diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Environments/EnvironmentSettings/EnvironmentList/EnvironmentDetails/EnvironmentVariables/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Environments/EnvironmentSettings/EnvironmentList/EnvironmentDetails/EnvironmentVariables/index.js
index ba6b0e9e3..8c138c0af 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Environments/EnvironmentSettings/EnvironmentList/EnvironmentDetails/EnvironmentVariables/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Environments/EnvironmentSettings/EnvironmentList/EnvironmentDetails/EnvironmentVariables/index.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const EnvironmentVariables = ({ environment, collection }) => {
           .required('Name cannot be empty')
           .matches(
             envVariableNameRegex,
-            'Name contains invalid characters. Must only contain alphanumeric characters, "-" and "_"'
+            'Name contains invalid characters. Must only contain alphanumeric characters, "-", "_", "." and cannot start with a digit.'
           )
           .trim(),
         secret: Yup.boolean(),
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Vars/VarsTable/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Vars/VarsTable/index.js
index 4f0177f75..dba6cf2a3 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Vars/VarsTable/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/Vars/VarsTable/index.js
@@ -33,14 +33,9 @@ const VarsTable = ({ item, collection, vars, varType }) => {
       case 'name': {
         const value = e.target.value;
 
-        if (/^(?!\d).*$/.test(value) === false) {
-          toast.error('Variable names must not start with a number!');
-          return;
-        }
-
         if (envVariableNameRegex.test(value) === false) {
           toast.error(
-            'Variable contains invalid character! Variables must only contain alpha-numeric characters, "-" and "_".'
+            'Variable contains invalid characters! Variables must only contain alpha-numeric characters, "-", "_", "." and cannot start with a digit.'
           );
           return;
         }
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/regex.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/regex.js
index d55bb55b8..27838fa9f 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/regex.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/regex.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const envVariableNameRegex = /^(?!\d)[\w-]*$/;
+export const envVariableNameRegex = /^(?!\d)[\w-.]*$/;
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/interpolate-vars.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/interpolate-vars.js
index 6df6a7c1a..4a709f5ae 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/interpolate-vars.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/interpolate-vars.js
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ const interpolateVars = (request, envVars = {}, collectionVariables = {}, proces
       return str;
     }
 
-    const template = Handlebars.compile(str, { noEscape: true });
+    // Handlebars doesn't allow dots as identifiers, so we need to use literal segments
+    const strLiteralSegment = str.replace('{{', '{{[').replace('}}', ']}}');
+    const template = Handlebars.compile(strLiteralSegment, { noEscape: true });
 
     // collectionVariables take precedence over envVars
     const combinedVars = {
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js
index 4813a73db..367e1b42e 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/bru.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const Handlebars = require('handlebars');
 const { cloneDeep } = require('lodash');
 
-const envVariableNameRegex = /^(?!\d)[\w-]*$/;
+const envVariableNameRegex = /^(?!\d)[\w-.]*$/;
 
 class Bru {
   constructor(envVariables, collectionVariables, processEnvVars, collectionPath) {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Bru {
     if (envVariableNameRegex.test(key) === false) {
       throw new Error(
         `Variable name: "${key}" contains invalid characters!` +
-          ' Names must only contain alpha-numeric characters, "-", "_" and cannot start with a digit.'
+          ' Names must only contain alpha-numeric characters, "-", "_", "." and cannot start with a digit.'
       );
     }
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Bru {
     if (envVariableNameRegex.test(key) === false) {
       throw new Error(
         `Variable name: "${key}" contains invalid characters!` +
-          ' Names must only contain alpha-numeric characters and cannot start with a digit.'
+          ' Names must only contain alpha-numeric characters, "-", "_", "." and cannot start with a digit.'
       );
     }