diff --git a/pkg/configmap/configmap_writer.go b/pkg/configmap/configmap_writer.go
index 1ee4ff917..11846fad5 100644
--- a/pkg/configmap/configmap_writer.go
+++ b/pkg/configmap/configmap_writer.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func NewConfigMapLoaderWithClient(configMapName, namespace, manifestsDir string,
 }
 
 func TranslateInvalidChars(input string) string {
-	validConfigMapKey := unallowedKeyChars.ReplaceAllString(input, "~")
+	validConfigMapKey := unallowedKeyChars.ReplaceAllString(input, "-")
 	return validConfigMapKey
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/configmap/configmap_writer_test.go b/pkg/configmap/configmap_writer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d91a3b333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/configmap/configmap_writer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package configmap
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestTranslateInvalidChars(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tt := []struct {
+		name           string
+		input          string
+		expectedOutput string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:           "identity when there're no invalid characters",
+			input:          "foo-bar.yaml",
+			expectedOutput: "foo-bar.yaml",
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "input having invalid character",
+			input:          "foo:bar.yaml",
+			expectedOutput: "foo-bar.yaml",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tt {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			got := TranslateInvalidChars(tc.input)
+			if tc.expectedOutput != got {
+				t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", tc.expectedOutput, got)
+			}
+
+			if unallowedKeyChars.MatchString(got) {
+				t.Errorf("translated output %q contains invalid characters", got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}