diff --git a/packaging/windows/product.wxs.template b/packaging/windows/product.wxs.template
index 66d28a7a65..20a3b8b921 100755
--- a/packaging/windows/product.wxs.template
+++ b/packaging/windows/product.wxs.template
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                         <ServiceControl Id="StartAdminHelperService" Name="crcAdminHelper" Start='install' Stop='both' Remove='uninstall' />
                     </Component>
                     <Component Id="BackgroundLauncher" Guid="*">
-                        <File Id="BackgroundLauncher" Source="SourceDir\win32-background-launcher.exe" KeyPath="yes" DiskId="1" />
+                        <File Id="BackgroundLauncher" Source="SourceDir\win32-background-launcher.exe" Name="crc-background-launcher.exe" KeyPath="yes" DiskId="1" />
                     </Component>
                     <Component Id="AddUserToCrcUsers" Guid="0C793EE7-109A-474B-9651-77E0A83BAF2D" KeyPath="yes">
                         <Condition>NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE AND NOT WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED</Condition>
diff --git a/pkg/crc/cache/cache.go b/pkg/crc/cache/cache.go
index 8e3070160e..9bb9fd8cac 100644
--- a/pkg/crc/cache/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/crc/cache/cache.go
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Cache struct {
-	executablePath string
-	archiveURL     string
-	version        string
-	getVersion     func(string) (string, error)
+	executablePath     string
+	archiveURL         string
+	version            string
+	ignoreNameMismatch bool
+	getVersion         func(string) (string, error)
 }
 
 type VersionMismatchError struct {
@@ -127,14 +128,14 @@ func (c *Cache) cacheExecutable() error {
 		}
 	} else {
 		extractedFiles = append(extractedFiles, assetTmpFile)
-		if filepath.Base(assetTmpFile) != c.GetExecutableName() {
+		if filepath.Base(assetTmpFile) != c.GetExecutableName() && !c.ignoreNameMismatch {
 			logging.Warnf("Executable name is %s but extracted file name is %s", c.GetExecutableName(), filepath.Base(assetTmpFile))
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Copy the requested asset into its final destination
 	for _, extractedFilePath := range extractedFiles {
-		finalExecutablePath := filepath.Join(constants.CrcBinDir, filepath.Base(extractedFilePath))
+		finalExecutablePath := filepath.Join(constants.CrcBinDir, c.GetExecutableName())
 		// If the file exists then remove it (ignore error) first before copy because with `0500` permission
 		// it is not possible to overwrite the file.
 		os.Remove(finalExecutablePath)
diff --git a/pkg/crc/cache/cache_windows.go b/pkg/crc/cache/cache_windows.go
index 95fc566b20..49b75bdb8f 100644
--- a/pkg/crc/cache/cache_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/crc/cache/cache_windows.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 func NewWin32BackgroundLauncherCache() *Cache {
 	url := constants.GetWin32BackgroundLauncherDownloadURL()
 	version := version.GetWin32BackgroundLauncherVersion()
-	return newCache(constants.Win32BackgroundLauncherPath(),
+	cache := newCache(constants.Win32BackgroundLauncherPath(),
 		url,
 		version,
 		func(executable string) (string, error) {
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ func NewWin32BackgroundLauncherCache() *Cache {
 			return strings.TrimSpace(stdOut), nil
 		},
 	)
+	// upstream binary name is win32-background-launcher.exe
+	// but we want to name it as crc-background-launcher.exe
+	cache.ignoreNameMismatch = true
+	return cache
 }
diff --git a/pkg/crc/constants/constants.go b/pkg/crc/constants/constants.go
index 7a3a9f0947..486d9e3d63 100644
--- a/pkg/crc/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/crc/constants/constants.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const (
 	DaemonLogFile             = "crcd.log"
 	CrcLandingPageURL         = "https://console.redhat.com/openshift/create/local" // #nosec G101
 	DefaultAdminHelperURLBase = "https://github.com/crc-org/admin-helper/releases/download/v%s/%s"
-	BackgroundLauncherURL     = "https://github.com/crc-org/win32-background-launcher/releases/download/v%s/%s"
+	BackgroundLauncherURL     = "https://github.com/crc-org/win32-background-launcher/releases/download/v%s/win32-background-launcher.exe"
 	DefaultBundleURLBase      = "https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/crc/bundles/%s/%s/%s"
 	DefaultContext            = "admin"
 	DaemonHTTPEndpoint        = "http://unix/api"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const (
 	OpenShiftIngressHTTPPort  = 80
 	OpenShiftIngressHTTPSPort = 443
 
-	BackgroundLauncherExecutable = "win32-background-launcher.exe"
+	BackgroundLauncherExecutable = "crc-background-launcher.exe"
 )
 
 var adminHelperExecutableForOs = map[string]string{
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func GetKubeAdminPasswordPath() string {
 
 func GetWin32BackgroundLauncherDownloadURL() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(BackgroundLauncherURL,
-		version.GetWin32BackgroundLauncherVersion(), BackgroundLauncherExecutable)
+		version.GetWin32BackgroundLauncherVersion())
 }
 
 func GetDefaultCPUs(preset crcpreset.Preset) int {