diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/operations/split_shard_replication_setup.c b/src/backend/distributed/operations/split_shard_replication_setup.c
index f880a3f3a..99948759f 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/operations/split_shard_replication_setup.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/operations/split_shard_replication_setup.c
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ static int NodeShardMappingHashCompare(const void *left, const void *right, Size
  *
  * Usage Semantics:
  * This UDF returns a shared memory handle where the information is stored. This shared memory
- * handle is used by caller to encode replication slot name as "NodeId_SharedMemoryHandle_TableOnwerId" for every
- * distinct  target node. The same encoded slot name is stored in one of the fields of the
+ * handle is used by caller to encode replication slot name as "citus_split_nodeId_sharedMemoryHandle_tableOnwerId"
+ * for every distinct  table owner. The same encoded slot name is stored in one of the fields of the
  * in-memory data structure(ShardSplitInfo).
  *
  * There is a 1-1 mapping between a table owner id and a replication slot. One replication
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/shardsplit/shardsplit_shared_memory.c b/src/backend/distributed/shardsplit/shardsplit_shared_memory.c
index 0e2ac6029..c8e336783 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/shardsplit/shardsplit_shared_memory.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/shardsplit/shardsplit_shared_memory.c
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ ShardSplitInfoSMData(ShardSplitInfoSMHeader *shardSplitInfoSMHeader)
 /*
  * encode_replication_slot returns an encoded replication slot name
  * in the following format.
- * Slot Name = NodeId_SharedMemoryHandle_TableOwnerOid
+ * Slot Name = citus_split_nodeId_sharedMemoryHandle_tableOwnerOid
+ * Max supported length of replication slot name is 64 bytes.
  */
 char *
 encode_replication_slot(uint32_t nodeId,
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ encode_replication_slot(uint32_t nodeId,
 						uint32_t tableOwnerId)
 {
 	StringInfo slotName = makeStringInfo();
-	appendStringInfo(slotName, "%u_%u_%u", nodeId, dsmHandle, tableOwnerId);
+	appendStringInfo(slotName, "citus_split_%u_%u_%u", nodeId, dsmHandle, tableOwnerId);
 	return slotName->data;
 }
 
@@ -208,14 +209,14 @@ decode_replication_slot(char *slotName,
 	char *slotNameString = strtok_r(dupSlotName, "_", &strtokPosition);
 	while (slotNameString != NULL)
 	{
-		/* first part of the slot name is NodeId */
-		if (index == 0)
+		/* third part of the slot name is NodeId */
+		if (index == 2)
 		{
 			*nodeId = strtoul(slotNameString, NULL, 10);
 		}
 
-		/* second part of the name is memory handle */
-		else if (index == 1)
+		/* fourth part of the name is memory handle */
+		else if (index == 3)
 		{
 			*dsmHandle = strtoul(slotNameString, NULL, 10);
 		}
@@ -227,10 +228,10 @@ decode_replication_slot(char *slotName,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Replication slot name is encoded as NodeId_SharedMemoryHandle_TableOwnerOid.
-	 * Hence the number of tokens would be strictly three considering "_" as delimiter.
+	 * Replication slot name is encoded as citus_split_nodeId_sharedMemoryHandle_tableOwnerOid.
+	 * Hence the number of tokens would be strictly five considering "_" as delimiter.
 	 */
-	if (index != 3)
+	if (index != 5)
 	{
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errmsg("Invalid Replication Slot name encoding: %s", slotName)));
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/split_shard_test_helpers.out b/src/test/regress/expected/split_shard_test_helpers.out
index a8db168b8..ade92b566 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/split_shard_test_helpers.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/split_shard_test_helpers.out
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ DECLARE
 begin
 
     SELECT * into sharedMemoryId from public.split_shard_replication_setup_helper(targetNode1, targetNode2);
-    SELECT FORMAT('%s_%s_10', targetNode1, sharedMemoryId) into derivedSlotName;
+    SELECT FORMAT('citus_split_%s_%s_10', targetNode1, sharedMemoryId) into derivedSlotName;
     SELECT slot_name into targetOneSlotName from pg_create_logical_replication_slot(derivedSlotName, 'decoding_plugin_for_shard_split');
 
     -- if new child shards are placed on different nodes, create one more replication slot
     if (targetNode1 != targetNode2) then
-        SELECT FORMAT('%s_%s_10', targetNode2, sharedMemoryId) into derivedSlotName;
+        SELECT FORMAT('citus_split_%s_%s_10', targetNode2, sharedMemoryId) into derivedSlotName;
         SELECT slot_name into targetTwoSlotName from pg_create_logical_replication_slot(derivedSlotName, 'decoding_plugin_for_shard_split');
         INSERT INTO slotName_table values(targetTwoSlotName, targetNode2, 1);
     end if;
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ begin
     SELECT * into sharedMemoryId from public.split_shard_replication_setup_for_colocated_shards(targetNode1, targetNode2);
 
     SELECT relowner into tableOwnerOne from pg_class where relname='table_first';
-    SELECT FORMAT('%s_%s_%s', targetNode1, sharedMemoryId, tableOwnerOne) into derivedSlotNameOne;
+    SELECT FORMAT('citus_split_%s_%s_%s', targetNode1, sharedMemoryId, tableOwnerOne) into derivedSlotNameOne;
     SELECT slot_name into targetOneSlotName from pg_create_logical_replication_slot(derivedSlotNameOne, 'decoding_plugin_for_shard_split');
 
     SELECT relowner into tableOwnerTwo from pg_class where relname='table_second';
-    SELECT FORMAT('%s_%s_%s', targetNode2, sharedMemoryId, tableOwnerTwo) into derivedSlotNameTwo;
+    SELECT FORMAT('citus_split_%s_%s_%s', targetNode2, sharedMemoryId, tableOwnerTwo) into derivedSlotNameTwo;
     SELECT slot_name into targetTwoSlotName from pg_create_logical_replication_slot(derivedSlotNameTwo, 'decoding_plugin_for_shard_split');
 
 
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ DECLARE
 begin
     SELECT name into replicationSlotName from slotName_table where id = 1;
     EXECUTE FORMAT($sub$create subscription %s connection 'host=localhost port=xxxxx user=postgres dbname=regression' publication PUB1 with(create_slot=false, enabled=true, slot_name='%s', copy_data=false)$sub$, subscriptionName, replicationSlotName);
-    RAISE NOTICE 'sameer %', replicationSlotName;
     return replicationSlotName;
 end
 $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ DECLARE
 begin
     SELECT name into replicationSlotName from slotName_table where id = 2;
     EXECUTE FORMAT($sub$create subscription %s connection 'host=localhost port=xxxxx user=postgres dbname=regression' publication PUB2 with(create_slot=false, enabled=true, slot_name='%s', copy_data=false)$sub$, subscriptionName, replicationSlotName);
-    RAISE NOTICE 'sameer %', replicationSlotName;
     return replicationSlotName;
 end
 $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/split_shard_test_helpers.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/split_shard_test_helpers.sql
index 27591f403..ba802e94e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/split_shard_test_helpers.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/split_shard_test_helpers.sql
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ DECLARE
 begin
 
     SELECT * into sharedMemoryId from public.split_shard_replication_setup_helper(targetNode1, targetNode2);
-    SELECT FORMAT('%s_%s_10', targetNode1, sharedMemoryId) into derivedSlotName;
+    SELECT FORMAT('citus_split_%s_%s_10', targetNode1, sharedMemoryId) into derivedSlotName;
     SELECT slot_name into targetOneSlotName from pg_create_logical_replication_slot(derivedSlotName, 'decoding_plugin_for_shard_split');
 
     -- if new child shards are placed on different nodes, create one more replication slot
     if (targetNode1 != targetNode2) then
-        SELECT FORMAT('%s_%s_10', targetNode2, sharedMemoryId) into derivedSlotName;
+        SELECT FORMAT('citus_split_%s_%s_10', targetNode2, sharedMemoryId) into derivedSlotName;
         SELECT slot_name into targetTwoSlotName from pg_create_logical_replication_slot(derivedSlotName, 'decoding_plugin_for_shard_split');
         INSERT INTO slotName_table values(targetTwoSlotName, targetNode2, 1);
     end if;
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ begin
     SELECT * into sharedMemoryId from public.split_shard_replication_setup_for_colocated_shards(targetNode1, targetNode2);
 
     SELECT relowner into tableOwnerOne from pg_class where relname='table_first';
-    SELECT FORMAT('%s_%s_%s', targetNode1, sharedMemoryId, tableOwnerOne) into derivedSlotNameOne;
+    SELECT FORMAT('citus_split_%s_%s_%s', targetNode1, sharedMemoryId, tableOwnerOne) into derivedSlotNameOne;
     SELECT slot_name into targetOneSlotName from pg_create_logical_replication_slot(derivedSlotNameOne, 'decoding_plugin_for_shard_split');
 
     SELECT relowner into tableOwnerTwo from pg_class where relname='table_second';
-    SELECT FORMAT('%s_%s_%s', targetNode2, sharedMemoryId, tableOwnerTwo) into derivedSlotNameTwo;
+    SELECT FORMAT('citus_split_%s_%s_%s', targetNode2, sharedMemoryId, tableOwnerTwo) into derivedSlotNameTwo;
     SELECT slot_name into targetTwoSlotName from pg_create_logical_replication_slot(derivedSlotNameTwo, 'decoding_plugin_for_shard_split');
 
 
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ DECLARE
 begin
     SELECT name into replicationSlotName from slotName_table where id = 1;
     EXECUTE FORMAT($sub$create subscription %s connection 'host=localhost port=57637 user=postgres dbname=regression' publication PUB1 with(create_slot=false, enabled=true, slot_name='%s', copy_data=false)$sub$, subscriptionName, replicationSlotName);
-    RAISE NOTICE 'sameer %', replicationSlotName;
     return replicationSlotName;
 end
 $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ DECLARE
 begin
     SELECT name into replicationSlotName from slotName_table where id = 2;
     EXECUTE FORMAT($sub$create subscription %s connection 'host=localhost port=57637 user=postgres dbname=regression' publication PUB2 with(create_slot=false, enabled=true, slot_name='%s', copy_data=false)$sub$, subscriptionName, replicationSlotName);
-    RAISE NOTICE 'sameer %', replicationSlotName;
     return replicationSlotName;
 end
 $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;