diff --git a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/ExampleApp.tsx b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/ExampleApp.tsx
index 5f9e7d817b..0fca1af044 100644
--- a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/ExampleApp.tsx
+++ b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/ExampleApp.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export class ExampleApp extends React.Component {
             <li className={stylesUseAltSyntax.exampleListItem2}>2nd</li>
             <li className={stylesUseAltSyntax.exampleListItem3}>3rd</li>
           </ul>
+          <p className={altSyntaxStyles['style-with-dashes']}>This element has a complex class name.</p>
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/stylesAltSyntax.module.scss b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/stylesAltSyntax.module.scss
index a3dc20a38f..c97eebeb3c 100644
--- a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/stylesAltSyntax.module.scss
+++ b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/stylesAltSyntax.module.scss
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ $marginValue: '[theme:normalMargin, default: 20px]';
 .label {
   margin-bottom: $marginValue;
 }
+
+.style-with-dashes {
+  margin-top: $marginValue;
+}
diff --git a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib-commonjs.test.ts.snap b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib-commonjs.test.ts.snap
index 6561952445..76f4a418ba 100644
--- a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib-commonjs.test.ts.snap
+++ b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib-commonjs.test.ts.snap
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ exports[`SASS CJS Shims stylesAltSyntax.module.scss: stylesAltSyntax.module.css
  */
 .label {
   margin-bottom: var(--normalMargin, 20px);
+}
+
+.style-with-dashes {
+  margin-top: var(--normalMargin, 20px);
 }"
 `;
 
diff --git a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib-css.test.ts.snap b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib-css.test.ts.snap
index 439187a2df..8da1f9cbaf 100644
--- a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib-css.test.ts.snap
+++ b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib-css.test.ts.snap
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ exports[`SASS No Shims stylesAltSyntax.module.scss: stylesAltSyntax.module.css 1
  */
 .label {
   margin-bottom: var(--normalMargin, 20px);
+}
+
+.style-with-dashes {
+  margin-top: var(--normalMargin, 20px);
 }"
 `;
 
diff --git a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib.test.ts.snap b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib.test.ts.snap
index 3a5d74f964..d92edd731a 100644
--- a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib.test.ts.snap
+++ b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/lib.test.ts.snap
@@ -130,12 +130,17 @@ exports[`SASS ESM Shims stylesAltSyntax.module.scss: stylesAltSyntax.module.css
  */
 .label {
   margin-bottom: var(--normalMargin, 20px);
+}
+
+.style-with-dashes {
+  margin-top: var(--normalMargin, 20px);
 }"
 `;
 
 exports[`SASS ESM Shims stylesAltSyntax.module.scss: stylesAltSyntax.module.scss.d.ts 1`] = `
 "declare interface IStyles {
   label: string;
+  \\"style-with-dashes\\": string;
 }
 declare const styles: IStyles;
 export default styles;"
diff --git a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/sass-ts.test.ts.snap b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/sass-ts.test.ts.snap
index 1c7500668b..cfe3f5336b 100644
--- a/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/sass-ts.test.ts.snap
+++ b/build-tests/heft-sass-test/src/test/__snapshots__/sass-ts.test.ts.snap
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Array [
 exports[`SASS Typings stylesAltSyntax.module.scss: stylesAltSyntax.module.scss.d.ts 1`] = `
 "declare interface IStyles {
   label: string;
+  \\"style-with-dashes\\": string;
 }
 declare const styles: IStyles;
 export default styles;"
diff --git a/common/changes/@rushstack/heft-sass-plugin/sass-quote-classes_2025-05-14-18-43.json b/common/changes/@rushstack/heft-sass-plugin/sass-quote-classes_2025-05-14-18-43.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..572596d136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@rushstack/heft-sass-plugin/sass-quote-classes_2025-05-14-18-43.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@rushstack/heft-sass-plugin",
+      "comment": "Quote classnames in .d.ts files to handle non-identifier characters.",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@rushstack/heft-sass-plugin"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/heft-plugins/heft-sass-plugin/src/SassProcessor.ts b/heft-plugins/heft-sass-plugin/src/SassProcessor.ts
index 76b4db9d83..e202ceb41f 100644
--- a/heft-plugins/heft-sass-plugin/src/SassProcessor.ts
+++ b/heft-plugins/heft-sass-plugin/src/SassProcessor.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import {
   Sort
 } from '@rushstack/node-core-library';
 
+const SIMPLE_IDENTIFIER_REGEX: RegExp = /^[a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*$/;
+
 /**
  * @public
  */
@@ -817,13 +819,22 @@ export class SassProcessor {
       if (this._options.exportAsDefault) {
         source.push(`declare interface IStyles {`);
         for (const className of Object.keys(moduleMap)) {
-          source.push(`  ${className}: string;`);
+          const safeClassName: string = SIMPLE_IDENTIFIER_REGEX.test(className)
+            ? className
+            : JSON.stringify(className);
+          // Quote and escape class names as needed.
+          source.push(`  ${safeClassName}: string;`);
         }
         source.push(`}`);
         source.push(`declare const styles: IStyles;`);
         source.push(`export default styles;`);
       } else {
         for (const className of Object.keys(moduleMap)) {
+          if (!SIMPLE_IDENTIFIER_REGEX.test(className)) {
+            throw new Error(
+              `Class name "${className}" is not a valid identifier and may only be exported using "exportAsDefault: true"`
+            );
+          }
           source.push(`export const ${className}: string;`);
         }
       }