diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_container_cluster_test.go.erb b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_container_cluster_test.go.erb
index 560c34bf20a2..46023097e987 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_container_cluster_test.go.erb
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/tests/resource_container_cluster_test.go.erb
@@ -4447,7 +4447,7 @@ func TestAccContainerCluster_failedCreation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	clusterName := fmt.Sprintf("tf-test-cluster-%s", RandString(t, 10))
 
-	project := BootstrapProject(t, "tf-fail-cluster-test", GetTestBillingAccountFromEnv(t), []string{"container.googleapis.com"})
+	project := BootstrapProject(t, "tf-fail-cluster-", GetTestBillingAccountFromEnv(t), []string{"container.googleapis.com"})
 	removeContainerServiceAgentRoleFromContainerEngineRobot(t, project)
 
 	VcrTest(t, resource.TestCase{
diff --git a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/utils/bootstrap_utils_test.go b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/utils/bootstrap_utils_test.go
index bcb464bb4d36..b1b0700dc8c6 100644
--- a/mmv1/third_party/terraform/utils/bootstrap_utils_test.go
+++ b/mmv1/third_party/terraform/utils/bootstrap_utils_test.go
@@ -418,12 +418,21 @@ func removeContainerServiceAgentRoleFromContainerEngineRobot(t *testing.T, proje
 	}
 }
 
-func BootstrapProject(t *testing.T, projectID, billingAccount string, services []string) *cloudresourcemanager.Project {
+// BootstrapProject will create or get a project named
+// "<projectIDPrefix><projectIDSuffix>" that will persist across test runs,
+// where projectIDSuffix is based off of getTestProjectFromEnv(). The reason
+// for the naming is to isolate bootstrapped projects by test environment.
+// Given the existing projects being used by our team, the prefix provided to
+// this function can be no longer than 18 characters.
+func BootstrapProject(t *testing.T, projectIDPrefix, billingAccount string, services []string) *cloudresourcemanager.Project {
 	config := BootstrapConfig(t)
 	if config == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	projectIDSuffix := strings.Replace(GetTestProjectFromEnv(), "ci-test-project-", "", 1)
+	projectID := projectIDPrefix + projectIDSuffix
+
 	crmClient := config.NewResourceManagerClient(config.UserAgent)
 
 	project, err := crmClient.Projects.Get(projectID).Do()