diff --git a/packages/server-core/src/projects/project/project-helper.ts b/packages/server-core/src/projects/project/project-helper.ts
index b4abd0f034..12d8323bdd 100644
--- a/packages/server-core/src/projects/project/project-helper.ts
+++ b/packages/server-core/src/projects/project/project-helper.ts
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ export const checkProjectDestinationMatch = async (
     const projectExists = await app.service(projectPath).find({
       query: {
         name: {
-          $like: '%' + sourceContent.name + '%'
+          $like: sourceContent.name
         }
       }
     })
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ export const updateProject = async (
   const existingProjectResult = await app.service(projectPath)._find({
     query: {
       name: {
-        $like: `%${projectName}%`
+        $like: projectName
       }
     }
   })
diff --git a/packages/server-core/src/projects/project/project.class.ts b/packages/server-core/src/projects/project/project.class.ts
index 869a15989e..20e2bcc736 100644
--- a/packages/server-core/src/projects/project/project.class.ts
+++ b/packages/server-core/src/projects/project/project.class.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export class ProjectService<T = ProjectType, ServiceParams extends Params = Proj
         const result = (await super._find({
           query: {
             name: {
-              $like: `${projectName}%`
+              $like: projectName
             }
           }
         })) as Paginated<ProjectType>