diff --git a/kombu/transport/azureservicebus.py b/kombu/transport/azureservicebus.py
index 01de80a57..d913d3eaf 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/azureservicebus.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/azureservicebus.py
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
 # dots are replaced by dash, all other punctuation replaced by underscore.
 PUNCTUATIONS_TO_REPLACE = set(string.punctuation) - {'_', '.', '-'}
 CHARS_REPLACE_TABLE = {
-    ord('.'): ord('-'),
     **{ord(c): ord('_') for c in PUNCTUATIONS_TO_REPLACE}
 }
 
diff --git a/t/unit/transport/test_azureservicebus.py b/t/unit/transport/test_azureservicebus.py
index 111eab68e..2109bf16e 100644
--- a/t/unit/transport/test_azureservicebus.py
+++ b/t/unit/transport/test_azureservicebus.py
@@ -358,9 +358,12 @@ def test_custom_entity_name():
     conn = Connection(URL_CREDS_SAS, transport=azureservicebus.Transport)
     channel = conn.channel()
 
-    # dashes allowed and dots replaced by dashes
+    # dashes allowed
     assert channel.entity_name('test-celery') == 'test-celery'
-    assert channel.entity_name('test.celery') == 'test-celery'
+
+    # dots allowed
+    # cf. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/resource-name-rules
+    assert channel.entity_name('test.celery') == 'test.celery'
 
     # all other punctuations replaced by underscores
     assert channel.entity_name('test_celery') == 'test_celery'