diff --git a/.changelog/3213.added.txt b/.changelog/3213.added.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8438d1c381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3213.added.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+feat(events): add sourceCategoryReplaceDash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md b/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md
index 646dee5321..1f5b1f579a 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Sumo Logic chart an
 | `sumologic.events.provider`                                                           | Defines which provider is used for Kubernetes events collection - `otelcol` or `fluentd`. `otelcol` is the default and is recommended. `fluentd` is deprecated.                                                                                                                                                                                                      | `otelcol`                                                                                                                                                                            |
 | `sumologic.events.sourceName`                                                         | Source name for the Events source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | `events`                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | `sumologic.events.sourceCategory`                                                     | Source category for the Events source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | `{clusterName}/events`                                                                                                                                                               |
+| `sumologic.events.sourceCategoryReplaceDash`                                          | Used to replace - with another character.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | `"/"`                                                                                                                                                                                |
 | `sumologic.events.persistence.enabled`                                                | Enable persistence for the event collector. Persistence lets the collector avoid reingesting events on restart and buffer them locally if unable to reach the backend.                                                                                                                                                                                               | `true`                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `sumologic.events.persistence.persistentVolume.path`                                  | Local filesystem path the persistent storage volume will be mounted at.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | `/var/lib/storage/events`                                                                                                                                                            |
 | `sumologic.events.persistence.size`                                                   | Size of the persistent storage volume                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | `10Gi`                                                                                                                                                                               |
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/events/otelcol/config.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/events/otelcol/config.yaml
index 78c157ad87..966cae8589 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/events/otelcol/config.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/events/otelcol/config.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ processors:
     collector: {{ .Values.sumologic.collectorName | default .Values.sumologic.clusterName | quote }}
     source_category: {{ .Values.sumologic.events.sourceCategory | default (printf "%s/%s"  (include "sumologic.clusterNameReplaceSpaceWithDash" .) (.Values.fluentd.events.sourceName )) | quote}}
     source_category_prefix: ""
+    source_category_replace_dash: {{ .Values.sumologic.events.sourceCategoryReplaceDash | quote}}
     source_name: {{ .Values.sumologic.events.sourceName | quote}}
   sumologic_schema:
     add_cloud_namespace: false
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
index 2e031c2a2f..26777696d7 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ sumologic:
     ## Source category for the Events source. Default: "" which is resolved to "{clusterName}/events"
     # sourceCategory: "kubernetes/events"
 
+    ## Used to replace '-' with another character.
+    sourceCategoryReplaceDash: "/"
+
     persistence:
       enabled: true
       size: 10Gi
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/basic.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/basic.output.yaml
index db30bcc79d..f6bd9bec33 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/basic.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/basic.output.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ data:
         collector: kubernetes
         source_category: kubernetes/events
         source_category_prefix: ""
+        source_category_replace_dash: /
         source_name: events
       sumologic_schema:
         add_cloud_namespace: false
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/options.input.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/options.input.yaml
index 898af51bb1..ae3663e407 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/options.input.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/options.input.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ sumologic:
     provider: otelcol
     sourceName: testSourceName
     sourceCategory: testSourceCategory
+    sourceCategoryReplaceDash: ";"
     persistence:
       enabled: false
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/options.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/options.output.yaml
index ee4e55a27b..e1e17ac6bc 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/options.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/events_otc/options.output.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ data:
         collector: testCollector
         source_category: testSourceCategory
         source_category_prefix: ""
+        source_category_replace_dash: ;
         source_name: testSourceName
       sumologic_schema:
         add_cloud_namespace: false