diff --git a/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/Chart.yaml b/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/Chart.yaml
index d4f28db..7d70c7c 100755
--- a/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/Chart.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ name: gcloud-sqlproxy
 sources:
 - https://github.com/rimusz/charts
 type: application
-version: 0.25.2
+version: 0.25.3
diff --git a/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/README.md b/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/README.md
index dd37860..82b6318 100755
--- a/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/README.md
+++ b/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/README.md
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ GCP does not support more than 5 endpoints on an Internal Load Balancer. To work
 
 Please note, as of `0.25.0` use [cloud-sql-proxy v2](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-proxy/blob/main/migration-guide.md). The `httpPortProbe` replaced `httpLivenessProbe.port` & `httpReadinessProbe.port`.
 
+Please note, as of `0.25.3`, if the value of `cloudsql.instances[].instanceShortName` remains undefined, an instanceShortName of 15 characters length will be generated, with a combination of first 5 letters of the instance name, then a hypen "-" and the remaining 9 characters will be autogenerated.
+
 **From <= 0.22.2 to >= 0.23.0**
 
 Please note, the `securityContext` has been renamed into `podSecurityContext`.
diff --git a/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/templates/_helpers.tpl b/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 8564788..61fd838 100755
--- a/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/stable/gcloud-sqlproxy/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 Create the short instance name
 */}}
 {{- define "gcloud-sqlproxy.instanceShortName" -}}
-{{ .instanceShortName | default (.instance | trunc 15 | trimSuffix "-") }}
+{{- $randomString := randAlphaNum 9 | lower -}}
+{{ .instanceShortName | default (printf "%s-%s" (.instance | trunc 5 | trimSuffix "-") $randomString) }}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{/*