diff --git a/modulecheck/module.json b/modulecheck/module.json
index a17f7897adaf866cd25aade461c6365be5d8d7ff..46f99facca814bd46b618aa91f2555e4d3fb879a 100644
--- a/modulecheck/module.json
+++ b/modulecheck/module.json
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
         "name": {
           "description": "Indicates the module name.",
           "type": "string",
-          "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z][0-9a-zA-Z_.]+$",
+          "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z][0-9a-zA-Z_\\-.]+$",
           "maxLength": 31
         },
         "type": {