diff --git a/.azure/hpu-tests.yml b/.azure/hpu-tests.yml
index e0701751ef..04680e8757 100644
--- a/.azure/hpu-tests.yml
+++ b/.azure/hpu-tests.yml
@@ -34,13 +34,18 @@ jobs:
     pool: intel-hpus
     container:
       image: "vault.habana.ai/gaudi-docker/1.6.1/ubuntu20.04/habanalabs/pytorch-installer-1.12.0:latest"
-      options: "--runtime=habana -e HABANA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all -e OMPI_MCA_btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism=none --cap-add=sys_nice --ipc=host --shm-size=4g --name cd-container -v /usr/bin/docker:/tmp/docker:ro"
+      options: "--runtime=habana -e HABANA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all -e OMPI_MCA_btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism=none --cap-add=sys_nice --ipc=host --shm-size=4g -v /usr/bin/docker:/tmp/docker:ro"
     workspace:
       clean: all
 
     steps:
+
+    - bash: |
+        echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=CONTAINER_ID]$(head -1 /proc/self/cgroup|cut -d/ -f3)"
+      displayName: 'Set environment variables'
+
     - script: |
-        /tmp/docker exec -t -u 0 cd-container \
+        /tmp/docker exec -t -u 0 $CONTAINER_ID \
         sh -c "apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" -y install sudo"
       displayName: 'Install Sudo in container (thanks Microsoft!)'