diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsHelper.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsHelper.java
index 7b5714230d..cb6981fe50 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsHelper.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsHelper.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public final class MetricsHelper {
   private static final Pattern INVALID_KEY_CHARACTERS_PATTERN =
       Pattern.compile("[^a-zA-Z0-9_/.-]+");
   private static final Pattern INVALID_VALUE_CHARACTERS_PATTERN =
-      Pattern.compile("[^\\w\\d_:/@\\.\\{\\}\\[\\]$-]+");
+      Pattern.compile("[^\\w\\d\\s_:/@\\.\\{\\}\\[\\]$-]+");
   // See
   // https://docs.sysdig.com/en/docs/sysdig-monitor/integrations/working-with-integrations/custom-integrations/integrate-statsd-metrics/#characters-allowed-for-statsd-metric-names
   private static final Pattern INVALID_METRIC_UNIT_CHARACTERS_PATTERN =
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsHelperTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsHelperTest.kt
index fb1817f235..9b92548380 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsHelperTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/metrics/MetricsHelperTest.kt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class MetricsHelperTest {
         assertEquals("\$foo", MetricsHelper.sanitizeValue("%\$foo"))
         assertEquals("blah{}", MetricsHelper.sanitizeValue("blah{}"))
         assertEquals("snwmn", MetricsHelper.sanitizeValue("snöwmän"))
+        assertEquals("j e n g a", MetricsHelper.sanitizeValue("j e n g a!"))
     }
 
     @Test