diff --git a/initializr-web/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/web/project/DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter.java b/initializr-web/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/web/project/DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter.java
index 32056130..6e4c0533 100644
--- a/initializr-web/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/web/project/DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter.java
+++ b/initializr-web/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/web/project/DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package io.spring.initializr.web.project;
 
+import java.text.Normalizer;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import io.spring.initializr.metadata.Type;
 import io.spring.initializr.metadata.support.MetadataBuildItemMapper;
 
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * A default {@link ProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter} implementation that uses the
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Madhura Bhave
  * @author HaiTao Zhang
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Nirbhay Mishra
  */
 public class DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter
 		implements ProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter<ProjectRequest> {
@@ -82,14 +85,14 @@ public class DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter
 		validateDependencyRange(platformVersion, resolvedDependencies);
 
 		description.setApplicationName(request.getApplicationName());
-		description.setArtifactId(request.getArtifactId());
+		description.setArtifactId(cleanInputValue(request.getArtifactId()));
 		description.setBaseDirectory(request.getBaseDir());
 		description.setBuildSystem(getBuildSystem(request, metadata));
 		description.setDescription(request.getDescription());
-		description.setGroupId(request.getGroupId());
+		description.setGroupId(cleanInputValue(request.getGroupId()));
 		description.setLanguage(Language.forId(request.getLanguage(), request.getJavaVersion()));
-		description.setName(request.getName());
-		description.setPackageName(request.getPackageName());
+		description.setName(cleanInputValue(request.getName()));
+		description.setPackageName(cleanInputValue(request.getPackageName()));
 		description.setPackaging(Packaging.forId(request.getPackaging()));
 		description.setPlatformVersion(platformVersion);
 		description.setVersion(request.getVersion());
@@ -97,6 +100,16 @@ public class DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter
 				MetadataBuildItemMapper.toDependency(dependency)));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Clean input value to rely on US-ascii character as much as possible.
+	 * @param value the input value to clean
+	 * @return a value that can be used as part of an identifier
+	 */
+	protected String cleanInputValue(String value) {
+		return StringUtils.hasText(value) ? Normalizer.normalize(value, Normalizer.Form.NFKD).replaceAll("\\p{M}", "")
+				: value;
+	}
+
 	private void validate(ProjectRequest request, InitializrMetadata metadata) {
 		validatePlatformVersion(request, metadata);
 		validateType(request.getType(), metadata);
diff --git a/initializr-web/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/web/project/DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverterTests.java b/initializr-web/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/web/project/DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverterTests.java
index f942013d..4444ccb8 100644
--- a/initializr-web/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/web/project/DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverterTests.java
+++ b/initializr-web/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/web/project/DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverterTests.java
@@ -47,6 +47,38 @@ class DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverterTests {
 
 	private final DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter converter = new DefaultProjectRequestToDescriptionConverter();
 
+	@Test
+	void convertWhenArtifactIdHasAccentCleanValue() {
+		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest();
+		request.setArtifactId("tëst-âpp");
+		ProjectDescription description = this.converter.convert(request, this.metadata);
+		assertThat(description.getArtifactId()).isEqualTo("test-app");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void convertWhenGroupIdHasAccentCleanValue() {
+		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest();
+		request.setGroupId("com.êxample.äpp");
+		ProjectDescription description = this.converter.convert(request, this.metadata);
+		assertThat(description.getGroupId()).isEqualTo("com.example.app");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void convertWhenNameHasAccentCleanValue() {
+		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest();
+		request.setName("My Demö");
+		ProjectDescription description = this.converter.convert(request, this.metadata);
+		assertThat(description.getName()).isEqualTo("My Demo");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void convertWhenPackageNameHasAccentCleanValue() {
+		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest();
+		request.setPackageName("com.êxample.äpp");
+		ProjectDescription description = this.converter.convert(request, this.metadata);
+		assertThat(description.getPackageName()).isEqualTo("com.example.app");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void convertWhenTypeIsInvalidShouldThrowException() {
 		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest();