diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index a063fbee6a827bad13658b3f797eddbaa3f7c18d..0cb74d9616e16d055849794963da0fd25c2ceb93 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pipeline {
                 script {
                     catchError(buildResult: 'SUCCESS', stageResult: 'FAILURE') {
                         dir('alfa-client') {
-                            IMAGE_TAG = generateImageTag()
+                            IMAGE_TAG = buildVersionName()
 
                             withNPM(npmrcConfig: 'npm-nexus-auth') {
                                 sh 'npm run ci-build-alfa-client-container'
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 script {
                     FAILED_STAGE=env.STAGE_NAME
-                    IMAGE_TAG = generateImageTag()
+                    IMAGE_TAG = buildVersionName()
 
                     configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: 'maven-settings', variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS')]) {
                         sh 'mvn --version'
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 script {
                     FAILED_STAGE=env.STAGE_NAME
-                    HELM_CHART_VERSION = generateHelmChartVersion()
+                    HELM_CHART_VERSION = buildVersionName()
 
                     sh "./run_helm_test.sh"
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ pipeline {
                 script {
                     dir('alfa-client') {
                         FAILED_STAGE=env.STAGE_NAME
-                        HELM_CHART_VERSION = generateHelmChartVersion()
+                        HELM_CHART_VERSION = buildVersionName()
 
                         sh "./run_helm_test.sh"
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ pipeline {
         stage ('Deploy SBOM to DependencyTrack') {
             steps {
                 script {
-                    IMAGE_TAG = generateImageTag()
+                    IMAGE_TAG = buildVersionName()
 
                     configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: 'maven-settings', variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS')]) {
                         withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'dependency-track-api-key', variable: 'API_KEY')]) {
@@ -329,20 +329,27 @@ Void deployHelmChart(String helmChartVersion, String app ) {
     }
 }
 
-String generateHelmChartVersion() {
-    def chartVersion = "${VERSION}"
-
-    if (isMasterBranch()) {
-        chartVersion += getCommitHash()
+def validateBranchName(branchName) {
+    int maxLength = 30
+    if (branchName.length() > maxLength) {
+        String originalBranchName = branchName
+        branchName = branchName.substring(0, maxLength)
+        echo "WARNING: Branch name '${originalBranchName}' exceeded ${maxLength} characters. " +
+             "It has been truncated to '${branchName}' for deployment purposes."
     }
-    else if (isBarrierefreiheitBranch()) {
-        chartVersion += "-barrierefreiheit${getCommitHash()}"
+    return branchName
+}
+
+String buildVersionName() {
+
+    if (isReleaseBranch()) {
+        return getRootPomVersion(pomFile)
     }
-    else if (!isReleaseBranch()) {
-        chartVersion += "-${env.BRANCH_NAME}"
+    if (isBarrierefreiheitBranch()) {
+        return "${getRootPomVersion(pomFile)}-barrierefreiheit${getCommitHash()}".replaceAll("_", "-")
     }
 
-    return chartVersion.replaceAll("_", "-")
+    return "${getRootPomVersion(pomFile)}-${validateBranchName(env.BRANCH_NAME)}-${env.GIT_COMMIT.take(7)}".replaceAll("_", "-")
 }
 
 Void tagAndPushDockerImage(String newTag){
@@ -354,16 +361,6 @@ Void tagAndPushDockerImage(String newTag){
     }
 }
 
-String generateImageTag() {
-    def imageTag = "${env.BRANCH_NAME}-${VERSION}"
-
-    if (isMasterBranch() || isBarrierefreiheitBranch()) {
-        imageTag += getCommitHash()
-    }
-
-    return imageTag
-}
-
 Void cloneGitopsRepo() {
     withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'jenkins-gitea-access-token', passwordVariable: 'TOKEN', usernameVariable: 'USER')]) {
         sh 'git clone https://${USER}:${TOKEN}@git.ozg-sh.de/ozgcloud-devops/gitops.git'