diff --git a/internal/component/otelcol/auth/auth.go b/internal/component/otelcol/auth/auth.go
index f81e7796fa..22a802f911 100644
--- a/internal/component/otelcol/auth/auth.go
+++ b/internal/component/otelcol/auth/auth.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package auth
 import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/build"
 	"github.com/grafana/alloy/internal/component"
@@ -165,10 +166,12 @@ func (a *Auth) Update(args component.Arguments) error {
 		components = append(components, ext)
 	}
 
+	cTypeStr := strings.ReplaceAll(a.opts.ID, ".", "_")
+
 	// Inform listeners that our handler changed.
 	a.opts.OnStateChange(Exports{
 		Handler: Handler{
-			ID:        otelcomponent.NewID(otelcomponent.MustNewType(a.opts.ID)),
+			ID:        otelcomponent.NewID(otelcomponent.MustNewType(cTypeStr)),
 			Extension: ext,
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/internal/component/otelcol/receiver/prometheus/prometheus.go b/internal/component/otelcol/receiver/prometheus/prometheus.go
index f231f77f07..2567630d72 100644
--- a/internal/component/otelcol/receiver/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/internal/component/otelcol/receiver/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -112,9 +113,12 @@ func (c *Component) Update(newConfig component.Arguments) error {
 
 		gcInterval = 5 * time.Minute
 	)
+
+	cTypeStr := strings.ReplaceAll(c.opts.ID, ".", "_")
+
 	settings := otelreceiver.CreateSettings{
 
-		ID: otelcomponent.NewID(otelcomponent.MustNewType(c.opts.ID)),
+		ID: otelcomponent.NewID(otelcomponent.MustNewType(cTypeStr)),
 
 		TelemetrySettings: otelcomponent.TelemetrySettings{
 			Logger: zapadapter.New(c.opts.Logger),