diff --git a/src/test/java/io/cryostat/rules/RulesTest.java b/src/test/java/io/cryostat/rules/RulesTest.java
index d96cf00ed..68965f735 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/cryostat/rules/RulesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/cryostat/rules/RulesTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import io.quarkus.test.common.http.TestHTTPEndpoint;
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest;
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.mockito.InjectSpy;
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 @QuarkusTest
@@ -165,6 +169,20 @@ public void testCreateThrowsWhenBodyNull() {
         given().contentType(ContentType.JSON).post().then().statusCode(400);
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(ints = {1, 16, 64, 128, 256})
+    public void testCreateThrowsWhenNameTooLong(int len) {
+        char[] c = new char[len];
+        Arrays.fill(c, 'a');
+        rule.put("name", new String(c));
+        final int limit = 255;
+        given().body(rule.toString())
+                .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
+                .post()
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(len <= limit ? 201 : 400);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testCreateThrowsWhenMandatoryFieldsUnspecified() {
         var badRule = new JsonObject();