diff --git a/integrations/deepeval/src/haystack_integrations/components/evaluators/deepeval_metrics.py b/integrations/deepeval/src/haystack_integrations/components/evaluators/deepeval_metrics.py
index 8f839f83d..0d57a50c6 100644
--- a/integrations/deepeval/src/haystack_integrations/components/evaluators/deepeval_metrics.py
+++ b/integrations/deepeval/src/haystack_integrations/components/evaluators/deepeval_metrics.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def inner(output: TestResult, metric: DeepEvalMetric) -> List[MetricResult]:
             out = [MetricResult(name=metric_name, score=metric_result.score, explanation=metric_result.reason)]
             if metric_result.score_breakdown is not None:
                 for k, v in metric_result.score_breakdown.items():
-                    out.append(MetricResult(name=f"{metric_name}.{k}", score=v))
+                    out.append(MetricResult(name=f"{metric_name}_{k}", score=v))
             return out
 
         return partial(inner, metric=metric)