diff --git a/internal/webhooks/clusterclass.go b/internal/webhooks/clusterclass.go
index c259a1e4056f..6b7a78880b70 100644
--- a/internal/webhooks/clusterclass.go
+++ b/internal/webhooks/clusterclass.go
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func validateNamingStrategies(clusterClass *clusterv1.ClusterClass) field.ErrorL
 		if md.NamingStrategy == nil || md.NamingStrategy.Template == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		name, err := names.MachineDeploymentNameGenerator(*md.NamingStrategy.Template, "cluster", "mdTopology").GenerateName()
+		name, err := names.MachineDeploymentNameGenerator(*md.NamingStrategy.Template, "cluster", "mdtopology").GenerateName()
 		templateFldPath := field.NewPath("spec", "workers", "machineDeployments").Index(i).Child("namingStrategy", "template")
 		if err != nil {
 			allErrs = append(allErrs,
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func validateNamingStrategies(clusterClass *clusterv1.ClusterClass) field.ErrorL
 		if mp.NamingStrategy == nil || mp.NamingStrategy.Template == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		name, err := names.MachinePoolNameGenerator(*mp.NamingStrategy.Template, "cluster", "mpTopology").GenerateName()
+		name, err := names.MachinePoolNameGenerator(*mp.NamingStrategy.Template, "cluster", "mptopology").GenerateName()
 		templateFldPath := field.NewPath("spec", "workers", "machinePools").Index(i).Child("namingStrategy", "template")
 		if err != nil {
 			allErrs = append(allErrs,
diff --git a/internal/webhooks/clusterclass_test.go b/internal/webhooks/clusterclass_test.go
index 330365dfec72..4eddd125bc94 100644
--- a/internal/webhooks/clusterclass_test.go
+++ b/internal/webhooks/clusterclass_test.go
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ func TestClusterClassValidation(t *testing.T) {
 				WithControlPlaneTemplate(
 					builder.ControlPlaneTemplate(metav1.NamespaceDefault, "cp1").
 						Build()).
-				WithControlPlaneNamingStrategy(&clusterv1.ControlPlaneClassNamingStrategy{Template: pointer.String("template-cp-{{ .cluster.name }}")}).
+				WithControlPlaneNamingStrategy(&clusterv1.ControlPlaneClassNamingStrategy{Template: pointer.String("{{ .cluster.name }}-cp-{{ .random }}")}).
 				WithControlPlaneInfrastructureMachineTemplate(
 					builder.InfrastructureMachineTemplate(metav1.NamespaceDefault, "cpInfra1").
 						Build()).
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ func TestClusterClassValidation(t *testing.T) {
 							builder.InfrastructureMachineTemplate(metav1.NamespaceDefault, "infra1").Build()).
 						WithBootstrapTemplate(
 							builder.BootstrapTemplate(metav1.NamespaceDefault, "bootstrap1").Build()).
-						WithNamingStrategy(&clusterv1.MachineDeploymentClassNamingStrategy{Template: pointer.String("template-md-{{ .cluster.name }}")}).
+						WithNamingStrategy(&clusterv1.MachineDeploymentClassNamingStrategy{Template: pointer.String("{{ .cluster.name }}-md-{{ .machineDeployment.topologyName }}-{{ .random }}")}).
 						Build()).
 				WithWorkerMachinePoolClasses(
 					*builder.MachinePoolClass("bb").
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ func TestClusterClassValidation(t *testing.T) {
 							builder.InfrastructureMachinePoolTemplate(metav1.NamespaceDefault, "infra2").Build()).
 						WithBootstrapTemplate(
 							builder.BootstrapTemplate(metav1.NamespaceDefault, "bootstrap2").Build()).
-						WithNamingStrategy(&clusterv1.MachinePoolClassNamingStrategy{Template: pointer.String("template-mp-{{ .cluster.name }}")}).
+						WithNamingStrategy(&clusterv1.MachinePoolClassNamingStrategy{Template: pointer.String("{{ .cluster.name }}-md-{{ .machinePool.topologyName }}-{{ .random }}")}).
 						Build()).
 				Build(),
 			expectErr: false,