diff --git a/pkg/runner/action.go b/pkg/runner/action.go
index 275de09..bae766e 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/action.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/action.go
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func newStepContainer(ctx context.Context, step step, image string, cmd []string
 		Image:       image,
 		Username:    rc.Config.Secrets["DOCKER_USERNAME"],
 		Password:    rc.Config.Secrets["DOCKER_PASSWORD"],
-		Name:        createContainerName(rc.jobContainerName(), stepModel.ID),
+		Name:        createSimpleContainerName(rc.jobContainerName(), "STEP-"+stepModel.ID),
 		Env:         envList,
 		Mounts:      mounts,
 		NetworkMode: fmt.Sprintf("container:%s", rc.jobContainerName()),
diff --git a/pkg/runner/run_context.go b/pkg/runner/run_context.go
index 4b42cd1..ee7aaf7 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/run_context.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/run_context.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) GetEnv() map[string]string {
 }
 
 func (rc *RunContext) jobContainerName() string {
-	return createContainerName(rc.Config.ContainerNamePrefix, rc.String())
+	return createSimpleContainerName(rc.Config.ContainerNamePrefix, "WORKFLOW-"+rc.Run.Workflow.Name, "JOB-"+rc.Name)
 }
 
 // Returns the binds and mounts for the container, resolving paths as appopriate
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ func mergeMaps(maps ...map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	return rtnMap
 }
 
+// deprecated: use createSimpleContainerName
 func createContainerName(parts ...string) string {
 	name := make([]string, 0)
 	pattern := regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9]")
@@ -390,6 +391,22 @@ func createContainerName(parts ...string) string {
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(strings.Trim(strings.Join(name, "-"), "-"), "--", "-")
 }
 
+func createSimpleContainerName(parts ...string) string {
+	pattern := regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9-]")
+	name := make([]string, 0, len(parts))
+	for _, v := range parts {
+		v = pattern.ReplaceAllString(v, "-")
+		v = strings.Trim(v, "-")
+		for strings.Contains(v, "--") {
+			v = strings.ReplaceAll(v, "--", "-")
+		}
+		if v != "" {
+			name = append(name, v)
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(name, "_")
+}
+
 func trimToLen(s string, l int) string {
 	if l < 0 {
 		l = 0
diff --git a/pkg/runner/run_context_test.go b/pkg/runner/run_context_test.go
index cdafb8e..4d68dc8 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/run_context_test.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/run_context_test.go
@@ -623,3 +623,24 @@ func TestRunContextGetEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_createSimpleContainerName(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		parts []string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			parts: []string{"a--a", "BB正", "c-C"},
+			want:  "a-a_BB_c-C",
+		},
+		{
+			parts: []string{"a-a", "", "-"},
+			want:  "a-a",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(strings.Join(tt.parts, " "), func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equalf(t, tt.want, createSimpleContainerName(tt.parts...), "createSimpleContainerName(%v)", tt.parts)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/runner/step_docker.go b/pkg/runner/step_docker.go
index b51da53..4010b55 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/step_docker.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/step_docker.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (sd *stepDocker) newStepContainer(ctx context.Context, image string, cmd []
 		Image:       image,
 		Username:    rc.Config.Secrets["DOCKER_USERNAME"],
 		Password:    rc.Config.Secrets["DOCKER_PASSWORD"],
-		Name:        createContainerName(rc.jobContainerName(), step.ID),
+		Name:        createSimpleContainerName(rc.jobContainerName(), "STEP-"+step.ID),
 		Env:         envList,
 		Mounts:      mounts,
 		NetworkMode: fmt.Sprintf("container:%s", rc.jobContainerName()),