleaseGroup {
             score: 67,
@@ -321,17 +328,23 @@ mod tests {
         // For code coverage of derive(Debug).
         assert!(!format!("{response:?}").is_empty());
 
+        let mut seq = Sequence::new();
+
+        let title_response = response.clone();
         client
             .expect_get()
             .times(1)
-            .with(predicate::eq(url))
-            .return_once(|_| Ok(response));
+            .with(predicate::eq(url_title))
+            .return_once(|_| Ok(title_response))
+            .in_sequence(&mut seq);
 
-        let mut api = MusicBrainzApi::new(client);
-
-        let arid: Mbid = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000".try_into().unwrap();
-        let album = Album::new(AlbumId::new("an album"), (1986, 4), None, vec![]);
-        let matches = api.search_release_group(&arid, album).unwrap();
+        let rgid_response = response;
+        client
+            .expect_get()
+            .times(1)
+            .with(predicate::eq(url_rgid))
+            .return_once(|_| Ok(rgid_response))
+            .in_sequence(&mut seq);
 
         let mut album = Album::new(
             AlbumId::new("an album"),
@@ -344,6 +357,16 @@ mod tests {
         );
         let expected = vec![Match::new(67, album)];
 
+        let mut api = MusicBrainzApi::new(client);
+
+        let arid: Mbid = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000".try_into().unwrap();
+        let mut album = Album::new(AlbumId::new("an album"), (1986, 4), None, vec![]);
+        let matches = api.search_release_group(&arid, &album).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(matches, expected);
+
+        let rgid = MbAlbumRef::from_uuid_str("11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111").unwrap();
+        album.set_musicbrainz_ref(rgid);
+        let matches = api.search_release_group(&arid, &album).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(matches, expected);
     }