diff --git a/components/camel-ai/camel-neo4j/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/neo4j/Neo4jProducer.java b/components/camel-ai/camel-neo4j/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/neo4j/Neo4jProducer.java
index fbcb313eda928..b829cc6d755d6 100644
--- a/components/camel-ai/camel-neo4j/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/neo4j/Neo4jProducer.java
+++ b/components/camel-ai/camel-neo4j/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/neo4j/Neo4jProducer.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ public class Neo4jProducer extends DefaultProducer {
     private static final TypeReference<Map<String, Object>> MAP_TYPE_REF = new TypeReference<>() {
     };
 
+    // Only property values are passed as bound parameters; the property name is spliced into the
+    // Cypher query text, so it must be restricted to a safe identifier pattern.
+    private static final Pattern VALID_PROPERTY_NAME = Pattern.compile("^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$");
+
     private Driver driver;
 
     public Neo4jProducer(Neo4jEndpoint endpoint) {
@@ -135,6 +140,19 @@ private void createNode(Exchange exchange) throws InvalidPayloadException {
         executeWriteQuery(exchange, query, properties, databaseName, Neo4Operation.CREATE_NODE);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validates a Neo4j property name before it is spliced into a Cypher query. Property values are passed as bound
+     * parameters, but the property name is inserted into the query text, so it must be a safe identifier. Names that do
+     * not match are rejected with a clear error instead of producing a malformed or unintended query.
+     */
+    static void validatePropertyName(String name) {
+        if (name == null || !VALID_PROPERTY_NAME.matcher(name).matches()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Invalid Neo4j property name: '" + name + "'. Property names must match "
+                                               + VALID_PROPERTY_NAME.pattern());
+        }
+    }
+
     private void retrieveNodes(Exchange exchange) throws NoSuchHeaderException {
         final String label = getEndpoint().getConfiguration().getLabel();
         ObjectHelper.notNull(label, "label");
@@ -166,6 +184,7 @@ private void retrieveNodes(Exchange exchange) throws NoSuchHeaderException {
                         if (paramIndex > 0) {
                             whereClause.append(" AND ");
                         }
+                        validatePropertyName(entry.getKey());
                         String paramName = "param" + paramIndex;
                         whereClause.append(alias).append(".").append(entry.getKey())
                                 .append(" = $").append(paramName);
@@ -179,6 +198,9 @@ private void retrieveNodes(Exchange exchange) throws NoSuchHeaderException {
                     // Empty map, match all nodes
                     query = String.format("MATCH (%s:%s) RETURN %s", alias, label, alias);
                 }
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+                exchange.setException(new Neo4jOperationException(RETRIEVE_NODES, iae));
+                return;
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 exchange.setException(
                         new Neo4jOperationException(
@@ -264,6 +286,7 @@ private void deleteNode(Exchange exchange) throws NoSuchHeaderException {
                         if (paramIndex > 0) {
                             whereClause.append(" AND ");
                         }
+                        validatePropertyName(entry.getKey());
                         String paramName = "param" + paramIndex;
                         whereClause.append(alias).append(".").append(entry.getKey())
                                 .append(" = $").append(paramName);
@@ -277,6 +300,9 @@ private void deleteNode(Exchange exchange) throws NoSuchHeaderException {
                     // Empty map, delete all nodes of this label
                     query = String.format("MATCH (%s:%s) %s DELETE %s", alias, label, detached, alias);
                 }
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+                exchange.setException(new Neo4jOperationException(Neo4Operation.DELETE_NODE, iae));
+                return;
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 exchange.setException(
                         new Neo4jOperationException(
diff --git a/components/camel-ai/camel-neo4j/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/neo4j/Neo4jPropertyNameValidationTest.java b/components/camel-ai/camel-neo4j/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/neo4j/Neo4jPropertyNameValidationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f4dff68e931d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/camel-ai/camel-neo4j/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/neo4j/Neo4jPropertyNameValidationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.neo4j;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+class Neo4jPropertyNameValidationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void acceptsValidPropertyNames() {
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName("name"));
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName("_internal"));
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName("firstName2"));
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName("A_B_1"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void rejectsInvalidPropertyNames() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName(null));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName(""));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName("first name"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName("name-1"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName("name.sub"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName("1name"));
+        // A property name that would otherwise change the structure of the generated query.
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class,
+                () -> Neo4jProducer.validatePropertyName("x) RETURN n UNION MATCH (m) RETURN m //"));
+    }
+}