diff --git a/src/foxops/services/change.py b/src/foxops/services/change.py
index dfecb73e..eccdb651 100644
--- a/src/foxops/services/change.py
+++ b/src/foxops/services/change.py
@@ -823,4 +823,5 @@ def delete_all_files_in_local_git_repository(directory: Path) -> None:
 
 def generate_foxops_branch_name(prefix: str, target_directory: str, template_repository_version: str) -> str:
     target_directory_hash = hashlib.sha1(target_directory.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()[:7]
-    return f"foxops/{prefix}-{target_directory_hash}-{template_repository_version}"
+    unique_suffix = uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]
+    return f"foxops/{prefix}-{target_directory_hash}-{template_repository_version}-{unique_suffix}"