diff --git a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/renamer.py b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/renamer.py
index e73b922ab29b..15326178470f 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/renamer.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/renamer.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ def run(self, info):
         prefix = prefix.replace(' ', '.').replace('\'', '').replace(',', '')
 
         newfile = re.sub(r'\.{2,}', '.', f'{dir_path}/{prefix}.{suffix}')
+        newfile = re.sub(r'\\|\/|\:|\*|\?|\"|\<|\>|\|', '_', newfile)
         self.to_screen('Renaming file "%s" to "%s"' % (file, newfile))
         shutil.move(file, newfile)
         info['filepath'] = newfile