diff --git a/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator.go b/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator.go
index fc4f993930..8db798eb0c 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator.go
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 )
 
-const allowedExecutionNameLength = 20
+// Maximum value length of a Kubernetes label
+const allowedExecutionNameLength = 63
 
 var executionIDRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-z][a-z\-0-9]*$`)
 
diff --git a/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator_test.go b/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator_test.go
index 7e5a2d4e9d..0af0ebfde0 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator_test.go
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ func TestValidExecutionId(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestValidExecutionIdInvalidLength(t *testing.T) {
-	err := CheckValidExecutionID("abcdeasdasdasdasdasdasdasd123", "a")
+	err := CheckValidExecutionID("abcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabc", "a")
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, "size of a exceeded length 20 : abcdeasdasdasdasdasdasdasd123")
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "size of a exceeded length 63 : abcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabcabc")
 }
 
 func TestValidExecutionIdInvalidChars(t *testing.T) {