diff --git a/netbox_acls/migrations/0005_alter_accesslist_name.py b/netbox_acls/migrations/0005_alter_accesslist_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e873a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbox_acls/migrations/0005_alter_accesslist_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.5 on 2025-08-20 11:14
+
+import re
+
+import django.core.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("netbox_acls", "0004_netbox_acls"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="accesslist",
+            name="name",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                max_length=500,
+                validators=[
+                    django.core.validators.RegexValidator(
+                        re.compile("^[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+\\Z"),
+                        "Enter a valid “slug” consisting of letters, numbers, underscores or hyphens.",
+                        "invalid",
+                    )
+                ],
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/netbox_acls/models/access_lists.py b/netbox_acls/models/access_lists.py
index 5035a8df..04694150 100644
--- a/netbox_acls/models/access_lists.py
+++ b/netbox_acls/models/access_lists.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey, GenericRelation
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
-from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
+from django.core.validators import validate_slug
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
 )
 
 
-alphanumeric_plus = RegexValidator(
-    r"^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+$",
-    _("Only alphanumeric, hyphens, and underscores characters are allowed."),
-)
-
-
 class AccessList(NetBoxModel):
     """
     Model definition for Access Lists.
@@ -36,7 +30,7 @@ class AccessList(NetBoxModel):
     name = models.CharField(
         verbose_name=_("Name"),
         max_length=500,
-        validators=[alphanumeric_plus],
+        validators=[validate_slug],
     )
     assigned_object_type = models.ForeignKey(
         to=ContentType,
diff --git a/netbox_acls/tests/models/test_accesslists.py b/netbox_acls/tests/models/test_accesslists.py
index 579bd719..0098ab42 100644
--- a/netbox_acls/tests/models/test_accesslists.py
+++ b/netbox_acls/tests/models/test_accesslists.py
@@ -153,22 +153,6 @@ def test_duplicate_name_success(self):
         )
         vm_acl.full_clean()
 
-    def test_alphanumeric_plus_fail(self):
-        """
-        Test that AccessList names with non-alphanumeric (excluding '_' and '-') characters fail validation.
-        """
-        non_alphanumeric_plus_chars = " !@#$%^&*()[]{};:,./<>?\|~=+"
-
-        for i, char in enumerate(non_alphanumeric_plus_chars, start=1):
-            bad_acl_name = AccessList(
-                name=f"Test-ACL-bad_name_{i}_{char}",
-                assigned_object=self.device1,
-                comments=f'ACL with "{char}" in name',
-                **self.common_acl_params,
-            )
-            with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
-                bad_acl_name.full_clean()
-
     def test_duplicate_name_per_device_fail(self):
         """
         Test that AccessList names must be unique per device.