diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c6567fe..214fa1b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # fme-packager changes
 
+# 1.4.4
+
+* Improve help validation for packages with hyphenated UIDs.
+
 # 1.4.3
 
 * Improve verify command
diff --git a/fme_packager/__init__.py b/fme_packager/__init__.py
index aa56ed4..c0f285b 100644
--- a/fme_packager/__init__.py
+++ b/fme_packager/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.4.3"
+__version__ = "1.4.4"
diff --git a/fme_packager/help.py b/fme_packager/help.py
index 20d7638..717481f 100644
--- a/fme_packager/help.py
+++ b/fme_packager/help.py
@@ -120,13 +120,14 @@ def get_expected_help_index(fpkg_metadata: FMEPackageMetadata, format_directions
     index = {}
     if not format_directions:
         format_directions = {}
-    # dashes in the UIDs get turned to underscores
-    fpkg_ident = f"{fpkg_metadata.publisher_uid}_{fpkg_metadata.uid}".replace("-", "_")
+    fpkg_ident = f"{fpkg_metadata.publisher_uid}_{fpkg_metadata.uid}"
     # Each transformer has only one topic.
     for xformer in fpkg_metadata.transformers:
         index[f"fmx_{fpkg_ident}_{xformer.name}"] = f"/{xformer.name}.htm"
     # Each format has many topics.
     for fmt in fpkg_metadata.formats:
+        # dashes in the UIDs get turned to underscores when looking for format help
+        fpkg_ident = fpkg_ident.replace("-", "_")
         fmt_ident = f"{fpkg_ident}_{fmt.name}".lower()
         directions = format_directions.get(fmt.name, "rw")
         # Format prefix is "rw" even when read-only or write-only
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/help/htm/package_help.csv b/tests/fixtures/help/htm/package_help.csv
index b9c9e7e..85752f5 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/help/htm/package_help.csv
+++ b/tests/fixtures/help/htm/package_help.csv
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fmx_example_package_Transformer,/Transformers/Transformer-pkg.htm
+fmx_example_package-hyphen_Transformer,/Transformers/Transformer-pkg.htm
diff --git a/tests/test_help.py b/tests/test_help.py
index 1525555..88595d5 100644
--- a/tests/test_help.py
+++ b/tests/test_help.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 def mock_metadata():
     return FMEPackageMetadata(
         {
-            "uid": "package",
+            "uid": "package-hyphen",
             "publisher_uid": "example",
             "package_content": {"transformers": [{"name": "Transformer", "version": 1}]},
         }
@@ -22,35 +22,35 @@ def mock_metadata():
 
 def test_get_expected_help_contexts_transformer(mock_metadata):
     assert get_expected_help_index(mock_metadata) == {
-        "fmx_example_package_Transformer": "/Transformer.htm"
+        "fmx_example_package-hyphen_Transformer": "/Transformer.htm"
     }
 
 
 def test_get_expected_help_contexts_format():
     metadata = FMEPackageMetadata(
         {
-            "uid": "package",
+            "uid": "package-hyphen",
             "publisher_uid": "example",
             "package_content": {"formats": [{"name": "demoformat"}]},
         }
     )
     assert get_expected_help_index(metadata) == {
-        "ft_example_package_demoformat_param_r": "/demoformat_ft_param_r.htm",
-        "ft_example_package_demoformat_param_w": "/demoformat_ft_param_w.htm",
-        "ft_example_package_demoformat_user_attr": "/demoformat_ft_user_attr.htm",
-        "param_example_package_demoformat_r": "/demoformat_param_r.htm",
-        "param_example_package_demoformat_w": "/demoformat_param_w.htm",
-        "rw_example_package_demoformat_feature_rep": "/demoformat_feature_rep.htm",
-        "rw_example_package_demoformat_index": "/demoformat.htm",
+        "ft_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_param_r": "/demoformat_ft_param_r.htm",
+        "ft_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_param_w": "/demoformat_ft_param_w.htm",
+        "ft_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_user_attr": "/demoformat_ft_user_attr.htm",
+        "param_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_r": "/demoformat_param_r.htm",
+        "param_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_w": "/demoformat_param_w.htm",
+        "rw_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_feature_rep": "/demoformat_feature_rep.htm",
+        "rw_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_index": "/demoformat.htm",
     }
     assert sorted(get_expected_help_index(metadata)) == [
-        "ft_example_package_demoformat_param_r",
-        "ft_example_package_demoformat_param_w",
-        "ft_example_package_demoformat_user_attr",
-        "param_example_package_demoformat_r",
-        "param_example_package_demoformat_w",
-        "rw_example_package_demoformat_feature_rep",
-        "rw_example_package_demoformat_index",
+        "ft_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_param_r",
+        "ft_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_param_w",
+        "ft_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_user_attr",
+        "param_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_r",
+        "param_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_w",
+        "rw_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_feature_rep",
+        "rw_example_package_hyphen_demoformat_index",
     ]
 
 
@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ def test_md(mock_metadata, tmp_path):
     index_file = tmp_path / "package_help.csv"
     assert index_file.is_file()
     with index_file.open("r") as f:
-        assert f.read() == "fmx_example_package_Transformer,/Transformer.htm\n"
+        assert f.read() == "fmx_example_package-hyphen_Transformer,/Transformer.htm\n"