diff --git a/packages/create-app/index.js b/packages/create-app/index.js
index 382cfb504a2157..dfe32742fb5b1d 100755
--- a/packages/create-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/create-app/index.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const {
   lightRed,
   stripColors
 } = require('kolorist')
+const validatePackageName = require('validate-npm-package-name')
 
 const cwd = process.cwd()
 
@@ -45,9 +46,11 @@ async function init() {
       message: `Project name:`,
       initial: 'vite-project'
     })
-    if (!projectNameRE.test(name)) {
+    const validateResult = validatePackageName(name)
+    if (!validateResult.validForNewPackages) {
       console.error(
-        `Project name "${name}" should only contain letters, numbers, underscores and dashes.`
+        // Only one name to be validated, so there will be only one error
+        validateResult.errors.length && validateResult.errors[0]
       )
       process.exit(1)
     }
diff --git a/packages/create-app/package.json b/packages/create-app/package.json
index b246019763dc36..1f7e4c1cfe24e1 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-app/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "enquirer": "^2.3.6",
     "kolorist": "^1.2.9",
-    "minimist": "^1.2.5"
+    "minimist": "^1.2.5",
+    "validate-npm-package-name": "^3.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 324fcea97657eb..29848050b40716 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1803,6 +1803,11 @@ builtin-modules@^3.1.0, builtin-modules@^3.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/builtin-modules/-/builtin-modules-3.2.0.tgz#45d5db99e7ee5e6bc4f362e008bf917ab5049887"
   integrity sha512-lGzLKcioL90C7wMczpkY0n/oART3MbBa8R9OFGE1rJxoVI86u4WAGfEk8Wjv10eKSyTHVGkSo3bvBylCEtk7LA==
 
+builtins@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/builtins/-/builtins-1.0.3.tgz#cb94faeb61c8696451db36534e1422f94f0aee88"
+  integrity sha1-y5T662HIaWRR2zZTThQi+U8K7og=
+
 bytes@3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bytes/-/bytes-3.0.0.tgz#d32815404d689699f85a4ea4fa8755dd13a96048"
@@ -7833,6 +7838,13 @@ validate-npm-package-license@^3.0.1:
     spdx-correct "^3.0.0"
     spdx-expression-parse "^3.0.0"
 
+validate-npm-package-name@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validate-npm-package-name/-/validate-npm-package-name-3.0.0.tgz#5fa912d81eb7d0c74afc140de7317f0ca7df437e"
+  integrity sha1-X6kS2B630MdK/BQN5zF/DKffQ34=
+  dependencies:
+    builtins "^1.0.3"
+
 validator@^8.0.0:
   version "8.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validator/-/validator-8.2.0.tgz#3c1237290e37092355344fef78c231249dab77b9"