diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a80a729..ed77717 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.ecsp</groupId>
     <artifactId>device-activation</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.1</version>
+    <version>1.0.2</version>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
 
     <name>device-activation</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ecsp/auth/lib/util/DeviceActivationUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ecsp/auth/lib/util/DeviceActivationUtil.java
index 6108c10..18ce5cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ecsp/auth/lib/util/DeviceActivationUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ecsp/auth/lib/util/DeviceActivationUtil.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 public class DeviceActivationUtil {
     private static final int MAX_LENGTH = 14;
     private static final int PREFIX = 2;
-    private static final int ALPHANUM_LENGTH = 64;
+    private static final int ALPHANUM_LENGTH = 50;
     private static final int VALUE_5 = 5;
     private static final int VALUE_8 = 8;
     private static final int VALUE_2 = 2;