diff --git a/nvflare/lighter/provision.py b/nvflare/lighter/provision.py
index 138a82282a..967877ccb5 100644
--- a/nvflare/lighter/provision.py
+++ b/nvflare/lighter/provision.py
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ def prepare_project(project_dict, add_user_file_path=None, add_client_file_path=
     if api_version not in [3]:
         raise ValueError(f"API version expected 3 but found {api_version}")
     project_name = project_dict.get("name")
+    if len(project_name) > 63:
+        print(f"Project name {project_name} is longer than 63.  Will truncate it to {project_name[:63]}.")
+        project_name = project_name[:63]
+        project_dict["name"] = project_name
     project_description = project_dict.get("description", "")
     participants = list()
     for p in project_dict.get("participants"):