diff --git a/operator-pipeline-images/operatorcert/entrypoints/publish.py b/operator-pipeline-images/operatorcert/entrypoints/publish.py
index cfb4284c2..e8eb0fe69 100644
--- a/operator-pipeline-images/operatorcert/entrypoints/publish.py
+++ b/operator-pipeline-images/operatorcert/entrypoints/publish.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def create_repository(args: Any, project: Dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
     long_description = container.get("repository_description") or " "
     # strip html, trim by word boundary, max length 100, add ellipsis
     short_description = html2text.html2text(long_description)
-    short_description = textwrap.wrap(short_description, 97)[0] + "..."
+    short_description = textwrap.shorten(short_description, 97, placeholder="...")
 
     display_data = {
         "name": project.get("name", ""),
diff --git a/operator-pipeline-images/tests/entrypoints/test_publish.py b/operator-pipeline-images/tests/entrypoints/test_publish.py
index 4c0aa4720..564e9a73d 100644
--- a/operator-pipeline-images/tests/entrypoints/test_publish.py
+++ b/operator-pipeline-images/tests/entrypoints/test_publish.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def test_create_repository(mock_get_vendor: MagicMock, mock_post: MagicMock) ->
         "container": {
             "distribution_method": "rhcc",
             "repository_name": "repo_name",
-            "repository_description": "descrip",
+            "repository_description": "very long description " * 10,
             "release_category": "rel_cat",
             "privileged": True,
             "application_categories": "app_cat",
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ def test_create_repository(mock_get_vendor: MagicMock, mock_post: MagicMock) ->
         "release_categories": ["rel_cat"],
         "display_data": {
             "name": "project_name",
-            "long_description": "descrip",
-            "short_description": "descrip...",
+            "long_description": "very long description " * 10,
+            "short_description": "very long description very long description "
+            "very long description very long description very...",
         },
         "non_production_only": False,
         "privileged_images_allowed": True,