diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a8fd12..77ce244 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 ## What's New
 
+* **0.7.7** HCL Periods in attribute names referenced from Unicodes ID_Continue, fixed.
 * **0.7.6** SLF4j 1.7.36 upgrade to reduce CVE's
 * **0.7.5** For Tuple with boolean conditionals as value expression did not work before
 * **0.7.4** Fixing Array Access via tree traversal i.e. local.my_array.0 vs local.my_array[0]
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 08d57f8..06208b8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ext {
 
 
 group = 'com.bertramlabs.plugins'
-version = '0.7.6'
+version = '0.7.7'
 
 ext.isReleaseVersion = !version.endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
 sourceCompatibility = "1.8"
diff --git a/src/main/jflex/com/bertramlabs/plugins/hcl4j/HCLLexer.jflex b/src/main/jflex/com/bertramlabs/plugins/hcl4j/HCLLexer.jflex
index 7d20000..6b7383e 100644
--- a/src/main/jflex/com/bertramlabs/plugins/hcl4j/HCLLexer.jflex
+++ b/src/main/jflex/com/bertramlabs/plugins/hcl4j/HCLLexer.jflex
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ ForInExpression = in
 DigitValue = [0-9\.\-]+
 WholeNumber = [0-9]+
 
-HCLAttributeName = [:jletter:] [a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]*
+HCLAttributeName = [:jletter:] [a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.]*
 HCLQuotedPropertyName = [\"] [^\r\n]+ [\"]
 
 HCLBlock = {HCLAttributeName} {HCLBlockAttribute}* "{" [^]* "}" | {HCLAttributeName} {WhiteSpaceOpt} "{" [^]* "}"
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/bertramlabs/plugins/hcl4j/HCLParserSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/bertramlabs/plugins/hcl4j/HCLParserSpec.groovy
index 0b8fb7e..63801f5 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/bertramlabs/plugins/hcl4j/HCLParserSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/bertramlabs/plugins/hcl4j/HCLParserSpec.groovy
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ test = {"list": [1,2,3,[4,5,6]], name: "David Estes", info: { firstName: "David"
 		def hcl = '''
 resource xxx "images" {
   default = "empty.jpg"
+  default.withperiod = "period.jpg"
 }
 '''
 		HCLParser parser = new HCLParser();
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ resource xxx "images" {
 		def results  = parser.parse(hcl)
 		then:
 		results.resource.xxx.images.default == "empty.jpg"
+		results.resource.xxx.images["default.withperiod"] == "period.jpg"
 	}