diff --git a/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/types/aggregator.go b/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/types/aggregator.go
index 8f1b01aa0..bfe507a01 100644
--- a/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/types/aggregator.go
+++ b/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/types/aggregator.go
@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@ type Metadata struct {
 }
 
 // the contract requires exactly 10 bytes for the workflow name
-// the json schema allows for a variable length string <= len(10)
-// pad with trailing spaces to meet the contract requirements
+// the resulting workflow name should be up to 10 bytes long
+// so pad accordingly to meet the contract requirements
 func (m *Metadata) padWorkflowName() {
 	b, err := hex.DecodeString(m.WorkflowName)
 	if err == nil && len(b) < 10 {
-		m.WorkflowName = hex.EncodeToString(append(b, make([]byte, 10-len(b))...))
+		// Each byte is 2 characters, so we need to pad with 0s
+		neededBytes := append(b, make([]byte, 10-len(b))...)
+		m.WorkflowName = hex.EncodeToString(neededBytes)
 	} else if len(m.WorkflowName) < 10 {
+		// Pad with spaces
 		suffix := strings.Repeat(" ", 10-len(m.WorkflowName))
 		m.WorkflowName += suffix
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/types/aggregator_test.go b/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/types/aggregator_test.go
index dce0179b3..e1cd6855a 100644
--- a/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/types/aggregator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/types/aggregator_test.go
@@ -16,25 +16,32 @@ func TestMetadata_padWorkflowName(t *testing.T) {
 		want   string
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "padWorkflowName 1",
+			name: "padWorkflowName hex with 9 bytes",
 			fields: fields{
-				WorkflowName: "123456789",
+				WorkflowName: "ABCD1234EF567890AB",
 			},
-			want: "123456789 ",
+			want: "abcd1234ef567890ab00",
 		},
 		{
-			name: "padWorkflowName 0",
+			name: "padWorkflowName hex with 5 bytes",
 			fields: fields{
-				WorkflowName: "1234567890",
+				WorkflowName: "1234ABCD56",
 			},
-			want: "1234567890",
+			want: "1234abcd560000000000",
 		},
 		{
-			name: "padWorkflowName 10",
+			name: "padWorkflowName empty",
 			fields: fields{
 				WorkflowName: "",
 			},
-			want: "          ",
+			want: "00000000000000000000",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "padWorkflowName non-hex string",
+			fields: fields{
+				WorkflowName: "not-hex",
+			},
+			want: "not-hex   ",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {