diff --git a/pkg/utils/accelerators/tpu.go b/pkg/utils/accelerators/tpu.go
index aa7b3056..de4e8f54 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/accelerators/tpu.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/accelerators/tpu.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func addTPUVariablesSubGroup(pod *corev1.Pod) error {
 		},
 		corev1.EnvVar{
 			Name:  TpuName,
-			Value: fmt.Sprint(pod.Name),
+			Value: fmt.Sprint(leaderName),
 		},
 	)
 	return nil
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func AddTPUVariables(pod *corev1.Pod, size int) error {
 		},
 		corev1.EnvVar{
 			Name:  TpuName,
-			Value: fmt.Sprint(pod.Name),
+			Value: fmt.Sprint(leaderName),
 		},
 	)
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/utils/accelerators/tpu_test.go b/pkg/utils/accelerators/tpu_test.go
index 5f286ffd..c18d5010 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/accelerators/tpu_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/accelerators/tpu_test.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestAddTPUVariables(t *testing.T) {
 			hasWorkerIndexLabelKey:     true,
 			expectedTpuWorkerHostNames: "test-sample-1.default,test-sample-1-1.default,test-sample-1-2.default,test-sample-1-3.default,test-sample-1-4.default",
 			expectedTpuWorkerId:        "3",
-			expectedTpuName:            "test-sample-1-3",
+			expectedTpuName:            "test-sample-1",
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func TestAddTPUVariablesSubGroup(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedTpuWorkerId:        "3",
 			expectedTpuWorkerHostNames: "test-sample-1.default,test-sample-1-1.default,test-sample-1-2.default,test-sample-1-3.default,test-sample-1-4.default",
-			expectedTpuName:            "test-sample-1-3",
+			expectedTpuName:            "test-sample-1",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Leader requests TPU resources, worker with subgroup index > 0",
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func TestAddTPUVariablesSubGroup(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedTpuWorkerId:        "3",
 			expectedTpuWorkerHostNames: "test-sample-1-4.default,test-sample-1-5.default,test-sample-1-6.default,test-sample-1-7.default",
-			expectedTpuName:            "test-sample-1-7",
+			expectedTpuName:            "test-sample-1",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Leader does not request TPU resources, worker with subgroup index > 0",
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestAddTPUVariablesSubGroup(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedTpuWorkerId:        "0",
 			expectedTpuWorkerHostNames: "test-sample-1-5.default,test-sample-1-6.default,test-sample-1-7.default,test-sample-1-8.default",
-			expectedTpuName:            "test-sample-1-5",
+			expectedTpuName:            "test-sample-1",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range tests {