diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/package.json b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/package.json
index 162f1373c0..1a00a39f17 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
     "semver": "^7.5.2",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0",
     "throat": "^5.0.0",
-    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2",
+    "random-words": "2.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/ini": "^1.3.31"
diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/utils/rds.ts b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/utils/rds.ts
index 24aaee622f..6ed8d44339 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/utils/rds.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-core/src/utils/rds.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { KMSClient, CreateKeyCommand, ScheduleKeyDeletionCommand } from '@aws-sd
 import { knex } from 'knex';
 import axios from 'axios';
 import { sleep } from './sleep';
+import { generate as generateWord } from 'random-words';
 
 const DEFAULT_DB_INSTANCE_TYPE = 'db.m5.large';
 const DEFAULT_DB_STORAGE = 8;
@@ -427,11 +428,11 @@ export const deleteDBCluster = async (identifier: string, region: string): Promi
   }
 };
 
-const createInstanceIdentifier = (prefix: string) => {
+const createInstanceIdentifier = (prefix: string): string => {
   return `${prefix}instance`;
 };
 
-export const generateDBName = () => generator.generate({ length: 8 }).toLowerCase();
+export const generateDBName = (): string => (generateWord() as string).toLowerCase();
 
 /**
  * Adds the given inbound rule to the security group.
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 69eda1c3ae..7ae2124b3a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -19188,6 +19188,13 @@ quick-lru@^5.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/quick-lru/-/quick-lru-5.1.1.tgz#366493e6b3e42a3a6885e2e99d18f80fb7a8c932"
   integrity sha512-WuyALRjWPDGtt/wzJiadO5AXY+8hZ80hVpe6MyivgraREW751X3SbhRvG3eLKOYN+8VEvqLcf3wdnt44Z4S4SA==
 
+random-words@2.0.1:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/random-words/-/random-words-2.0.1.tgz#cc4564385d040c9fad2b817621a0041a1ecc90f6"
+  integrity sha512-nZNJAmgcFmtJMTDDIUCm/iK4R6RydC6NvALvWhYItXQrgYGk1F7Gww416LpVROFQtfVd5TaLEf4WuSsko03N7w==
+  dependencies:
+    seedrandom "^3.0.5"
+
 randombytes@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/randombytes/-/randombytes-2.1.0.tgz#df6f84372f0270dc65cdf6291349ab7a473d4f2a"
@@ -19828,6 +19835,11 @@ schema-utils@^4.0.0:
     ajv-formats "^2.1.1"
     ajv-keywords "^5.1.0"
 
+seedrandom@^3.0.5:
+  version "3.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/seedrandom/-/seedrandom-3.0.5.tgz#54edc85c95222525b0c7a6f6b3543d8e0b3aa0a7"
+  integrity sha512-8OwmbklUNzwezjGInmZ+2clQmExQPvomqjL7LFqOYqtmuxRgQYqOD3mHaU+MvZn5FLUeVxVfQjwLZW/n/JFuqg==
+
 semver-compare@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver-compare/-/semver-compare-1.0.0.tgz#0dee216a1c941ab37e9efb1788f6afc5ff5537fc"