diff --git a/IM/connectors/Kubernetes.py b/IM/connectors/Kubernetes.py
index 95c88cf4..8e9c7822 100644
--- a/IM/connectors/Kubernetes.py
+++ b/IM/connectors/Kubernetes.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import json
 import requests
 import time
+import re
 from netaddr import IPNetwork, IPAddress
 try:
     from urlparse import urlparse
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ def _generate_pod_data(self, namespace, name, outports, system, volumes, tags):
         # Add instance tags
         if tags:
             for k, v in tags.items():
-                pod_data['metadata']['labels'][k] = v
+                pod_data['metadata']['labels'][k] = re.sub('[!"#$%&\'()*+,/:;<=>?@[\\]^`{|}~]', '', v)
 
         containers = [{
             'name': name,