diff --git a/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/Internal/Helpers.cs b/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/Internal/Helpers.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f124852dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/Internal/Helpers.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Internal;
+
+/// <summary>
+///    Helper class
+/// </summary>
+public static class Helpers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sanitize a string by removing any characters that are not alphanumeric, whitespace, or one of the following: _ . : / % & # = + - @
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="input"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    public static string SanitizeString(string input)
+    {
+        // Define a regular expression pattern to match allowed characters
+        var pattern = @"[^a-zA-Z0-9\s_\.\:/%&#=+\-@]";
+
+        // Replace any character that does not match the pattern with an empty string, with a timeout
+        return Regex.Replace(input, pattern, string.Empty, RegexOptions.None, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/Internal/XRayRecorder.cs b/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/Internal/XRayRecorder.cs
index e192036ee..53bface31 100644
--- a/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/Internal/XRayRecorder.cs
+++ b/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/Internal/XRayRecorder.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ public XRayRecorder(IAWSXRayRecorder awsxRayRecorder, IPowertoolsConfigurations
     public void BeginSubsegment(string name)
     {
         if (_isLambda)
-            _awsxRayRecorder.BeginSubsegment(name);
+        {
+            _awsxRayRecorder.BeginSubsegment(Helpers.SanitizeString(name));
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/TracingAttribute.cs b/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/TracingAttribute.cs
index 1946fb9c2..c144d0387 100644
--- a/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/TracingAttribute.cs
+++ b/libraries/src/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing/TracingAttribute.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using AspectInjector.Broker;
-using AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Common;
 using AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Internal;
 
 namespace AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing;
@@ -114,8 +113,10 @@ public class TracingAttribute : Attribute
     /// <summary>
     ///     Set custom segment name for the operation.
     ///     The default is '## {MethodName}'.
+    ///
+    ///     The logical name of the service that handled the request, up to 200 characters. 
+    ///     Names can contain Unicode letters, numbers, and whitespace, and the following symbols: \_, ., :, /, %, &amp;, #, =, +, \\, -, @
     /// </summary>
-    /// <value>The name of the segment.</value>
     public string SegmentName { get; set; } = "";
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/libraries/tests/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Tests/Handlers/Handlers.cs b/libraries/tests/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Tests/Handlers/Handlers.cs
index 385ce96c1..38210ac92 100644
--- a/libraries/tests/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Tests/Handlers/Handlers.cs
+++ b/libraries/tests/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Tests/Handlers/Handlers.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ public void HandleWithSegmentName()
         
     }
     
+    [Tracing(SegmentName = "## <<Main>$>g__Handler|0_0")]
+    public void HandleWithInvalidSegmentName()
+    {
+        MethodWithInvalidSegmentName();
+    }
+    
+    [Tracing(SegmentName = "Inval$#id | <Segment>")]
+    private void MethodWithInvalidSegmentName()
+    {
+        
+    }
+    
     [Tracing(Namespace = "Namespace Defined")]
     public void HandleWithNamespace()
     {
diff --git a/libraries/tests/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Tests/TracingAttributeTest.cs b/libraries/tests/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Tests/TracingAttributeTest.cs
index 58252d67c..f02619c1f 100644
--- a/libraries/tests/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Tests/TracingAttributeTest.cs
+++ b/libraries/tests/AWS.Lambda.Powertools.Tracing.Tests/TracingAttributeTest.cs
@@ -256,6 +256,28 @@ public void OnEntry_WhenSegmentNameHasValue_BeginSubsegmentWithValue()
             Assert.Single(segment.Subsegments);
             Assert.Equal("SegmentName", subSegment.Name);
         }
+        
+        [Fact]
+        public void OnEntry_WhenSegmentName_Is_Unsupported()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT", "AWS");
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("POWERTOOLS_SERVICE_NAME", "POWERTOOLS");
+
+            // Act
+            var segment = AWSXRayRecorder.Instance.TraceContext.GetEntity();
+            _handler.HandleWithInvalidSegmentName();
+            var subSegment = segment.Subsegments[0];
+            var childSegment = subSegment.Subsegments[0];
+            
+            // Assert
+            Assert.True(segment.IsSubsegmentsAdded);
+            Assert.True(subSegment.IsSubsegmentsAdded);
+            Assert.Single(segment.Subsegments);
+            Assert.Single(subSegment.Subsegments);
+            Assert.Equal("## Maing__Handler0_0", subSegment.Name);
+            Assert.Equal("Inval#id  Segment", childSegment.Name);
+        }
 
         [Fact]
         public void OnEntry_WhenNamespaceIsNull_SetNamespaceWithService()