diff --git a/api/src/utils/get-default-index-name.ts b/api/src/utils/get-default-index-name.ts
index 2c6e94cf38..b9a70fc9cf 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/get-default-index-name.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/get-default-index-name.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { customAlphabet } from 'nanoid';
-
-const generateID = customAlphabet('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvxyz', 5);
+import { simpleHash } from './get-simple-hash';
 
 /**
  * Generate an index name for a given collection + fields combination.
@@ -20,10 +18,10 @@ export function getDefaultIndexName(
 	const table = collection.replace(/\.|-/g, '_');
 	const indexName = (table + '_' + fields.join('_') + '_' + type).toLowerCase();
 
-	if (indexName.length <= 64) return indexName;
+	if (indexName.length <= 60) return indexName;
 
-	const suffix = `__${generateID()}_${type}`;
-	const prefix = indexName.substring(0, 64 - suffix.length);
+	const suffix = `__${simpleHash(indexName)}_${type}`;
+	const prefix = indexName.substring(0, 60 - suffix.length);
 
-	return `${prefix}__${generateID()}_${type}`;
+	return `${prefix}${suffix}`;
 }
diff --git a/api/src/utils/get-simple-hash.ts b/api/src/utils/get-simple-hash.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29c172ee91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/utils/get-simple-hash.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * Generate a simple short hash for a given string
+ * This is not cryptographically secure in any way, and has a high chance of collision
+ */
+export function simpleHash(str: string) {
+	let hash = 0;
+
+	for (let i = 0; i < str.length; hash &= hash) {
+		hash = 31 * hash + str.charCodeAt(i++);
+	}
+
+	return hash.toString(16);
+}