diff --git a/apis/redis/v1beta1/redis_types.go b/apis/redis/v1beta1/redis_types.go
index 979f99e6..9b032efd 100644
--- a/apis/redis/v1beta1/redis_types.go
+++ b/apis/redis/v1beta1/redis_types.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ const (
 
 	// RedisContainerImage is the fall-back container image for Redis
 	RedisContainerImage = "quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-redis:current-podified"
+
+        // CrMaxLengthCorrection - DNS1123LabelMaxLength (63) - CrMaxLengthCorrection used in validation to
+        // omit issue with statefulset pod label "controller-revision-hash": "<statefulset_name>-<hash>"
+        // Int32 is a 10 character + hyphen = 11
+        CrMaxLengthCorrection = 11
 )
 
 // RedisSpec defines the desired state of Redis
diff --git a/apis/redis/v1beta1/redis_webhook.go b/apis/redis/v1beta1/redis_webhook.go
index 6e3828e5..ec14dcd6 100644
--- a/apis/redis/v1beta1/redis_webhook.go
+++ b/apis/redis/v1beta1/redis_webhook.go
@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1beta1
 
 import (
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+        "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+        "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/webhook"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/webhook/admission"
+
+	common_webhook "github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/webhook"
 )
 
 // RedisDefaults -
@@ -86,8 +91,22 @@ var _ webhook.Validator = &Redis{}
 func (r *Redis) ValidateCreate() (admission.Warnings, error) {
 	redislog.Info("validate create", "name", r.Name)
 
-	// TODO(user): fill in your validation logic upon object creation.
-	return nil, nil
+        var allErrs field.ErrorList
+        var allWarn []string
+
+        allErrs = common_webhook.ValidateDNS1123Label(
+                field.NewPath("metadata").Child("name"),
+                []string{r.Name},
+                CrMaxLengthCorrection) // omit issue with  statefulset pod label "controller-revision-hash": "<statefulset_name>-<hash>"
+
+        if len(allErrs) != 0 {
+                return allWarn, apierrors.NewInvalid(
+                        schema.GroupKind{Group: "redis.openstack.org", Kind: "Redis"},
+                        r.Name, allErrs)
+        }
+
+        return allWarn, nil
+
 }
 
 // ValidateUpdate implements webhook.Validator so a webhook will be registered for the type