diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/messages/MinecraftChannelIdentifier.java b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/messages/MinecraftChannelIdentifier.java
index 01a582035..2cb66007a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/messages/MinecraftChannelIdentifier.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/proxy/messages/MinecraftChannelIdentifier.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
  */
 public final class MinecraftChannelIdentifier implements ChannelIdentifier {
 
-  private static final Pattern VALID_IDENTIFIER_REGEX = Pattern.compile("[a-z0-9\\-_]*");
+  private static final Pattern VALID_IDENTIFIER_REGEX = Pattern.compile("[a-z0-9/\\-_]*");
 
   private final String namespace;
   private final String name;