diff --git a/pkg/workflows/utils.go b/pkg/workflows/utils.go
index 2d6816c75..8371aaedf 100644
--- a/pkg/workflows/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/workflows/utils.go
@@ -74,13 +74,15 @@ func GenerateWorkflowID(owner []byte, name string, workflow []byte, config []byt
 }
 
 // HashTruncateName returns the SHA-256 hash of the workflow name truncated to the first 10 bytes.
-func HashTruncateName(name string) [10]byte {
+func HashTruncateName(name string) string {
 	// Compute SHA-256 hash of the input string
 	hash := sha256.Sum256([]byte(name))
 
-	// Truncate the hash to 10 bytes
-	var result [10]byte
-	copy(result[:], hash[:10])
+	// Encode as hex to ensure UTF8
+	var hashBytes []byte = hash[:]
+	resultHex := hex.EncodeToString(hashBytes)
 
-	return result
+	// Truncate to 10 bytes
+	truncated := []byte(resultHex)[:10]
+	return string(truncated)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/workflows/utils_test.go b/pkg/workflows/utils_test.go
index ae506a7df..c6f985d50 100644
--- a/pkg/workflows/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflows/utils_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"testing"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -70,19 +71,23 @@ func Test_GenerateWorkflowIDFromStrings(t *testing.T) {
 func TestNormalizeWorkflowName(t *testing.T) {
 	tt := []struct {
 		input    string
-		expected [10]byte
+		expected string
 	}{
 		{
 			input:    "Hello, world!",
-			expected: [10]byte{0x31, 0x5f, 0x5b, 0xdb, 0x76, 0xd0, 0x78, 0xc4, 0x3b, 0x8a},
+			expected: "315f5bdb76",
 		},
 		{
 			input:    "My Incredible Workflow Name",
-			expected: [10]byte{0x84, 0x00, 0x2e, 0xb9, 0xe2, 0xa0, 0x6b, 0x09, 0x97, 0x7c},
+			expected: "84002eb9e2",
 		},
 		{
 			input:    "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.",
-			expected: [10]byte{0x6b, 0xa1, 0xf7, 0xa6, 0xa0, 0x91, 0x95, 0x1a, 0x2d, 0xd2},
+			expected: "6ba1f7a6a0",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "�����ï¿ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿",
+			expected: "68f19173b3",
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -90,12 +95,16 @@ func TestNormalizeWorkflowName(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tc.input, func(t *testing.T) {
 			// Call the function with the test input
 			result := HashTruncateName(tc.input)
+			var resultBytes = []byte(result)
 
 			// Assert that the result is exactly the expected output
 			require.Equal(t, tc.expected, result)
 
 			// Assert that the result is 10 bytes long
-			require.Len(t, result, 10)
+			require.Len(t, resultBytes, 10)
+
+			// Assert that the result is UTF8 encoded
+			require.True(t, utf8.Valid(resultBytes))
 		})
 	}
 }