diff --git a/doc/userguide/upgrade.rst b/doc/userguide/upgrade.rst
index e66dc70aa6..564f8198b2 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/upgrade.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/upgrade.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Logging Changes
 
 - Alert verdict key is changed from to ``reject-target`` to ``reject_target``
 
+- App-layer stats protocols names replace dash by underscore, meaning
+  ``stats.app_layer.*.ftp-data`` becomes ``stats.app_layer.*.ftp_data``,
+  and same for bittorrent_dht
+
 Other Changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 - ``engine-analysis`` output has been changed for keywords that now use the generic integers framework
diff --git a/etc/schema.json b/etc/schema.json
index c13808ce16..4767aff34a 100644
--- a/etc/schema.json
+++ b/etc/schema.json
@@ -5736,7 +5736,7 @@
                             "type": "object",
                             "additionalProperties": false,
                             "properties": {
-                                "bittorrent-dht": {
+                                "bittorrent_dht": {
                                     "description":
                                             "Errors encountered parsing BitTorrent DHT protocol",
                                     "$ref": "#/$defs/stats_applayer_error"
@@ -5784,7 +5784,7 @@
                                     "description": "Errors encountered parsing FTP",
                                     "$ref": "#/$defs/stats_applayer_error"
                                 },
-                                "ftp-data": {
+                                "ftp_data": {
                                     "description": "Errors encountered parsing FTP data",
                                     "$ref": "#/$defs/stats_applayer_error"
                                 },
@@ -5914,7 +5914,7 @@
                             "type": "object",
                             "additionalProperties": false,
                             "properties": {
-                                "bittorrent-dht": {
+                                "bittorrent_dht": {
                                     "type": "integer",
                                     "description": "Number of flows for BitTorrent DHT protocol"
                                 },
@@ -5965,7 +5965,7 @@
                                     "type": "integer",
                                     "description": "Number of flows for FTP"
                                 },
-                                "ftp-data": {
+                                "ftp_data": {
                                     "type": "integer",
                                     "description": "Number of flows for FTP data protocol"
                                 },
@@ -6093,7 +6093,7 @@
                             "type": "object",
                             "additionalProperties": false,
                             "properties": {
-                                "bittorrent-dht": {
+                                "bittorrent_dht": {
                                     "type": "integer",
                                     "description":
                                             "Number of transactions for BitTorrent DHT protocol"
@@ -6137,7 +6137,7 @@
                                     "type": "integer",
                                     "description": "Number of transactions for FTP"
                                 },
-                                "ftp-data": {
+                                "ftp_data": {
                                     "type": "integer",
                                     "description": "Number of transactions for FTP data protocol"
                                 },
diff --git a/src/app-layer.c b/src/app-layer.c
index 3237fb6396..e5c075ccb9 100644
--- a/src/app-layer.c
+++ b/src/app-layer.c
@@ -1240,7 +1240,16 @@ void AppLayerSetupCounters(void)
         for (AppProto alproto = 0; alproto < g_alproto_max; alproto++) {
             if (alprotos[alproto] == 1) {
                 const char *tx_str = "app_layer.tx.";
-                const char *alproto_str = AppLayerGetProtoName(alproto);
+                const char *alproto_raw = AppLayerGetProtoName(alproto);
+                char alproto_str[32];
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
+                    alproto_str[i] = alproto_raw[i];
+                    if (alproto_str[i] == 0) {
+                        break;
+                    } else if (alproto_str[i] == '-') {
+                        alproto_str[i] = '_';
+                    }
+                }
 
                 memset(ipprotos_all, 0, sizeof(ipprotos_all));
                 AppLayerProtoDetectSupportedIpprotos(alproto, ipprotos_all);