diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20ed65ec..93e40a37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 - [#2282](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/2282) Fixed checking Google Groups membership using Google Application Credentials (@kvanzuijlen)
 - [#2183](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/2183) Allowing relative redirect url though an option (@axel7083)
 - [#1866](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1866) Add support for unix socker as upstream (@babs)
+- [#1949](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/1949) Allow cookie names with dots in redis sessions (@miguelborges99)
 - [#2297](https://github.com/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy/pull/2297) Add nightly build and push (@tuunit)
 
 # V7.5.1
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket.go b/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket.go
index 70bb58a0..5020ada9 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket.go
@@ -67,22 +67,68 @@ func newTicket(cookieOpts *options.Cookie) (*ticket, error) {
 
 // encodeTicket encodes the Ticket to a string for usage in cookies
 func (t *ticket) encodeTicket() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", t.id, base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(t.secret))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("v2.%s.%s", base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(t.id)),
+		base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(t.secret))
+}
+
+// decodeTicketID Tickets are encoded with format: {encoding version}.{ticketID base64}.{ticketSecret base 64}.
+// Tickets from old oauth2-proxy versions do not have the same format, and this method tries
+// to decode the ticket ID part based on the encoding version, or lack of it.
+func decodeTicketID(ticketParts []string) (string, error) {
+	switch {
+	case len(ticketParts) == 2:
+		// old ticket encoding
+		return ticketParts[0], nil
+	case len(ticketParts) == 3 && ticketParts[0] == "v2":
+		// v2 ticket encoding
+		ticketID, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(ticketParts[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to decode ticket Id: %v", err)
+		}
+		return string(ticketID), nil
+	default:
+		return "", errors.New("failed to decode ticket Id")
+	}
+}
+
+// decodeTicketSecret Tickets are encoded with format: {encoding version}.{ticketID base64}.{ticketSecret base 64}.
+// Tickets from old oauth2-proxy versions do not have the same format, and this method tries
+// to decode the ticket secret part based on the encoding version, or lack of it.
+func decodeTicketSecret(ticketParts []string) ([]byte, error) {
+	switch {
+	case len(ticketParts) == 2:
+		// old ticket encoding
+		secret, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(ticketParts[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode encryption secret: %v", err)
+		}
+		return secret, nil
+	case len(ticketParts) == 3 && ticketParts[0] == "v2":
+		// new ticket encode
+		secret, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(ticketParts[2])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode encryption secret: %v", err)
+		}
+		return secret, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, errors.New("failed to decode encryption secret")
+	}
 }
 
 // decodeTicket decodes an encoded ticket string
 func decodeTicket(encTicket string, cookieOpts *options.Cookie) (*ticket, error) {
 	ticketParts := strings.Split(encTicket, ".")
-	if len(ticketParts) != 2 {
+	if len(ticketParts) != 2 && len(ticketParts) != 3 {
 		return nil, errors.New("failed to decode ticket")
 	}
-	ticketID, secretBase64 := ticketParts[0], ticketParts[1]
-
-	secret, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(secretBase64)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode encryption secret: %v", err)
+	ticketID, errTicketID := decodeTicketID(ticketParts)
+	if errTicketID != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode ticket: %v", errTicketID)
+	}
+	secret, errSecret := decodeTicketSecret(ticketParts)
+	if errSecret != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode ticket: %v", errSecret)
 	}
-
 	return &ticket{
 		id:      ticketID,
 		secret:  secret,
diff --git a/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket_test.go b/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket_test.go
index 6b868b90..885f9958 100644
--- a/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sessions/persistence/ticket_test.go
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Session Ticket Tests", func() {
 						Name: "dummy",
 					},
 				},
-				encodedTicket: fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s",
-					"dummy-0123456789abcdef",
+				encodedTicket: fmt.Sprintf("v2.%s.%s",
+					base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("dummy-0123456789abcdef")),
 					base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte("0123456789abcdef"))),
 				expectedError: nil,
 			}),
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Session Ticket Tests", func() {
 			Entry("with an invalid base64 encoded secret", ticketTableInput{
 				ticket:        nil,
 				encodedTicket: "dummy-0123456789abcdef.@)#($*@)#(*$@)#(*$",
-				expectedError: fmt.Errorf("failed to decode encryption secret: illegal base64 data at input byte 0"),
+				expectedError: fmt.Errorf("failed to decode ticket: failed to decode encryption secret: illegal base64 data at input byte 0"),
 			}),
 		)
 	})