diff --git a/packages/contracts/plugin-settings.ts b/packages/contracts/plugin-settings.ts
index f19ee5bf..1dc6ffa4 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/plugin-settings.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/plugin-settings.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import buildMetadata from './src/build-metadata.json';
 import releaseMetadata from './src/release-metadata.json';
+import {generateRandomEns} from './utils/helpers';
 import {VersionTag} from '@aragon/osx-commons-sdk';
 
 export const PLUGIN_CONTRACT_NAME = 'MyPlugin'; // This must match the filename `packages/contracts/src/MyPlugin.sol` and the contract name `MyPlugin` within.
 export const PLUGIN_SETUP_CONTRACT_NAME = 'MyPluginSetup'; // This must match the filename `packages/contracts/src/MyPluginSetup.sol` and the contract name `MyPluginSetup` within.
-export const PLUGIN_REPO_ENS_SUBDOMAIN_NAME = 'my'; // This will result in the ENS domain name 'my.plugin.dao.eth'
+export const PLUGIN_REPO_ENS_SUBDOMAIN_NAME = generateRandomEns(8); // This will result in the ENS domain name 'my.plugin.dao.eth'
 
 export const VERSION: VersionTag = {
   release: 1, // Increment this number ONLY if breaking/incompatible changes were made. Updates between releases are NOT possible.
diff --git a/packages/contracts/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/contracts/utils/helpers.ts
index c76f6992..cc695533 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -191,5 +191,16 @@ export async function createVersion(
   return tx;
 }
 
+export function generateRandomEns(length: number): string {
+  const allowedCharacters = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-0123456789';
+  let result = '';
+  for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+    result += allowedCharacters.charAt(
+      Math.floor(Math.random() * allowedCharacters.length)
+    );
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 export const AragonOSxAsciiArt =
   "                                          ____   _____      \n     /\\                                  / __ \\ / ____|     \n    /  \\   _ __ __ _  __ _  ___  _ __   | |  | | (_____  __ \n   / /\\ \\ | '__/ _` |/ _` |/ _ \\| '_ \\  | |  | |\\___ \\ \\/ / \n  / ____ \\| | | (_| | (_| | (_) | | | | | |__| |____) >  <  \n /_/    \\_\\_|  \\__,_|\\__, |\\___/|_| |_|  \\____/|_____/_/\\_\\ \n                      __/ |                                 \n                     |___/                                  \n";