diff --git a/pkg/commands/helpers/kubectl_auth.go b/pkg/commands/helpers/kubectl_auth.go
index bbadf2d2ce..f40f742348 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/helpers/kubectl_auth.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/helpers/kubectl_auth.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -174,7 +175,11 @@ func cacheFilePath(kopsStateStore string, clusterName string) string {
 	b.WriteString(clusterName)
 	b.WriteByte(0)
 
-	hash := fmt.Sprintf("%x", sha256.New().Sum(b.Bytes()))
+	var i big.Int
+	hb := sha256.Sum224(b.Bytes())
+	i.SetBytes(hb[:])
+	hash := i.Text(62)
+
 	sanitizedName := strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
 		switch {
 		case r >= 'a' && r <= 'z':
@@ -187,6 +192,9 @@ func cacheFilePath(kopsStateStore string, clusterName string) string {
 			return '_'
 		}
 	}, clusterName)
+	if len(sanitizedName) > 32 {
+		sanitizedName = sanitizedName[:32]
+	}
 	return filepath.Join(homedir.HomeDir(), ".kube", "cache", "kops-authentication", sanitizedName+"_"+hash)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/helpers/kubectl_auth_test.go b/pkg/commands/helpers/kubectl_auth_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34950d0e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commands/helpers/kubectl_auth_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package helpers
+
+import (
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Test_cacheFilePath(t *testing.T) {
+	inputs := []struct {
+		kopsStateStore string
+		clusterName    string
+	}{
+		{
+			kopsStateStore: "s3://abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk",
+			clusterName: "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcde." +
+				"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk." +
+				"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk." +
+				"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com",
+		},
+	}
+
+	output1 := cacheFilePath(inputs[0].kopsStateStore, inputs[0].clusterName)
+	_, file := path.Split(output1)
+
+	if len(file) > 71 {
+		t.Errorf("cacheFilePath() got %v, too long(%v)", output1, len(file))
+	}
+}