diff --git a/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py b/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py
index 0cf6c6d55a..af74e58179 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/local/entities.py
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ def start(self, **kwargs):
         """Start a pipeline execution. Returns a _LocalPipelineExecution object."""
         from sagemaker.local.pipeline import LocalPipelineExecutor
 
-        execution_id = str(uuid4())
+        execution_id = str(uuid4()).replace('-', '')[:12]
         execution = _LocalPipelineExecution(
             execution_id=execution_id,
             pipeline=self.pipeline,