diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2bdeaa9c0..341ea9d58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Fix regression restricting the characters in an `elasticstack_elasticsearch_role_mapping` `name`. ([#1373](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/1373))
+
 ## [0.12.0] - 2025-10-15
 
 - Fix provider crash with `elasticstack_kibana_action_connector` when `config` or `secrets` was unset in 0.11.17 ([#1355](https://github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/pull/1355))
diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping/acc_test.go b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping/acc_test.go
index 24dc5d49e..048191558 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping/acc_test.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping/acc_test.go
@@ -14,44 +14,52 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestAccResourceSecurityRoleMapping(t *testing.T) {
-	roleMappingName := sdkacctest.RandStringFromCharSet(10, sdkacctest.CharSetAlphaNum)
-	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
-		PreCheck:                 func() { acctest.PreCheck(t) },
-		CheckDestroy:             checkResourceSecurityRoleMappingDestroy,
-		ProtoV6ProviderFactories: acctest.Providers,
-		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
-			{
-				Config: testAccResourceSecurityRoleMappingCreate(roleMappingName),
-				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "name", roleMappingName),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "enabled", "true"),
-					checks.TestCheckResourceListAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "roles", []string{"admin"}),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "rules", `{"any":[{"field":{"username":"esadmin"}},{"field":{"groups":"cn=admins,dc=example,dc=com"}}]}`),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "metadata", `{"version":1}`),
-				),
-			},
-			{
-				Config: testAccResourceSecurityRoleMappingUpdate(roleMappingName),
-				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "name", roleMappingName),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "enabled", "false"),
-					checks.TestCheckResourceListAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "roles", []string{"admin", "user"}),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "rules", `{"any":[{"field":{"username":"esadmin"}},{"field":{"groups":"cn=admins,dc=example,dc=com"}}]}`),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "metadata", `{}`),
-				),
-			},
-			{
-				Config: testAccResourceSecurityRoleMappingRoleTemplates(roleMappingName),
-				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "name", roleMappingName),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "enabled", "false"),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "role_templates", `[{"format":"json","template":"{\"source\":\"{{#tojson}}groups{{/tojson}}\"}"}]`),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "rules", `{"any":[{"field":{"username":"esadmin"}},{"field":{"groups":"cn=admins,dc=example,dc=com"}}]}`),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "metadata", `{}`),
-				),
-			},
-		},
-	})
+	names := []string{
+		sdkacctest.RandStringFromCharSet(10, sdkacctest.CharSetAlphaNum),
+		sdkacctest.RandStringFromCharSet(5, sdkacctest.CharSetAlphaNum) + " " + sdkacctest.RandStringFromCharSet(4, sdkacctest.CharSetAlphaNum),
+	}
+
+	for _, roleMappingName := range names {
+		t.Run("roleMappingName = "+roleMappingName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+				PreCheck:                 func() { acctest.PreCheck(t) },
+				CheckDestroy:             checkResourceSecurityRoleMappingDestroy,
+				ProtoV6ProviderFactories: acctest.Providers,
+				Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+					{
+						Config: testAccResourceSecurityRoleMappingCreate(roleMappingName),
+						Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "name", roleMappingName),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "enabled", "true"),
+							checks.TestCheckResourceListAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "roles", []string{"admin"}),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "rules", `{"any":[{"field":{"username":"esadmin"}},{"field":{"groups":"cn=admins,dc=example,dc=com"}}]}`),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "metadata", `{"version":1}`),
+						),
+					},
+					{
+						Config: testAccResourceSecurityRoleMappingUpdate(roleMappingName),
+						Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "name", roleMappingName),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "enabled", "false"),
+							checks.TestCheckResourceListAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "roles", []string{"admin", "user"}),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "rules", `{"any":[{"field":{"username":"esadmin"}},{"field":{"groups":"cn=admins,dc=example,dc=com"}}]}`),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "metadata", `{}`),
+						),
+					},
+					{
+						Config: testAccResourceSecurityRoleMappingRoleTemplates(roleMappingName),
+						Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "name", roleMappingName),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "enabled", "false"),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "role_templates", `[{"format":"json","template":"{\"source\":\"{{#tojson}}groups{{/tojson}}\"}"}]`),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "rules", `{"any":[{"field":{"username":"esadmin"}},{"field":{"groups":"cn=admins,dc=example,dc=com"}}]}`),
+							resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("elasticstack_elasticsearch_security_role_mapping.test", "metadata", `{}`),
+						),
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		})
+	}
 }
 
 func TestAccResourceSecurityRoleMappingFromSDK(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping/schema.go b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping/schema.go
index 97f516fd5..e35ffc7a2 100644
--- a/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping/schema.go
+++ b/internal/elasticsearch/security/role_mapping/schema.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package role_mapping
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"regexp"
 
 	providerschema "github.com/elastic/terraform-provider-elasticstack/internal/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework-jsontypes/jsontypes"
@@ -40,10 +39,6 @@ func GetSchema() schema.Schema {
 				PlanModifiers: []planmodifier.String{
 					stringplanmodifier.RequiresReplace(),
 				},
-				Validators: []validator.String{
-					stringvalidator.LengthBetween(1, 1024),
-					stringvalidator.RegexMatches(regexp.MustCompile(`^[[:graph:]]+$`), "must contain printable characters and no spaces"),
-				},
 			},
 			"enabled": schema.BoolAttribute{
 				MarkdownDescription: "Mappings that have `enabled` set to `false` are ignored when role mapping is performed.",