diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/StyledWrapper.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/StyledWrapper.js
index 7b7438c5..b8e0d21f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/StyledWrapper.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/StyledWrapper.js
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ const Wrapper = styled.div`
       }
     }
   }
+
+  #sidebar-collection-name {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    overflow: hidden;
+  }
 `;
 
 export default Wrapper;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/index.js
index 0e274895..7c6b8c08 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/Collections/Collection/index.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const Collection = ({ collection, searchText }) => {
       {showRenameCollectionModal && <RenameCollection collection={collection} onClose={() => setShowRenameCollectionModal(false)} />}
       {showRemoveCollectionModal && <RemoveCollection collection={collection} onClose={() => setShowRemoveCollectionModal(false)} />}
       <div className="flex py-1 collection-name items-center" ref={drop}>
-        <div className="flex flex-grow items-center" onClick={handleClick}>
+        <div className="flex flex-grow items-center overflow-hidden" onClick={handleClick}>
           <IconChevronRight size={16} strokeWidth={2} className={iconClassName} style={{ width: 16, color: 'rgb(160 160 160)' }} />
           <div className="ml-1" id="sidebar-collection-name">{collection.name}</div>
         </div>
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ const Collection = ({ collection, searchText }) => {
             >
               New Folder
             </div>
-            {/* Todo: implement rename collection */}
-            {/* <div
+            <div
               className="dropdown-item"
               onClick={(e) => {
                 menuDropdownTippyRef.current.hide();
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ const Collection = ({ collection, searchText }) => {
               }}
             >
               Rename
-            </div> */}
+            </div>
             <div
               className="dropdown-item"
               onClick={(e) => {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/App/useCollectionTreeSync.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/App/useCollectionTreeSync.js
index 55dbd1d6..352c0c4f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/App/useCollectionTreeSync.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/App/useCollectionTreeSync.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import {
   requestSentEvent,
   requestQueuedEvent,
   testResultsEvent,
-  scriptEnvironmentUpdateEvent
+  scriptEnvironmentUpdateEvent,
+  collectionRenamedEvent
 } from 'providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections';
 import toast from 'react-hot-toast';
 import { openCollectionEvent, collectionAddEnvFileEvent } from 'providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions';
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@ const useCollectionTreeSync = () => {
       dispatch(testResultsEvent(val));
     };
 
+    const _collectionRenamed = (val) => {
+      dispatch(collectionRenamedEvent(val));
+    };
+
     ipcRenderer.invoke('renderer:ready');
 
     const removeListener1 = ipcRenderer.on('main:collection-opened', _openCollection);
@@ -110,6 +115,7 @@ const useCollectionTreeSync = () => {
     const removeListener6 = ipcRenderer.on('main:script-environment-update', _scriptEnvironmentUpdate);
     const removeListener7 = ipcRenderer.on('main:http-request-queued', _httpRequestQueued);
     const removeListener8 = ipcRenderer.on('main:test-results', _testResults);
+    const removeListener9 = ipcRenderer.on('main:collection-renamed', _collectionRenamed);
 
     return () => {
       removeListener1();
@@ -120,6 +126,7 @@ const useCollectionTreeSync = () => {
       removeListener6();
       removeListener7();
       removeListener8();
+      removeListener9();
     };
   }, [isElectron]);
 };
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js
index f460c845..d51fc30d 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/actions.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   moveCollectionItemToRootOfCollection,
   findCollectionByUid,
   recursivelyGetAllItemUids,
-  transformCollectionToSaveToIdb,
   transformRequestToSaveToFilesystem,
   findParentItemInCollection,
   findEnvironmentInCollection,
@@ -48,26 +47,16 @@ export const renameCollection = (newName, collectionUid) => (dispatch, getState)
   const state = getState();
   const collection = findCollectionByUid(state.collections.collections, collectionUid);
 
-  if (collection) {
-    const collectionCopy = cloneDeep(collection);
-    collectionCopy.name = newName;
-    const collectionToSave = transformCollectionToSaveToIdb(collectionCopy, {
-      ignoreDraft: true
-    });
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (!collection) {
+      return reject(new Error('Collection not found'));
+    }
 
-    collectionSchema
-      .validate(collectionToSave)
-      .then(() => saveCollectionToIdb(window.__idb, collectionToSave))
-      .then(() => {
-        dispatch(
-          _renameCollection({
-            newName: newName,
-            collectionUid: collectionUid
-          })
-        );
-      })
-      .catch((err) => console.log(err));
-  }
+    ipcRenderer
+      .invoke('renderer:rename-collection', newName, collection.pathname)
+      .then(resolve)
+      .catch(reject);
+  });
 };
 
 export const saveRequest = (itemUid, collectionUid) => (dispatch, getState) => {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/index.js
index 31f421f4..a2020bc3 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import splitOnFirst from 'split-on-first';
 import {
   findCollectionByUid,
+  findCollectionByPathname,
   findItemInCollection,
   findEnvironmentInCollection,
   findItemInCollectionByPathname,
@@ -840,6 +841,14 @@ export const collectionsSlice = createSlice({
           item.testResults = results;
         }
       }
+    },
+    collectionRenamedEvent: (state, action) => {
+      const { collectionPathname, newName } = action.payload;
+      const collection = findCollectionByPathname(state.collections, collectionPathname);
+
+      if (collection) {
+        collection.name = newName;
+      }
     }
   }
 });
@@ -891,7 +900,8 @@ export const {
   collectionUnlinkFileEvent,
   collectionUnlinkDirectoryEvent,
   collectionAddEnvFileEvent,
-  testResultsEvent
+  testResultsEvent,
+  collectionRenamedEvent
 } = collectionsSlice.actions;
 
 export default collectionsSlice.reducer;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
index 4758db7c..30706a7e 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/collection.js
@@ -64,6 +64,31 @@ const registerRendererEventHandlers = (mainWindow, watcher, lastOpenedCollection
     }
   });
 
+  // rename collection
+  ipcMain.handle('renderer:rename-collection', async (event, newName, collectionPathname) => {
+    try {
+      const brunoJsonFilePath = path.join(collectionPathname, 'bruno.json');
+      const content = fs.readFileSync(brunoJsonFilePath, 'utf8');
+      const json = JSON.parse(content);
+
+      json.name = newName;
+
+      const newContent = await stringifyJson(json);
+      await writeFile(brunoJsonFilePath, newContent);
+
+      // todo: listen for bruno.json changes and handle it in watcher
+      // the app will change the name of the collection after parsing the bruno.json file contents
+      mainWindow.webContents.send('main:collection-renamed', {
+        collectionPathname,
+        newName
+      });
+
+      return;
+    } catch (error) {
+      return Promise.reject(error);
+    }
+  });
+
   // new request
   ipcMain.handle('renderer:new-request', async (event, pathname, request) => {
     try {