diff --git a/pkg/background/generate/controller.go b/pkg/background/generate/controller.go
index 8cecc25eb5..8d24b7fe85 100644
--- a/pkg/background/generate/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/background/generate/controller.go
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func (c *GenerateController) createReports(
 	resource unstructured.Unstructured,
 	engineResponses ...engineapi.EngineResponse,
 ) error {
-	report := reportutils.BuildGenerateReport(resource.GetNamespace(), resource.GetName(), resource.GroupVersionKind(), resource.GetName(), resource.GetUID(), engineResponses...)
+	report := reportutils.BuildGenerateReport(resource.GetNamespace(), resource.GroupVersionKind(), resource.GetName(), resource.GetUID(), engineResponses...)
 	if len(report.GetResults()) > 0 {
 		err := c.reportsBreaker.Do(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
 			_, err := reportutils.CreateReport(ctx, report, c.kyvernoClient)
diff --git a/pkg/background/mutate/mutate.go b/pkg/background/mutate/mutate.go
index 6933bbd9e6..74a6e0732f 100644
--- a/pkg/background/mutate/mutate.go
+++ b/pkg/background/mutate/mutate.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func (c *mutateExistingController) createReports(
 	resource unstructured.Unstructured,
 	engineResponses ...engineapi.EngineResponse,
 ) error {
-	report := reportutils.BuildMutateExistingReport(resource.GetNamespace(), resource.GetName(), resource.GroupVersionKind(), resource.GetName(), resource.GetUID(), engineResponses...)
+	report := reportutils.BuildMutateExistingReport(resource.GetNamespace(), resource.GroupVersionKind(), resource.GetName(), resource.GetUID(), engineResponses...)
 	if len(report.GetResults()) > 0 {
 		err := c.reportsBreaker.Do(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
 			_, err := reportutils.CreateReport(ctx, report, c.kyvernoClient)
diff --git a/pkg/utils/report/new.go b/pkg/utils/report/new.go
index e8888aa1cb..36540dab0d 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/report/new.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/report/new.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func NewBackgroundScanReport(namespace, name string, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind
 	} else {
 		report = &reportsv1.EphemeralReport{}
 	}
-	report.SetName(name)
+	report.SetGenerateName(name + "-")
 	report.SetNamespace(namespace)
 	controllerutils.SetOwner(report, gvk.GroupVersion().String(), gvk.Kind, owner, uid)
 	SetResourceUid(report, uid)
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ func BuildMutationReport(resource unstructured.Unstructured, request admissionv1
 	return report
 }
 
-func BuildMutateExistingReport(namespace, name string, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, owner string, uid types.UID, responses ...engineapi.EngineResponse) reportsv1.ReportInterface {
-	report := NewBackgroundScanReport(namespace, name, gvk, owner, uid)
+func BuildMutateExistingReport(namespace string, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, owner string, uid types.UID, responses ...engineapi.EngineResponse) reportsv1.ReportInterface {
+	report := NewBackgroundScanReport(namespace, string(uid), gvk, owner, uid)
 	SetMutationResponses(report, responses...)
 	return report
 }
 
-func BuildGenerateReport(namespace, name string, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, owner string, uid types.UID, responses ...engineapi.EngineResponse) reportsv1.ReportInterface {
-	report := NewBackgroundScanReport(namespace, name, gvk, owner, uid)
+func BuildGenerateReport(namespace string, gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, owner string, uid types.UID, responses ...engineapi.EngineResponse) reportsv1.ReportInterface {
+	report := NewBackgroundScanReport(namespace, string(uid), gvk, owner, uid)
 	SetGenerationResponses(report, responses...)
 	return report
 }