diff --git a/apidocs/interfaces/JumpStartSageMakerEndpointProps.md b/apidocs/interfaces/JumpStartSageMakerEndpointProps.md
index 7ec207fd..a45ae80f 100644
--- a/apidocs/interfaces/JumpStartSageMakerEndpointProps.md
+++ b/apidocs/interfaces/JumpStartSageMakerEndpointProps.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ___
 
 ### endpointName
 
-• `Optional` `Readonly` **endpointName**: `string`
+• `Readonly` **endpointName**: `string`
 
 ___
 
diff --git a/src/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/README_jumpstart.md b/src/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/README_jumpstart.md
index 95c9a410..f7eb0959 100644
--- a/src/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/README_jumpstart.md
+++ b/src/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/README_jumpstart.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Parameters
 | **Name**     | **Type**        | **Required** |**Description** |
 |:-------------|:----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 | model | JumpStartModel | ![Required](https://img.shields.io/badge/required-ff0000) | The model to deploy |
-| endpointName | string| ![Optional](https://img.shields.io/badge/optional-4169E1) | Name of the SageMaker endpoint created by the construct |
+| endpointName | string| ![Required](https://img.shields.io/badge/required-ff0000) | Name of the SageMaker endpoint created by the construct. The construct will prepend 'jumpstart-' to the name of the endpoint. |
 | acceptEula | boolean| ![Optional](https://img.shields.io/badge/optional-4169E1) | Specifies agreement to the model end-user license agreement (EULA). The AcceptEula value must be explicitly defined as True in order to accept the EULA that the model requires. The user is responsible for reviewing and complying with any applicable license terms and making sure they are acceptable for their use case before downloading or using a model. |
 | instanceType | SageMakerInstanceType | ![Optional](https://img.shields.io/badge/optional-4169E1) | The ML compute instance type. If not provided, the default instance type will be used. This value is available in the [models spec](./jumpstart-model.ts) |
 | instanceCount | Integer | ![Optional](https://img.shields.io/badge/optional-4169E1) | Number of instances to launch initially |
diff --git a/src/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/jumpstart-sagemaker-endpoint.ts b/src/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/jumpstart-sagemaker-endpoint.ts
index 54fabf21..a5992567 100644
--- a/src/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/jumpstart-sagemaker-endpoint.ts
+++ b/src/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/jumpstart-sagemaker-endpoint.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { SageMakerInstanceType } from './sagemaker-instance-type';
 
 export interface JumpStartSageMakerEndpointProps {
   readonly model: JumpStartModel;
-  readonly endpointName?: string;
+  readonly endpointName: string;
   readonly instanceType?: SageMakerInstanceType;
   readonly instanceCount?: number;
   readonly role?: iam.Role;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class JumpStartSageMakerEndpoint extends SageMakerEndpointBase {
 
     const endpoint = new sagemaker.CfnEndpoint(scope, `${this.spec.modelId}-endpoint-${id}`, {
       endpointConfigName: endpointConfig.getAtt('EndpointConfigName').toString(),
-      endpointName: props.endpointName,
+      endpointName: 'jumpstart-'+props.endpointName,
     });
 
     endpoint.addDependency(endpointConfig);
diff --git a/test/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker.test.ts b/test/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker.test.ts
index f6f28e6d..eb6e32e8 100644
--- a/test/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker.test.ts
+++ b/test/patterns/gen-ai/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker/aws-model-deployment-sagemaker.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ describe('JumpStartSageMakerEndpoint construct', () => {
       model: JumpStartModel.META_TEXTGENERATION_LLAMA_2_7B_F_2_0_2,
       acceptEula: true,
       instanceType: SageMakerInstanceType.ML_G5_2XLARGE,
+      endpointName: 'testendpoint',
     });
     JmpStrtTestTemplate = Template.fromStack(JmpStrtTestStack);
 
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ describe('JumpStartSageMakerEndpoint eula validation', () => {
         model: JumpStartModel.META_TEXTGENERATION_LLAMA_2_7B_F_2_0_2,
         acceptEula: false, // should fail synth
         instanceType: SageMakerInstanceType.ML_G5_2XLARGE,
+        endpointName: 'testendpoint',
       });
     };
 
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ describe('JumpStartSageMakerEndpoint eula validation', () => {
         model: JumpStartModel.META_TEXTGENERATION_LLAMA_2_7B_F_2_0_2,
         acceptEula: true, // should succeed synth
         instanceType: SageMakerInstanceType.ML_G5_2XLARGE,
+        endpointName: 'testendpoint',
       });
     };
 
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ describe('JumpStartSageMakerEndpoint eula validation', () => {
       new JumpStartSageMakerEndpoint(JmpStrtTestStack, 'test3', {
         model: JumpStartModel.MODEL_DEPTH2IMG_STABLE_DIFFUSION_V1_5_CONTROLNET_1_0_0, // eula not defined
         instanceType: SageMakerInstanceType.ML_G5_2XLARGE,
+        endpointName: 'testendpoint',
       });
     };
 
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ describe('JumpStartSageMakerEndpoint VPC construct', () => {
       model: JumpStartModel.META_TEXTGENERATION_LLAMA_2_7B_F_2_0_2,
       instanceType: SageMakerInstanceType.ML_G5_2XLARGE,
       acceptEula: true,
+      endpointName: 'testendpoint',
       vpcConfig: {
         securityGroupIds: securityGroups.map(s => s.securityGroupId),
         subnets: vpc.privateSubnets.map((subnet) => subnet.subnetId),