diff --git a/source/src/main/java/com/trustpilot/connector/dynamodb/utils/RecordConverter.java b/source/src/main/java/com/trustpilot/connector/dynamodb/utils/RecordConverter.java
index 1395c00..abb8039 100644
--- a/source/src/main/java/com/trustpilot/connector/dynamodb/utils/RecordConverter.java
+++ b/source/src/main/java/com/trustpilot/connector/dynamodb/utils/RecordConverter.java
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 
@@ -62,6 +64,15 @@ public SourceRecord toSourceRecord(
             String shardId,
             String sequenceNumber) throws Exception {
 
+        // Sanitise the incoming attributes to remove any invalid Avro characters
+        final Map<String, AttributeValue> sanitisedAttributes = attributes.entrySet().stream()
+                .collect(Collectors.toMap(
+                        e -> this.sanitiseAttributeName(e.getKey()),
+                        Map.Entry::getValue,
+                        (u, v) -> u,
+                        LinkedHashMap::new
+                ));
+
         // Leveraging offsets to store shard and sequence number with each item pushed to Kafka.
         // This info will only be used to update `shardRegister` and won't be used to reset state after restart
         Map<String, Object> offsets = SourceInfo.toOffset(sourceInfo);
@@ -70,13 +81,13 @@ public SourceRecord toSourceRecord(
 
         // DynamoDB keys can be changed only by recreating the table
         if (keySchema == null) {
-            keys = tableDesc.getKeySchema().stream().map(KeySchemaElement::getAttributeName).collect(toList());
+            keys = tableDesc.getKeySchema().stream().map(this::sanitiseAttributeName).collect(toList());
             keySchema = getKeySchema(keys);
         }
 
         Struct keyData = new Struct(getKeySchema(keys));
         for (String key : keys) {
-            AttributeValue attributeValue = attributes.get(key);
+            AttributeValue attributeValue = sanitisedAttributes.get(key);
             if (attributeValue.getS() != null) {
                 keyData.put(key, attributeValue.getS());
                 continue;
@@ -89,7 +100,7 @@ public SourceRecord toSourceRecord(
 
         Struct valueData = new Struct(valueSchema)
                 .put(Envelope.FieldName.VERSION, sourceInfo.version)
-                .put(Envelope.FieldName.DOCUMENT, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(attributes))
+                .put(Envelope.FieldName.DOCUMENT, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(sanitisedAttributes))
                 .put(Envelope.FieldName.SOURCE, SourceInfo.toStruct(sourceInfo))
                 .put(Envelope.FieldName.OPERATION, op.code())
                 .put(Envelope.FieldName.TIMESTAMP, arrivalTimestamp.toEpochMilli());
@@ -113,4 +124,11 @@ private Schema getKeySchema(List<String> keys) {
         return keySchemaBuilder.build();
     }
 
+    private String sanitiseAttributeName(KeySchemaElement element) {
+        return this.sanitiseAttributeName(element.getAttributeName());
+    }
+
+    private String sanitiseAttributeName(final String attributeName) {
+        return attributeName.replaceAll("^[^a-zA-Z_]|(?<!^)[^a-zA-Z0-9_]", "_");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/source/src/test/java/com/trustpilot/connector/dynamodb/utils/RecordConverterTests.java b/source/src/test/java/com/trustpilot/connector/dynamodb/utils/RecordConverterTests.java
index 32c1609..3681468 100644
--- a/source/src/test/java/com/trustpilot/connector/dynamodb/utils/RecordConverterTests.java
+++ b/source/src/test/java/com/trustpilot/connector/dynamodb/utils/RecordConverterTests.java
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ private Map<String, AttributeValue> getAttributes() {
         return attributes;
     }
 
+    private Map<String, AttributeValue> getAttributesWithInvalidAvroCharacters() {
+        Map<String, AttributeValue> attributes = new HashMap<>();
+        attributes.put("test-1234", new AttributeValue().withS("testKV1Value"));
+        attributes.put("1-starts-with-number", new AttributeValue().withS("2"));
+        attributes.put("_starts_with_underscore", new AttributeValue().withN("1"));
+        attributes.put("test!@£$%^", new AttributeValue().withS("testStringValue"));
+
+        return attributes;
+    }
+
+
+
     private SourceInfo getSourceInfo(String table) {
         SourceInfo sourceInfo = new SourceInfo(table, Clock.fixed(Instant.parse("2001-01-02T00:00:00Z"), ZoneId.of("UTC")));
         sourceInfo.initSyncStatus = InitSyncStatus.RUNNING;
@@ -191,6 +203,81 @@ public void recordAttributesAreAddedToValueData() throws Exception {
                      ((Struct) record.value()).getString("document"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void singleItemKeyIsAddedToRecordWhenKeyContainsInvalidCharacters() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        List<KeySchemaElement> keySchema = new LinkedList<>();
+        keySchema.add(new KeySchemaElement().withKeyType("S").withAttributeName("test-1234"));
+
+        RecordConverter converter = new RecordConverter(getTableDescription(keySchema), "TestTopicPrefix-");
+
+        // Act
+        SourceRecord record = converter.toSourceRecord(
+                getSourceInfo(table),
+                Envelope.Operation.forCode("r"),
+                getAttributesWithInvalidAvroCharacters(),
+                Instant.parse("2001-01-02T00:00:00.00Z"),
+                "testShardID1",
+                "testSequenceNumberID1"
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        assertEquals("test_1234", record.keySchema().fields().get(0).name());
+        assertEquals(SchemaBuilder.string().build(), record.keySchema().fields().get(0).schema());
+        assertEquals("testKV1Value", ((Struct) record.key()).getString("test_1234"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void multiItemKeyIsAddedToRecordWhenKeyContainsInvalidCharacters() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        List<KeySchemaElement> keySchema = new LinkedList<>();
+        keySchema.add(new KeySchemaElement().withKeyType("S").withAttributeName("test-1234"));
+        keySchema.add(new KeySchemaElement().withKeyType("N").withAttributeName("1-starts-with-number"));
+
+        RecordConverter converter = new RecordConverter(getTableDescription(keySchema), "TestTopicPrefix-");
+
+        // Act
+        SourceRecord record = converter.toSourceRecord(
+                getSourceInfo(table),
+                Envelope.Operation.forCode("r"),
+                getAttributesWithInvalidAvroCharacters(),
+                Instant.parse("2001-01-02T00:00:00.00Z"),
+                "testShardID1",
+                "testSequenceNumberID1"
+        );
+
+        // Assert
+        assertEquals("test_1234", record.keySchema().fields().get(0).name());
+        assertEquals(SchemaBuilder.string().build(), record.keySchema().fields().get(0).schema());
+        assertEquals("testKV1Value", ((Struct) record.key()).getString("test_1234"));
+
+        assertEquals("__starts_with_number", record.keySchema().fields().get(1).name());
+        assertEquals(SchemaBuilder.string().build(), record.keySchema().fields().get(1).schema());
+        assertEquals("2", ((Struct) record.key()).getString("__starts_with_number"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void recordAttributesAreAddedToValueDataWhenAttributesContainsInvalidCharacters() throws Exception {
+        // Arrange
+        RecordConverter converter = new RecordConverter(getTableDescription(null), "TestTopicPrefix-");
+
+        // Act
+        SourceRecord record = converter.toSourceRecord(
+                getSourceInfo(table),
+                Envelope.Operation.forCode("r"),
+                getAttributesWithInvalidAvroCharacters(),
+                Instant.parse("2001-01-02T00:00:00.00Z"),
+                "testShardID1",
+                "testSequenceNumberID1"
+        );
+
+        String expected = "{\"test_1234\":{\"s\":\"testKV1Value\"},\"_starts_with_underscore\":{\"n\":\"1\"},\"__starts_with_number\":{\"s\":\"2\"},\"test______\":{\"s\":\"testStringValue\"}}";
+
+        // Assert
+        assertEquals(expected,
+                ((Struct) record.value()).getString("document"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void sourceInfoIsAddedToValueData() throws Exception {
         // Arrange