diff --git a/internal/pkg/crypto/sha.go b/internal/pkg/crypto/sha.go
index 043fc2273..7f850b0a7 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/crypto/sha.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/crypto/sha.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package crypto
 
 import (
-	"crypto/sha1"
+	"crypto/sha512"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 // GenerateSHA generates SHA from string
 func GenerateSHA(data string) string {
-	hasher := sha1.New()
+	hasher := sha512.New()
 	_, err := io.WriteString(hasher, data)
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Errorf("Unable to write data in hash writer %v", err)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/crypto/sha_test.go b/internal/pkg/crypto/sha_test.go
index 60d5af635..f91a11db1 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/crypto/sha_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/crypto/sha_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 // TestGenerateSHA generates the sha from given data and verifies whether it is correct or not
 func TestGenerateSHA(t *testing.T) {
 	data := "www.stakater.com"
-	sha := "abd4ed82fb04548388a6cf3c339fd9dc84d275df"
+	sha := "f9c4c51315e9ad36ec77279db875ab3f1d854b9deb77dabf7eb874427c36c2f12ab409318d3afd3e029a10913f18c0ca098a1e674fe914c5d8841f14e31542b3"
 	result := GenerateSHA(data)
 	if result != sha {
 		t.Errorf("Failed to generate SHA")