diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 5a61e4e5fe7458f160e7fee5ea8586fb48cc4342..f7f278b0edb89127f3dafbe58cd83ff9e3beb99d 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ 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')]) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 script {
                     FAILED_STAGE = env.STAGE_NAME
-                    IMAGE_TAG = generateImageTag()
+                    IMAGE_TAG = buildVersionName()
 
                     tagAndPushDockerImage(IMAGE_TAG)
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 script {
                     FAILED_STAGE=env.STAGE_NAME
-                    HELM_CHART_VERSION = generateHelmChartVersion()
+                    HELM_CHART_VERSION = buildVersionName()
 
                     sh "./run_helm_test.sh"
                     
@@ -307,17 +307,22 @@ Void deployHelmChart(String helmChartVersion) {
     }
 }
 
-String generateHelmChartVersion() {
-    def chartVersion = getPomVersion('pom.xml')
-
-    if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'master') {
-        chartVersion += "-${env.GIT_COMMIT.take(7)}"
-    }
-    else if (env.BRANCH_NAME != 'release') {
-        chartVersion += "-${env.BRANCH_NAME}"
+String 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."
     }
+    return branchName
+}
 
-    return chartVersion.replaceAll("_", "-")
+String buildVersionName() {
+    if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'release') {
+        return getPomVersion('pom.xml')
+    }
+    return "${getPomVersion('pom.xml')}-${validateBranchName(env.BRANCH_NAME)}-${env.GIT_COMMIT.take(7)}".replaceAll("_", "-")
 }
 
 Void sendFailureMessage() {
@@ -415,16 +420,6 @@ String getPomVersion(String pomFile){
     return pom.version
 }
 
-String generateImageTag() {
-    def imageTag = "${env.BRANCH_NAME}-${getPomVersion('pom.xml')}"
-
-    if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'master') {
-        imageTag += "-${env.GIT_COMMIT.take(7)}"
-    }
-
-    return imageTag
-}
-
 Void tagAndPushDockerImage(String newTag) {
     withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'jenkins-nexus-login', usernameVariable: 'USER', passwordVariable: 'PASSWORD')]) {
         sh 'docker login docker.ozg-sh.de -u ${USER} -p ${PASSWORD}'