diff --git a/e2e/linodevpc-controller/minimal/03-verify-vpc.yaml b/e2e/linodevpc-controller/minimal/03-verify-vpc.yaml
index 9d882abd6..3bba71c50 100644
--- a/e2e/linodevpc-controller/minimal/03-verify-vpc.yaml
+++ b/e2e/linodevpc-controller/minimal/03-verify-vpc.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
 kind: TestStep
 commands:
   - script: |-
-      URI="vpcs" FILTER="{\"label\":\"CLi-$(OBJ=linodevpcs/linodevpc-sample make getKubeUid | sed 's/-//g')\"}" make callLinodeApiGet | grep 'results": 0'
+      URI="vpcs" FILTER="{\"label\":\"cli-$(OBJ=linodevpcs/linodevpc-sample make getKubeUid | sed 's/-//g')\"}" make callLinodeApiGet | grep 'results": 0'
diff --git a/util/helpers.go b/util/helpers.go
index 3607960d3..25c0b2403 100644
--- a/util/helpers.go
+++ b/util/helpers.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func Pointer[T any](t T) *T {
 
 // RenderObjectLabel renders a 63 charater long unique label
 func RenderObjectLabel(i types.UID) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("CLi-%s", strings.ReplaceAll(string(i), "-", ""))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("cli-%s", strings.ReplaceAll(string(i), "-", ""))
 }
 
 // CreateLinodeAPIFilter converts variables to API filter string