diff --git a/src/Prowlarr.Api.V1/Tags/TagController.cs b/src/Prowlarr.Api.V1/Tags/TagController.cs
index 83e9825c9..e2d050666 100644
--- a/src/Prowlarr.Api.V1/Tags/TagController.cs
+++ b/src/Prowlarr.Api.V1/Tags/TagController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using FluentValidation;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Datastore.Events;
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ namespace Prowlarr.Api.V1.Tags
         {
             _tagService = tagService;
 
-            SharedValidator.RuleFor(c => c.Label).NotEmpty();
+            SharedValidator.RuleFor(c => c.Label).Cascade(CascadeMode.Stop)
+                .NotEmpty()
+                .Matches("^[a-z0-9-]+$", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)
+                .WithMessage("Allowed characters a-z, 0-9 and -");
         }
 
         public override TagResource GetResourceById(int id)