diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
index 69be909ee..eabaa1dd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         id: vars
         run: |
           echo "version=$(git describe --tags --always)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "clustername=ci-e2e-test-$(date +%s)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "clustername=ci-$(date +%s | cut -b6-10)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Build and push HMC controller image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
diff --git a/test/e2e/managedcluster/managedcluster.go b/test/e2e/managedcluster/managedcluster.go
index b1cd4562d..6a13fa463 100644
--- a/test/e2e/managedcluster/managedcluster.go
+++ b/test/e2e/managedcluster/managedcluster.go
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ func setClusterName(templateName Template) {
 		generatedName = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", generatedName, "hosted")
 	}
 
+	// Azure has a 19 character limit for cluster names.
+	if providerName == "azure" {
+		generatedName = generatedName[0:18]
+	}
+
 	GinkgoT().Setenv(EnvVarManagedClusterName, generatedName)
 }