diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands.rs b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
index 6b75c2617c5e..d3607513dfb7 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ fn goto_file_impl(cx: &mut Context, action: Action) {
             } else {
                 &['@', '/', '.', '-', '_', '+', '#', '$', '%', '~', '=']
             };
-            valid_chars.contains(c) || c.is_alphabetic()
+            valid_chars.contains(c) || c.is_alphabetic() || c.is_numeric()
         };
 
         let cursor_pos = primary.cursor(text.slice(..));