diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/ExportUtils.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/ExportUtils.java
index 488e9179ee6c..1f03274fd6f7 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/ExportUtils.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.publisher.v1.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/rest/api/publisher/v1/common/mappings/ExportUtils.java
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ public static void addDocumentationToArchive(String archivePath, Identifier iden
      */
     private static String cleanFolderName(String name) {
         // Replace everything but [a-zA-Z0-9.-]
-        return name.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-]", "_");
+        return name.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\- ]", "_");
     }
 
     /**