diff --git a/cmd/eksctl-anywhere/cmd/upgradecluster.go b/cmd/eksctl-anywhere/cmd/upgradecluster.go
index 12e2098ab953..cd34eff59207 100644
--- a/cmd/eksctl-anywhere/cmd/upgradecluster.go
+++ b/cmd/eksctl-anywhere/cmd/upgradecluster.go
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ var upgradeClusterCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:         "This command is used to upgrade workload clusters",
 	PreRunE:      bindFlagsToViper,
 	SilenceUsage: true,
+	Args:         cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if uc.forceClean {
 			logger.MarkFail(forceCleanupDeprecationMessageForUpgrade)
 			return errors.New("please remove the --force-cleanup flag")
 		}
 
-		if err := uc.upgradeCluster(cmd); err != nil {
+		if err := uc.upgradeCluster(cmd, args); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to upgrade cluster: %v", err)
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ func init() {
 	flags.MarkRequired(createClusterCmd.Flags(), flags.ClusterConfig.Name)
 }
 
-func (uc *upgradeClusterOptions) upgradeCluster(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
+// nolint:gocyclo
+func (uc *upgradeClusterOptions) upgradeCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx := cmd.Context()
 
 	clusterConfigFileExist := validations.FileExists(uc.fileName)
@@ -91,6 +93,10 @@ func (uc *upgradeClusterOptions) upgradeCluster(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	if _, err := uc.commonValidations(ctx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("common validations failed due to: %v", err)
 	}
+
+	if err := validations.ValidateClusterNameFromCommandAndConfig(args, clusterConfig.Name); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	clusterSpec, err := newClusterSpec(uc.clusterOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/validations/input.go b/pkg/validations/input.go
index 7536c4c6c5f6..071ae5a7f0c2 100644
--- a/pkg/validations/input.go
+++ b/pkg/validations/input.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package validations
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
@@ -31,3 +32,17 @@ func FileExistsAndIsNotEmpty(filename string) bool {
 	info, err := os.Stat(filename)
 	return err == nil && info.Size() > 0
 }
+
+// ValidateClusterNameFromCommandAndConfig validates if cluster name provided in command matches with cluster name in config file.
+func ValidateClusterNameFromCommandAndConfig(args []string, clusterNameConfig string) error {
+	if len(args) != 0 {
+		clusterNameCli, err := ValidateClusterNameArg(args)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("please provide a valid <cluster-name>")
+		}
+		if clusterNameCli != clusterNameConfig {
+			return fmt.Errorf("please make sure cluster name provided in command matches with cluster name in config file")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/validations/input_test.go b/pkg/validations/input_test.go
index 340677d93c7a..38fc103afb25 100644
--- a/pkg/validations/input_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validations/input_test.go
@@ -111,3 +111,46 @@ func TestValidateClusterNameArg(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidateClusterNameFromCommandAndConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name              string
+		args              []string
+		clusterNameConfig string
+		expectedError     error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:              "Success cluster name match",
+			args:              []string{"test-cluster"},
+			clusterNameConfig: "test-cluster",
+			expectedError:     nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "Success empty Arguments",
+			args:              []string{},
+			clusterNameConfig: "test-cluster",
+			expectedError:     nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "Failure invalid cluster name",
+			args:              []string{"123test-Cluster"},
+			clusterNameConfig: "test-cluster",
+			expectedError:     errors.New("please provide a valid <cluster-name>"),
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "Failure cluster name not match",
+			args:              []string{"test-cluster-1"},
+			clusterNameConfig: "test-cluster",
+			expectedError:     errors.New("please make sure cluster name provided in command matches with cluster name in config file"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(tt *testing.T) {
+			gotError := validations.ValidateClusterNameFromCommandAndConfig(tc.args, tc.clusterNameConfig)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.expectedError, gotError) {
+				t.Errorf("\n%v got Error = %v, want Error %v", tc.name, gotError, tc.expectedError)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}