diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d2393d0311..581f8f6b3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [0.9.28 - Unreleased]
 ### Added
+- Allow numbers in chat topics
 ### Fixed
 Fix app freeze on recover with wrong password
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/add_new/new_public_chat/db.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/add_new/new_public_chat/db.cljs
index f3fc10c17e..78e8907eb1 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/add_new/new_public_chat/db.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/add_new/new_public_chat/db.cljs
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 
 (spec/def ::topic (spec/and :global/not-empty-string
                             ::legal-name
-                            (partial re-matches #"[a-z\-]+")))
+                            (partial re-matches #"[a-z0-9\-]+")))
diff --git a/translations/en.json b/translations/en.json
index 712fa77ac2..834786f860 100644
--- a/translations/en.json
+++ b/translations/en.json
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
     "chat": "Chat",
     "start-conversation": "Start conversation",
     "you-are-all-set-description": "Now if you lose your phone you can restore your account and wallet using the recovery phrase.",
-    "topic-format": "Topic names use only lowercase letters (a to z) & dashes (-)",
+    "topic-format": "Topic name can use only lowercase letters, numbers and dash (-)",
     "specify-name": "Specify a name",
     "add-new-network": "Add new network",
     "save": "Save",