diff --git a/scripts/native/cicd/hwlab-node-control-plane-refresh.mjs b/scripts/native/cicd/hwlab-node-control-plane-refresh.mjs
index 9c500127..2ed59e6d 100644
--- a/scripts/native/cicd/hwlab-node-control-plane-refresh.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native/cicd/hwlab-node-control-plane-refresh.mjs
@@ -136,10 +136,17 @@ function renderControlPlane() {
 async function applyPipeline() {
   const pipelinePath = path.join(renderDir, overlay.tektonDir, "pipeline.yaml");
   if (!existsSync(pipelinePath)) throw new Error(`rendered Pipeline missing: ${pipelinePath}`);
-  const pipelineText = readFileSync(pipelinePath, "utf8");
-  const pipeline = yamlModule().parse(pipelineText);
-  const pipelineName = pipeline?.metadata?.name;
-  if (typeof pipelineName !== "string" || pipelineName.length === 0) throw new Error(`rendered Pipeline metadata.name missing: ${pipelinePath}`);
+  const YAML = yamlModule();
+  const pipeline = YAML.parse(readFileSync(pipelinePath, "utf8"));
+  if (!pipeline || typeof pipeline !== "object") throw new Error(`rendered Pipeline is not an object: ${pipelinePath}`);
+  const renderedPipelineName = pipeline?.metadata?.name;
+  if (typeof renderedPipelineName !== "string" || renderedPipelineName.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`rendered Pipeline metadata.name missing: ${pipelinePath}`);
+  }
+  const pipelineName = requiredOverlayString("pipelineName");
+  pipeline.metadata = pipeline.metadata && typeof pipeline.metadata === "object" ? pipeline.metadata : {};
+  pipeline.metadata.name = pipelineName;
+  const pipelineText = YAML.stringify(pipeline);
   await kubeRequest(
     "PATCH",
     `/apis/tekton.dev/v1/namespaces/${encodeURIComponent(tektonNamespace)}/pipelines/${encodeURIComponent(pipelineName)}?fieldManager=${encodeURIComponent(fieldManager)}&force=true`,