diff --git a/samcli/lib/telemetry/project_metadata.py b/samcli/lib/telemetry/project_metadata.py
index 9536108501..ac5818e737 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/telemetry/project_metadata.py
+++ b/samcli/lib/telemetry/project_metadata.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 """
 
 from os import getcwd
-from os.path import basename
 import re
 import subprocess
 from typing import List, Optional
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ def get_project_name() -> Optional[str]:
     -------
     str | None
         A UUID5 encrypted string of either the name of the project, or the name of the
-        current directory that the command is running in.
+        current working directory that the command is running in.
         If telemetry is opted out of by the user, returns None
     """
     if not bool(GlobalConfig().telemetry_enabled):
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ def get_project_name() -> Optional[str]:
         )
         project_name = _parse_remote_origin_url(str(runcmd.stdout))[2]  # dir is git repo, get project name from URL
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        project_name = basename(getcwd().replace("\\", "/"))  # dir is not a git repo, get directory name
+        project_name = getcwd().replace("\\", "/")  # dir is not a git repo, get directory name
 
     return _encrypt_value(project_name)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/telemetry/test_project_metadata.py b/tests/unit/lib/telemetry/test_project_metadata.py
index acafd73562..8bd6f485c3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lib/telemetry/test_project_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/telemetry/test_project_metadata.py
@@ -77,24 +77,24 @@ def test_retrieve_project_name_from_git(self, origin, expected, sp_mock):
 
     @parameterized.expand(
         [
-            ("C:/Users/aws/path/to/library/aws-sam-cli", "aws-sam-cli"),
-            ("C:\\Users\\aws\\Windows\\path\\aws-sam-cli", "aws-sam-cli"),
-            ("C:/", ""),
-            ("C:\\", ""),
-            ("E:/path/to/another/dir", "dir"),
-            ("This/one/doesn't/start/with/a/letter", "letter"),
-            ("/banana", "banana"),
-            ("D:/one/more/just/to/be/safe", "safe"),
+            ("C:/Users/aws/path/to/library/aws-sam-cli"),
+            ("C:\\Users\\aws\\Windows\\path\\aws-sam-cli"),
+            ("C:/"),
+            ("C:\\"),
+            ("E:/path/to/another/dir"),
+            ("This/one/doesn't/start/with/a/letter"),
+            ("/banana"),
+            ("D:/one/more/just/to/be/safe"),
         ]
     )
     @patch("samcli.lib.telemetry.project_metadata.getcwd")
     @patch("samcli.lib.telemetry.project_metadata.subprocess.run")
-    def test_retrieve_project_name_from_dir(self, cwd, expected, sp_mock, cwd_mock):
+    def test_retrieve_project_name_from_dir(self, cwd, sp_mock, cwd_mock):
         sp_mock.side_effect = CalledProcessError(128, ["git", "config", "--get", "remote.origin.url"])
         cwd_mock.return_value = cwd
 
         project_name = get_project_name()
-        self.assertEqual(project_name, str(uuid5(NAMESPACE_URL, expected)))
+        self.assertEqual(project_name, str(uuid5(NAMESPACE_URL, cwd.replace("\\", "/"))))
 
     @parameterized.expand(
         [