diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/compile/events/stream/index.js b/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/compile/events/stream/index.js
index 7f4378a0f..07284e90f 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/compile/events/stream/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/compile/events/stream/index.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class AwsCompileStreamEvents {
             // get the name of the stream (and remove any non-alphanumerics in it)
             const streamName = EventSourceArn.split('/')[1];
             const normalizedStreamName = streamName[0].toUpperCase()
-              + streamName.substr(1).replace(/\W/g, '');
+              + streamName.substr(1).replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9]/g, '');
 
             // create type specific PolicyDocument statements
             let streamStatement = {};