diff --git a/src/prefect/tasks.py b/src/prefect/tasks.py
index 29069cd7499f..efa340c2c41e 100644
--- a/src/prefect/tasks.py
+++ b/src/prefect/tasks.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import datetime
 import inspect
-import os
 from copy import copy
 from functools import partial, update_wrapper
 from typing import (
@@ -76,6 +75,8 @@
 
 logger = get_logger("tasks")
 
+NUM_CHARS_DYNAMIC_KEY: int = 8
+
 
 def task_input_hash(
     context: "TaskRunContext", arguments: Dict[str, Any]
@@ -125,6 +126,28 @@ def retry_backoff_callable(retries: int) -> List[float]:
     return retry_backoff_callable
 
 
+def _generate_task_key(fn: Callable[..., Any]) -> str:
+    """Generate a task key based on the function name and source code.
+    We may eventually want some sort of top-level namespace here to
+    disambiguate tasks with the same function name in different modules,
+    in a more human-readable way, while avoiding relative import problems (see #12337).
+    As long as the task implementations are unique (even if named the same), we should
+    not have any collisions.
+    Args:
+        fn: The function to generate a task key for.
+    """
+    if not hasattr(fn, "__qualname__"):
+        return to_qualified_name(type(fn))
+
+    qualname = fn.__qualname__.split(".")[-1]
+
+    code_hash = (
+        h[:NUM_CHARS_DYNAMIC_KEY] if (h := hash_objects(fn.__code__)) else "unknown"
+    )
+
+    return f"{qualname}-{code_hash}"
+
+
 @PrefectObjectRegistry.register_instances
 class Task(Generic[P, R]):
     """
@@ -292,17 +315,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.tags = set(tags if tags else [])
 
-        if not hasattr(self.fn, "__qualname__"):
-            self.task_key = to_qualified_name(type(self.fn))
-        else:
-            try:
-                task_origin_hash = hash_objects(
-                    self.name, os.path.abspath(inspect.getsourcefile(self.fn))
-                )
-            except TypeError:
-                task_origin_hash = "unknown-source-file"
-
-            self.task_key = f"{self.fn.__qualname__}-{task_origin_hash}"
+        self.task_key = _generate_task_key(self.fn)
 
         self.cache_key_fn = cache_key_fn
         self.cache_expiration = cache_expiration
diff --git a/tests/test_background_tasks.py b/tests/test_background_tasks.py
index f727b7a8fb30..e1f6d8f844c1 100644
--- a/tests/test_background_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/test_background_tasks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import asyncio
-import inspect
-import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import AsyncGenerator, Iterable, Tuple
 from unittest import mock
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@
 )
 from prefect.task_server import TaskServer
 from prefect.utilities.asyncutils import sync_compatible
-from prefect.utilities.hashing import hash_objects
 
 
 @sync_compatible
@@ -395,22 +392,3 @@ async def bar(x: int, mappable: Iterable) -> Tuple[int, Iterable]:
             assert await result_factory.read_parameters(
                 task_run.state.state_details.task_parameters_id
             ) == {"x": i + 1, "mappable": ["some", "iterable"]}
-
-
-class TestTaskKey:
-    def test_task_key_includes_qualname_and_source_file_hash(self):
-        def some_fn():
-            pass
-
-        t = Task(fn=some_fn)
-        source_file = os.path.abspath(inspect.getsourcefile(some_fn))
-        task_origin_hash = hash_objects(t.name, source_file)
-        assert t.task_key == f"{some_fn.__qualname__}-{task_origin_hash}"
-
-    def test_task_key_handles_unknown_source_file(self, monkeypatch):
-        def some_fn():
-            pass
-
-        monkeypatch.setattr(inspect, "getsourcefile", lambda x: None)
-        t = Task(fn=some_fn)
-        assert t.task_key == f"{some_fn.__qualname__}-unknown-source-file"
diff --git a/tests/test_tasks.py b/tests/test_tasks.py
index 81d408f140f5..b475d81db11b 100644
--- a/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ def my_task():
         assert my_task.name == "another_name"
 
 
+class TestTaskKey:
+    def test_task_key_typical_case(self):
+        @task
+        def my_task():
+            pass
+
+        assert my_task.task_key.startswith("my_task-")
+
+    def test_task_key_after_import(self):
+        from tests.generic_tasks import noop
+
+        assert noop.task_key.startswith("noop-")
+
+
 class TestTaskRunName:
     def test_run_name_default(self):
         @task