diff --git a/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/package.json b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/package.json
index cfd1220f43d..dde2c3f6cde 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     "scripts": {
         "build": "tsc",
         "watch": "tsc -w",
-        "clean": "rimraf ./lib"
+        "clean": "rimraf ./lib",
+        "test": "jest"
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@aws-amplify/graphql-transformer-interfaces": "1.10.0",
diff --git a/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/__tests__/transform-host.test.ts b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/__tests__/transform-host.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..044435c1a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/__tests__/transform-host.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { DefaultTransformHost } from '../transform-host';
+import { GraphQLApi, TransformerAPIProps } from '../graphql-api';
+import { App } from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import { InlineTemplate } from '../cdk-compat/template-asset';
+import { TransformerRootStack } from '../cdk-compat/root-stack';
+
+describe('addResolver', () => {
+  const app = new App();
+  const stack = new TransformerRootStack(app, 'test-root-stack');
+  const transformHost = new DefaultTransformHost({ api: new GraphQLApi(stack, 'testId', { name: 'testApiName' }) });
+
+  it('generates resolver name with hash for non-alphanumeric type names', () => {
+    const cfnResolver = transformHost.addResolver(
+      'test_type',
+      'testField',
+      new InlineTemplate('testTemplate'),
+      new InlineTemplate('testTemplate'),
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      ['testPipelineConfig'],
+      stack,
+    );
+    expect(cfnResolver.logicalId).toMatch('testtype4c79TestFieldResolver.LogicalID'); // have to use match instead of equals because the logicalId is a CDK token that has some non-deterministic stuff in it
+  });
+
+  it('generates resolver name with hash for non-alphanumeric field names', () => {
+    const cfnResolver = transformHost.addResolver(
+      'testType',
+      'test_field',
+      new InlineTemplate('testTemplate'),
+      new InlineTemplate('testTemplate'),
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      ['testPipelineConfig'],
+      stack,
+    );
+    expect(cfnResolver.logicalId).toMatch('testTypeTestfield6a0fResolver.LogicalID'); // have to use match instead of equals because the logicalId is a CDK token that has some non-deterministic stuff in it
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/transform-host.ts b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/transform-host.ts
index ec21d2306c2..32b2239f992 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/transform-host.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/transform-host.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { CfnFunction, Code, Function, IFunction, ILayerVersion, Runtime } from '
 import { AppSyncFunctionConfiguration } from './appsync-function';
 import { IRole } from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
 import { InlineTemplate, S3MappingFunctionCode } from './cdk-compat/template-asset';
-import { ResolverResourceIDs, toCamelCase } from 'graphql-transformer-common';
+import { ResolverResourceIDs, resourceName, toCamelCase } from 'graphql-transformer-common';
 import { GraphQLApi } from './graphql-api';
 
 export interface DefaultTransformHostOptions {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class DefaultTransformHost implements TransformHostProvider {
 
     const requestTemplateLocation = requestMappingTemplate.bind(this.api);
     const responseTemplateLocation = responseMappingTemplate.bind(this.api);
-    const resolverName = toCamelCase([typeName, fieldName, 'Resolver']);
+    const resolverName = toCamelCase([resourceName(typeName), resourceName(fieldName), 'Resolver']);
     const resourceId = resolverLogicalId ?? ResolverResourceIDs.ResolverResourceID(typeName, fieldName);
 
     if (dataSourceName) {