diff --git a/pkg/migrate/migrate.go b/pkg/migrate/migrate.go
index 73072d3..346732a 100644
--- a/pkg/migrate/migrate.go
+++ b/pkg/migrate/migrate.go
@@ -585,12 +585,12 @@ const nameSuffix = "-pvcmigrate"
 // TODO: refactor to k8sutil package
 func newPvcName(originalName string) string {
 	candidate := originalName + nameSuffix
-	if len(candidate) <= 63 {
+	if len(candidate) <= 253 {
 		return candidate
 	}
 
 	// remove characters from the middle of the string to reduce the total length to 63 characters
-	newCandidate := candidate[0:31] + candidate[len(candidate)-32:]
+	newCandidate := candidate[0:100] + candidate[len(candidate)-153:]
 	return newCandidate
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/migrate/migrate_test.go b/pkg/migrate/migrate_test.go
index 0e94205..dc20009 100644
--- a/pkg/migrate/migrate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/migrate/migrate_test.go
@@ -3230,16 +3230,16 @@ func Test_newPvcName(t *testing.T) {
 			want:         "abc-pvcmigrate",
 		},
 		{
-			originalName: "very very very long name test with a suffix that might be the only unique part of it 0",
-			want:         "very very very long name test wy unique part of it 0-pvcmigrate",
+			originalName: "very very very 253longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong name test with a suffix that might be the only unique part of it 0",
+			want:         "very very very 253longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglongloonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong name test with a suffix that might be the only unique part of it 0-pvcmigrate",
 		},
 		{
-			originalName: "0 very very very long name test with a prefix that might be the only unique part of it",
-			want:         "0 very very very long name testnly unique part of it-pvcmigrate",
+			originalName: "0 very very very 253longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong name test with a prefix that might be the only unique part of it",
+			want:         "0 very very very 253longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglongglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong name test with a prefix that might be the only unique part of it-pvcmigrate",
 		},
 		{
-			originalName: "63 character (after suffix) name is untouched paddin",
-			want:         "63 character (after suffix) name is untouched paddin-pvcmigrate",
+			originalName: "253 character (after suffix)  253longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong name is untouched paddin",
+			want:         "253 character (after suffix)  253longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong name is untouched paddin-pvcmigrate",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {