diff --git a/doc/changes/DM-54319.bugfix.md b/doc/changes/DM-54319.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54f2053a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/DM-54319.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed - not being able to be in a name specified in PipelineGraph select.
diff --git a/python/lsst/pipe/base/pipeline_graph/expressions.py b/python/lsst/pipe/base/pipeline_graph/expressions.py
index aeac73da5..016eb51b4 100644
--- a/python/lsst/pipe/base/pipeline_graph/expressions.py
+++ b/python/lsst/pipe/base/pipeline_graph/expressions.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def make_lexer(cls) -> Any:  # unspecified PLY type.
 
     # Identifiers are alphanumeric, and may have a T:, D:, or S: prefix.
     def t_IDENTIFIER(self, t: LexToken) -> LexToken:
-        r"""([TDS]:)?\w+"""
+        r"""([TDS]:)?[\w-]+"""
         t.type = "IDENTIFIER"
         return t
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline_graph_expressions.py b/tests/test_pipeline_graph_expressions.py
index ad38e3fdb..40c12504d 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline_graph_expressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline_graph_expressions.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_identifiers(self):
         self.assertEqual(pge.parse("D:c_4"), pge.IdentifierNode(qualifier="D", label="c_4"))
         self.assertEqual(pge.parse("S:d_5"), pge.IdentifierNode(qualifier="S", label="d_5"))
         with self.assertRaises(InvalidExpressionError):
-            pge.parse("a-3")
+            pge.parse("a+3")
         with self.assertRaises(InvalidExpressionError):
             pge.parse("G:d1")