diff --git a/internal/service/templategenerator/templategenerator.go b/internal/service/templategenerator/templategenerator.go
index 08e06f1..b85510b 100644
--- a/internal/service/templategenerator/templategenerator.go
+++ b/internal/service/templategenerator/templategenerator.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (s *Service) GenerateModuleTemplate(
 	shortName := trimShortNameFromRef(ref)
 	labels[shared.ModuleName] = shortName
 	if moduleConfig.ResourceName == "" {
-		moduleConfig.ResourceName = shortName + "-" + moduleConfig.Channel
+		moduleConfig.ResourceName = shortName + "-" + moduleConfig.Version
 	}
 
 	moduleTemplate, err := template.New("moduleTemplate").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
diff --git a/tests/e2e/create/create_test.go b/tests/e2e/create/create_test.go
index 74e888d..f63d599 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/create/create_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/create/create_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/ocm"
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/ocm/compdesc"
 	ocmv1 "ocm.software/ocm/api/ocm/compdesc/meta/v1"
-	"ocm.software/ocm/api/ocm/compdesc/versions/v2"
+	v2 "ocm.software/ocm/api/ocm/compdesc/versions/v2"
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/ocm/extensions/accessmethods/github"
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/ocm/extensions/accessmethods/localblob"
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/ocm/extensions/accessmethods/ociartifact"
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Test 'create' command", Ordered, func() {
 			Expect(descriptor).ToNot(BeNil())
 			Expect(descriptor.SchemaVersion()).To(Equal(v2.SchemaVersion))
 
+			Expect(template.Name).To(Equal("template-operator-1.0.0"))
+
 			By("And annotations should be correct")
 			annotations := template.Annotations
 			Expect(annotations[shared.ModuleVersionAnnotation]).To(Equal("1.0.0"))
@@ -303,6 +305,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Test 'create' command", Ordered, func() {
 			descriptor := getDescriptor(template)
 			Expect(descriptor).ToNot(BeNil())
 
+			Expect(template.Name).To(Equal("template-operator-1.0.1"))
+
 			By("And new annotation should be correctly added")
 			annotations := template.Annotations
 			Expect(annotations[shared.ModuleVersionAnnotation]).To(Equal("1.0.1"))
@@ -337,6 +341,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Test 'create' command", Ordered, func() {
 			descriptor := getDescriptor(template)
 			Expect(descriptor).ToNot(BeNil())
 
+			Expect(template.Name).To(Equal("template-operator-1.0.2"))
+
 			By("And annotation should have correct version")
 			annotations := template.Annotations
 			Expect(annotations[shared.ModuleVersionAnnotation]).To(Equal("1.0.2"))
@@ -384,6 +390,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Test 'create' command", Ordered, func() {
 			descriptor := getDescriptor(template)
 			Expect(descriptor).ToNot(BeNil())
 
+			Expect(template.Name).To(Equal("template-operator-1.0.3"))
+
 			By("And descriptor.component.resources should be correct")
 			Expect(descriptor.Resources).To(HaveLen(2))
 			resource := descriptor.Resources[0]
@@ -459,6 +467,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Test 'create' command", Ordered, func() {
 			descriptor := getDescriptor(template)
 			Expect(descriptor).ToNot(BeNil())
 
+			Expect(template.Name).To(Equal("template-operator-1.0.4"))
+
 			By("And annotation should have correct version")
 			annotations := template.Annotations
 			Expect(annotations[shared.ModuleVersionAnnotation]).To(Equal("1.0.4"))
@@ -490,6 +500,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Test 'create' command", Ordered, func() {
 			descriptor := getDescriptor(template)
 			Expect(descriptor).ToNot(BeNil())
 
+			Expect(template.Name).To(Equal("template-operator-1.0.5"))
+
 			By("And annotation should have correct version")
 			annotations := template.Annotations
 			Expect(annotations[shared.ModuleVersionAnnotation]).To(Equal("1.0.5"))
@@ -528,6 +540,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Test 'create' command", Ordered, func() {
 			descriptor := getDescriptor(template)
 			Expect(descriptor).ToNot(BeNil())
 
+			Expect(template.Name).To(Equal("template-operator-1.0.6"))
+
 			By("And annotation should have correct version")
 			annotations := template.Annotations
 			Expect(annotations[shared.ModuleVersionAnnotation]).To(Equal("1.0.6"))
@@ -542,14 +556,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Test 'create' command", Ordered, func() {
 			Expect(manager.Kind).To(Equal("Deployment"))
 		})
 	})
-  
-  
+
 	Context("Given 'modulectl create' command", func() {
 		var cmd createCmd
 		It("When invoked with valid module-config containing associatedResources list", func() {
 			cmd = createCmd{
 				moduleConfigFile: withAssociatedResourcesConfig,
-        registry:         ociRegistry,
+				registry:         ociRegistry,
 				insecure:         true,
 				output:           templateOutputPath,
 			}
@@ -566,6 +579,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Test 'create' command", Ordered, func() {
 			descriptor := getDescriptor(template)
 			Expect(descriptor).ToNot(BeNil())
 
+			Expect(template.Name).To(Equal("template-operator-1.0.7"))
+
 			By("And annotation should have correct version")
 			annotations := template.Annotations
 			Expect(annotations[shared.ModuleVersionAnnotation]).To(Equal("1.0.7"))