diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 58d797bc..25cff0b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ History
 
 All release highlights of this project will be documented in this file.
 
+
+4.5.7 - July 12, 2026
+______________________
+
+**Updated**
+
+    - ``SAClient.generate_items()`` The name key now supports values with up to 200 characters.
+
+
 4.5.6 - July 5, 2026
 ______________________
 
diff --git a/src/superannotate/__init__.py b/src/superannotate/__init__.py
index 1eda490f..001bd1f4 100644
--- a/src/superannotate/__init__.py
+++ b/src/superannotate/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-__version__ = "4.5.6"
+__version__ = "4.5.7dev1"
 
 
 os.environ.update({"sa_version": __version__})
diff --git a/src/superannotate/lib/core/usecases/items.py b/src/superannotate/lib/core/usecases/items.py
index 2b9cf3b6..744867c8 100644
--- a/src/superannotate/lib/core/usecases/items.py
+++ b/src/superannotate/lib/core/usecases/items.py
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ def execute(self) -> Response:
 
 class GenerateItems(BaseReportableUseCase):
     CHUNK_SIZE = 500
+    ITEM_NAME_PREFIX_LIMIT = 194
     INVALID_CHARS_PATTERN = re.compile(r"[<>:\"'/\\|?*&$!+]")
 
     def __init__(
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ def __init__(
 
     def validate_name(self):
         if (
-            len(self._name_prefix) > 114
+            len(self._name_prefix) > self.ITEM_NAME_PREFIX_LIMIT
             or self.INVALID_CHARS_PATTERN.search(self._name_prefix) is not None
         ):
             raise AppException("Invalid item name.")
diff --git a/tests/integration/items/test_generate_items.py b/tests/integration/items/test_generate_items.py
index 352c80e8..03a800b0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/items/test_generate_items.py
+++ b/tests/integration/items/test_generate_items.py
@@ -85,6 +85,22 @@ def test_invalid_name(self):
         ):
             sa.generate_items(self.PROJECT_NAME, 100, name="m<:")
 
+    def test_long_item_names(self):
+        # Max allowed prefix is 114 chars; with the "_00001" suffix the full
+        # item name is 120 chars, which is under the backend limit of 200 chars,
+        # so names must be stored in full without being truncated.
+        name = "a" * 194
+        sa.generate_items(self.PROJECT_NAME, 100, name=name)
+        items = sa.list_items(self.PROJECT_NAME)
+
+        assert len(items) == 100
+
+        expected_names = {f"{name}_{i:05d}" for i in range(1, 101)}
+        actual_names = {item["name"] for item in items}
+
+        assert actual_names == expected_names
+        assert all(len(n) == 200 for n in actual_names)
+
     def test_item_count(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(
             AppException,