diff --git a/sdk/RELEASE.md b/sdk/RELEASE.md
index 6361420084f..f5f80a8d323 100644
--- a/sdk/RELEASE.md
+++ b/sdk/RELEASE.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 ## Bug Fixes and Other Changes
 * Fix duplicate function for `list_pipeline_versions()`. [\#6594](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/6594)
-
+* Support re-use of PVC with VolumeOp. [\#6582](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/6582)
 ## Documentation Updates
 
 # 1.8.2
diff --git a/sdk/python/kfp/dsl/_volume_op.py b/sdk/python/kfp/dsl/_volume_op.py
index e242bec89dd..31887b1a077 100644
--- a/sdk/python/kfp/dsl/_volume_op.py
+++ b/sdk/python/kfp/dsl/_volume_op.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class VolumeOp(ResourceOp):
         VolumeSnapshot name (Alpha feature)
       volume_name: VolumeName is the binding reference to the PersistentVolume
         backing this claim.
+      generate_unique_name: Generate unique name for the PVC
       kwargs: See :py:class:`kfp.dsl.ResourceOp`
 
     Raises:
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  annotations: Dict[str, str] = None,
                  data_source=None,
                  volume_name=None,
+                 generate_unique_name: bool = True,
                  **kwargs):
         # Add size to attribute outputs
         self.attribute_outputs = {"size": "{.status.capacity.storage}"}
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         if not match_serialized_pipelineparam(str(resource_name)):
             resource_name = sanitize_k8s_name(resource_name)
         pvc_metadata = V1ObjectMeta(
-            name="{{workflow.name}}-%s" % resource_name,
+            name="{{workflow.name}}-%s" % resource_name if generate_unique_name else resource_name,
             annotations=annotations)
         requested_resources = V1ResourceRequirements(requests={"storage": size})
         pvc_spec = V1PersistentVolumeClaimSpec(