diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/DeadLetterTopicTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/DeadLetterTopicTest.java
index 7d34ce33e0a7f..3bfbaf48b117b 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/DeadLetterTopicTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/api/DeadLetterTopicTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import lombok.Cleanup;
 import lombok.Data;
 import org.apache.avro.reflect.Nullable;
@@ -261,7 +262,12 @@ public void testDeadLetterTopicWithProducerName() throws Exception {
         final String topic = "persistent://my-property/my-ns/dead-letter-topic";
         final String subscription = "my-subscription";
         final String consumerName = "my-consumer";
-        String deadLetterProducerName = String.format("%s-%s-%s-DLQ", topic, subscription, consumerName);
+        Pattern deadLetterProducerNamePattern =
+                Pattern.compile("^persistent://my-property/my-ns/dead-letter-topic"
+                        + "-my-subscription"
+                        + "-my-consumer"
+                        + "-[a-zA-Z0-9]{5}"
+                        + "-DLQ$");
 
         final int maxRedeliveryCount = 1;
 
@@ -308,8 +314,9 @@ public void testDeadLetterTopicWithProducerName() throws Exception {
         int totalInDeadLetter = 0;
         do {
             Message message = deadLetterConsumer.receive();
-            assertEquals(message.getProducerName(), deadLetterProducerName);
-            log.info("dead letter consumer received message : {} {}", message.getMessageId(), new String(message.getData()));
+            assertTrue(deadLetterProducerNamePattern.matcher(message.getProducerName()).matches());
+            log.info("dead letter consumer received message : {} {}, dead letter producer name : {}",
+                    message.getMessageId(), new String(message.getData()), message.getProducerName());
             deadLetterConsumer.acknowledge(message);
             totalInDeadLetter++;
         } while (totalInDeadLetter < sendMessages);
diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ConsumerImpl.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ConsumerImpl.java
index 004adab56f529..15c6c018b37c6 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ConsumerImpl.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/ConsumerImpl.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.metrics.UpDownCounter;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.schema.AutoConsumeSchema;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.transaction.TransactionImpl;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.util.ConsumerName;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.util.ExecutorProvider;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.util.RetryMessageUtil;
 import org.apache.pulsar.common.allocator.PulsarByteBufAllocator;
@@ -2263,8 +2264,8 @@ private void initDeadLetterProducerIfNeeded() {
                             ((ProducerBuilderImpl<byte[]>) client.newProducer(Schema.AUTO_PRODUCE_BYTES(schema)))
                                     .initialSubscriptionName(this.deadLetterPolicy.getInitialSubscriptionName())
                                     .topic(this.deadLetterPolicy.getDeadLetterTopic())
-                                    .producerName(String.format("%s-%s-%s-DLQ", this.topicName, this.subscription,
-                                            this.consumerName))
+                                    .producerName(String.format("%s-%s-%s-%s-DLQ", this.topicName, this.subscription,
+                                            this.consumerName, ConsumerName.generateRandomName()))
                                     .blockIfQueueFull(false)
                                     .enableBatching(false)
                                     .enableChunking(true)