diff --git a/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/config/constants/DocumentConstants.java b/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/config/constants/DocumentConstants.java
index 374a68574..0af164f2d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/config/constants/DocumentConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/stargate/sgv2/jsonapi/config/constants/DocumentConstants.java
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ interface Fields {
     // Current definition of valid JSON API names: note that this only validates
     // characters, not length limits (nor empty nor "too long" allowed but validated
     // separately)
-    Pattern VALID_NAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9_\\-]*");
+    Pattern VALID_NAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9_\\-:/]*");
 
     /** Field name pattern in sort and filter clause. */
-    Pattern VALID_PATH_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9_.\\-]*");
+    Pattern VALID_PATH_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9_\\-:/.]*");
   }
 
   interface KeyTypeId {