diff --git a/lib/model/QubitSlug.php b/lib/model/QubitSlug.php
index 70e35b27cf..588e82623f 100644
--- a/lib/model/QubitSlug.php
+++ b/lib/model/QubitSlug.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public static function slugify($slug, $creationType = null)
             case QubitSlug::SLUG_PERMISSIVE:
                 if ($isAscii) {
                     // ASCII allowlist: letters/digits and safe ASCII - _ ~ : ; , = * @; others become "-"
-                    $slug = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\-_:;,=\*@~]+/', '-', $slug);
+                    $slug = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\-_:,=\*@~]+/', '-', $slug);
 
                     break;
                 }
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public static function slugify($slug, $creationType = null)
                 $slug = preg_replace('/\p{Pd}+/u', '-', $slug); // map Pd to "-"
 
                 // Allow Unicode letters/digits plus safe ASCII: - _ ~ : ; , = * @
-                $slug = preg_replace('/[^\p{L}\p{N}\-_:;,=\*@~]+/u', '-', $slug); // property-based allowlist
+                $slug = preg_replace('/[^\p{L}\p{N}\-_:,=\*@~]+/u', '-', $slug); // property-based allowlist
 
                 break;
 
diff --git a/test/phpunit/QubitSlugTest.php b/test/phpunit/QubitSlugTest.php
index f9541fa8ad..3c6424f76b 100644
--- a/test/phpunit/QubitSlugTest.php
+++ b/test/phpunit/QubitSlugTest.php
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ public function providerAll(): array
             ['test----slug', 'test-slug', 'test-slug'],
             ['Test Slug', 'test-slug', 'Test-Slug'],
             ['Test Slug 123', 'test-slug-123', 'Test-Slug-123'],
+            ['Test;Slug', 'test-slug', 'Test-Slug'],
 
             // Apostrophes are removed
             ["Test 'Slug'", 'test-slug', 'Test-Slug'],
 
             // Allowed safe punctuation in permissive; becomes dashes in restrictive
-            ['a_-~:;,=*@b', 'a-b', 'a_-~:;,=*@b'],
+            ['a_-~:,=*@b', 'a-b', 'a_-~:,=*@b'],
 
             // Accented Latin transliteration vs preservation
             ['Tést Slug', 'test-slug', 'Tést-Slug'],