diff --git a/cfn-resources/access-list-api-key/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/access-list-api-key/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 575803856..cf3628008 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/access-list-api-key/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/access-list-api-key/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="cfn-bot-access-list-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="cfn-bot-access-list-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/alert-configuration/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/alert-configuration/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 27047320a..32dfc51e0 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/alert-configuration/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/alert-configuration/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="ct-alert-config-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="ct-alert-config-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/api-key/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/api-key/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index e5800dad4..41ab826fc 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/api-key/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/api-key/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="cfn-bot-apikey-test-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="cfn-bot-apikey-test-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/auditing/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/auditing/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 6c1687f39..87dcc8d97 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/auditing/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/auditing/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fi
 org_id="${MONGODB_ATLAS_ORG_ID}"
 profile="${MONGODB_ATLAS_PROFILE}"
 
-project_name="Project-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+project_name="Project-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 projectId=$(atlas projects create "${project_name}" --orgId "${org_id}" --output json | jq -r '.id')
 
 rm -rf "inputs" && mkdir "inputs"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/cloud-backup-restore-jobs/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/cloud-backup-restore-jobs/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index f4aebb411..0cac1cc2c 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/cloud-backup-restore-jobs/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/cloud-backup-restore-jobs/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="ct-cloud-backup-restore-jobs-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="ct-cloud-backup-restore-jobs-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/cluster-outage-simulation/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/cluster-outage-simulation/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 162b1b794..4bab768a8 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/cluster-outage-simulation/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/cluster-outage-simulation/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="cluster-outage-simulation-limit-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="cluster-outage-simulation-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/federated-database-instance/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/federated-database-instance/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 263a3b0f4..acac6c8bf 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/federated-database-instance/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/federated-database-instance/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="ct-federated-db-instance-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="ct-federated-db-instance-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 # trigger create inputs for the cfn test
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/federated-query-limit/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/federated-query-limit/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 598cd8e1d..c7ebf531c 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/federated-query-limit/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/federated-query-limit/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="ct-federated-query-limit-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="ct-federated-query-limit-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/flex-cluster/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/flex-cluster/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index a74224134..787ab875f 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/flex-cluster/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/flex-cluster/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ else
 	echo -e "FOUND project \"${projectName}\" with id: ${projectId}\n"
 fi
 
-clusterName="cfn-test-bot-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+clusterName="cfn-test-bot-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 echo "clusterName: $clusterName"
 
 WORDTOREMOVE="template."
diff --git a/cfn-resources/flex-cluster/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create.sh b/cfn-resources/flex-cluster/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create.sh
index 601dea3d7..4b795316e 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/flex-cluster/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/flex-cluster/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-projectName="cfn-test-bot-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="cfn-test-bot-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
 # create project
 projectId=$(atlas projects create "${projectName}" --output=json | jq -r '.id')
diff --git a/cfn-resources/online-archive/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/online-archive/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 96b5dd4c3..f8c69774b 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/online-archive/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/online-archive/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="ct-online-archive-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="ct-online-archive-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/organization/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/organization/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 058d4c538..21d33e255 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/organization/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/organization/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-# setting projectName
-orgName="cfn-bot-org-test-$((1 + RANDOM % 1000))"
+# setting orgName
+orgName="cfn-bot-org-test-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
 if [ -z ${MONGODB_ATLAS_PROFILE+x} ]; then
 	echo "MONGODB_ATLAS_PROFILE is not set, exiting..."
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $orgName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$orgName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/private-endpoint-aws/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/private-endpoint-aws/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index dd76f3a92..b06a5baa7 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/private-endpoint-aws/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/private-endpoint-aws/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ];then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="ct-private-endpoint-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="ct-private-endpoint-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
\ No newline at end of file
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cfn-resources/private-endpoint-service/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/private-endpoint-service/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index dd76f3a92..b06a5baa7 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/private-endpoint-service/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/private-endpoint-service/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ];then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="ct-private-endpoint-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="ct-private-endpoint-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
\ No newline at end of file
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cfn-resources/privatelink-endpoint-service-data-federation-online-archive/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/privatelink-endpoint-service-data-federation-online-archive/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index e226d93d7..074e98088 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/privatelink-endpoint-service-data-federation-online-archive/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/privatelink-endpoint-service-data-federation-online-archive/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="pes-online-archive-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="pes-online-archive-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/project/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/project/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 2334e6e41..fe5940f63 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/project/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/project/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fi
 org_id="${MONGODB_ATLAS_ORG_ID}"
 team_id="${MONGODB_ATLAS_TEAM_ID}"
 profile="${MONGODB_ATLAS_PROFILE}"
-project_name="Project-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+project_name="Project-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
 if [ -z "${MONGODB_ATLAS_ORG_API_KEY_ID+x}" ]; then
 	api_key_id=$(atlas organizations apikeys create --desc "Created as part of the contract testing: ${project_name}" --role ORG_MEMBER --output json | jq -r '.id')
diff --git a/cfn-resources/resource-policy/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/resource-policy/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 333f3184c..253163f35 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/resource-policy/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/resource-policy/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-# setting projectName
-policyName="ct-resource-policy-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+# setting policyName
+policyName="ct-resource-policy-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $policyName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$policyName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/search-deployment/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/search-deployment/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index f2e2ed4b8..64d27e598 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/search-deployment/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/search-deployment/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="ct-search-deployment-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="ct-search-deployment-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/search-index/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/search-index/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index d87a13efa..4fe72b7a0 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/search-index/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/search-index/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fi
 cluster_name=${ClusterName}
 db_name="${4:-sample_airbnb}"
 coll_name="${5:-listingsAndReviews}"
-index_name="search-$RANDOM"
+index_name="search-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 u_index_name="${index_name}"
 WORDTOREMOVE="template."
 cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit
diff --git a/cfn-resources/serverless-private-endpoint/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/serverless-private-endpoint/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index f1fb3b4ac..e82518b6e 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/serverless-private-endpoint/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/serverless-private-endpoint/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="ct-private-endpoint-serverless-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="ct-private-endpoint-serverless-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/stream-connection/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/stream-connection/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 078758377..c64cf16aa 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/stream-connection/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/stream-connection/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ else
 fi
 echo -e "=====\nrun this command to clean up\n=====\nmongocli iam projects delete ${projectId} --force\n====="
 
-instanceName="stream-instance-$RANDOM"
+instanceName="stream-instance-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 cloudProvider="AWS"
-clusterName="cluster-$RANDOM"
+clusterName="cluster-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
 atlas streams instances create "${instanceName}" --projectId "${projectId}" --region VIRGINIA_USA --provider ${cloudProvider}
 echo -e "Created StreamInstance \"${instanceName}\""
diff --git a/cfn-resources/stream-connection/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/stream-connection/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 8aad4260f..eb16a88c9 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/stream-connection/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/stream-connection/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="cfn-stream-conn-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="cfn-stream-conn-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/stream-instance/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/stream-instance/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index d36dc8abf..4a62541b9 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/stream-instance/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/stream-instance/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ else
 	echo -e "FOUND project \"${projectName}\" with id: ${projectId}\n"
 fi
 
-streamInstanceName="stream-$RANDOM"
+streamInstanceName="stream-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 cloudProvider="AWS"
 region="VIRGINIA_USA"
 tier="SP30"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/stream-instance/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/stream-instance/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 6bed4d8dd..83e21a0fc 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/stream-instance/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/stream-instance/test/contract-testing/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ if [ -z "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION+x}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # setting projectName
-projectName="stream-instance-$((1 + RANDOM % 10000))"
+projectName="stream-instance-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 
-./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh $projectName
+./test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh "$projectName"
diff --git a/cfn-resources/trigger/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh b/cfn-resources/trigger/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
index 5f037607e..441d39d8c 100755
--- a/cfn-resources/trigger/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
+++ b/cfn-resources/trigger/test/cfn-test-create-inputs.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ mkdir inputs
 project_Id="${2:-$PROJECT_ID}"
 db_name="${3:-$DB_NAME}"
 coll_name="${4:-$COLLECTION_NAME}"
-trigger_name="cfn-test-trigger-${RANDOM}"
+trigger_name="cfn-test-trigger-$(date +%s)-$RANDOM"
 func_name="${5:-$FUNC_NAME}"
 func_id="${6:-$FUNC_ID}"
 service_id="${7:-$SERVICE_ID}"