diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/AbstractDownloadLicensesMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/AbstractDownloadLicensesMojo.java
index 23859120..204edc32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/AbstractDownloadLicensesMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/license/AbstractDownloadLicensesMojo.java
@@ -1234,8 +1234,8 @@ private FileNameEntry getLicenseFileName(
             licenseFileName = licenseFileName.replaceAll("\\s+", " ");
         }
 
-        // lower case and (back)slash removal
-        licenseFileName = licenseFileName.toLowerCase(Locale.US).replaceAll("[\\\\/]+", "_");
+        // lower case and invalid filename characters removal
+        licenseFileName = licenseFileName.toLowerCase(Locale.US).replaceAll("[\\\\/:*?\"<>|]+", "_");
 
         licenseFileName = sanitize(licenseFileName);