diff --git a/src/coldfront_plugin_cloud/openshift.py b/src/coldfront_plugin_cloud/openshift.py
index 5eeb5ebd..44f8c7dd 100644
--- a/src/coldfront_plugin_cloud/openshift.py
+++ b/src/coldfront_plugin_cloud/openshift.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class OpenShiftResourceAllocator(base.ResourceAllocator):
 
     resource_type = "openshift"
 
-    project_name_max_length = 63
+    project_name_max_length = 45
 
     def __init__(self, resource, allocation):
         super().__init__(resource, allocation)