diff --git a/images/agent/src/pkg/controller/block_device.go b/images/agent/src/pkg/controller/block_device.go
index d86ebeb4..0bc85cfa 100644
--- a/images/agent/src/pkg/controller/block_device.go
+++ b/images/agent/src/pkg/controller/block_device.go
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@ func ConfigureBlockDeviceLabels(blockDevice v1alpha1.BlockDevice) map[string]str
 	}
 
 	slug.Lowercase = false
+	slug.MaxLength = 63
+	slug.EnableSmartTruncate = false
 	lbls[internal.MetadataNameLabelKey] = slug.Make(blockDevice.ObjectMeta.Name)
 	lbls[internal.HostNameLabelKey] = slug.Make(blockDevice.Status.NodeName)
 	lbls[internal.BlockDeviceTypeLabelKey] = slug.Make(blockDevice.Status.Type)