diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3a81ba5..dac6d56e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [8.0.2](https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-javascript/compare/v8.0.1...v8.0.2) (2024-07-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* creating an event does not error when the event attribute name is too long ([#593](https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-javascript/issues/593)) ([6977113](https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-javascript/commit/6977113d7b49bd2b702632cc09e29cc0c003e2a1))
+
 ## [8.0.1](https://github.com/cloudevents/sdk-javascript/compare/v8.0.0...v8.0.1) (2024-06-12)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a6140d35..e3002512 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "cloudevents",
-  "version": "8.0.1",
+  "version": "8.0.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cloudevents",
-      "version": "8.0.1",
+      "version": "8.0.2",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "ajv": "^8.11.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0237eeea..b1dc715d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cloudevents",
-  "version": "8.0.1",
+  "version": "8.0.2",
   "description": "CloudEvents SDK for JavaScript",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/event/cloudevent.ts b/src/event/cloudevent.ts
index 4da7075a..16c722b8 100644
--- a/src/event/cloudevent.ts
+++ b/src/event/cloudevent.ts
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ export class CloudEvent<T = undefined> implements CloudEventV1<T> {
 
     // finally process any remaining properties - these are extensions
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(properties)) {
-      // Extension names should only allow lowercase a-z and 0-9 in the name
+      // Extension names must only allow lowercase a-z and 0-9 in the name
       // names should not exceed 20 characters in length
-      if (!key.match(/^[a-z0-9]{1,20}$/) && strict) {
+      if (!key.match(/^[a-z0-9]+$/) && strict) {
         throw new ValidationError(`invalid extension name: ${key}
 CloudEvents attribute names MUST consist of lower-case letters ('a' to 'z')
 or digits ('0' to '9') from the ASCII character set. Attribute names SHOULD
diff --git a/test/integration/cloud_event_test.ts b/test/integration/cloud_event_test.ts
index f45a6f68..84472070 100644
--- a/test/integration/cloud_event_test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/cloud_event_test.ts
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ describe("A CloudEvent", () => {
     }).throw("invalid extension name");
   });
 
-  it("Throw a validation error for invalid extension names, more than 20 chars", () => {
+  it("Not throw a validation error for invalid extension names, more than 20 chars", () => {
     expect(() => {
       new CloudEvent({ "123456789012345678901": "extension1", ...fixture });
-    }).throw("invalid extension name");
+    }).not.throw("invalid extension name");
   });
 
   it("Throws a validation error for invalid uppercase extension names", () => {