diff --git a/src/test/util_tests.cpp b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
index bde16a517fdcc..997dc31931f7d 100644
--- a/src/test/util_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/util_tests.cpp
@@ -413,10 +413,10 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_FormatSubVersion)
     comments.push_back(std::string("comment1"));
     std::vector<std::string> comments2;
     comments2.push_back(std::string("comment1"));
-    comments2.push_back(SanitizeString(std::string("Comment2; .,_?@; !\"#$%&'()*+-/<=>[]\\^`{|}~"), SAFE_CHARS_UA_COMMENT)); // Semicolon is discouraged but not forbidden by BIP-0014
+    comments2.push_back(SanitizeString(std::string("Comment2; .,_?@-; !\"#$%&'()*+/<=>[]\\^`{|}~"), SAFE_CHARS_UA_COMMENT)); // Semicolon is discouraged but not forbidden by BIP-0014
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatSubVersion("Test", 99900, std::vector<std::string>()),std::string("/Test:0.9.99/"));
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatSubVersion("Test", 99900, comments),std::string("/Test:0.9.99(comment1)/"));
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatSubVersion("Test", 99900, comments2),std::string("/Test:0.9.99(comment1; Comment2; .,_?@; )/"));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(FormatSubVersion("Test", 99900, comments2),std::string("/Test:0.9.99(comment1; Comment2; .,_?@-; )/"));
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_ParseFixedPoint)
diff --git a/src/utilstrencodings.cpp b/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
index 76c22f73538a0..c5a2b5cdbb780 100644
--- a/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
+++ b/src/utilstrencodings.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ static const string CHARS_ALPHA_NUM = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
 
 static const string SAFE_CHARS[] =
 {
-    CHARS_ALPHA_NUM + " .,;_/:?@()", // SAFE_CHARS_DEFAULT
-    CHARS_ALPHA_NUM + " .,;_?@" // SAFE_CHARS_UA_COMMENT
+    CHARS_ALPHA_NUM + " .,;-_/:?@()", // SAFE_CHARS_DEFAULT
+    CHARS_ALPHA_NUM + " .,;-_?@" // SAFE_CHARS_UA_COMMENT
 };
 
 string SanitizeString(const string& str, int rule)