diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Grafana.Loki/LokiBatchFormatter.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Grafana.Loki/LokiBatchFormatter.cs
index 568bb48..8d57d00 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.Grafana.Loki/LokiBatchFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.Grafana.Loki/LokiBatchFormatter.cs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ private Dictionary<string, string> GenerateLabels(LogEvent logEvent)
                 // to turn them into valid label keys and at the same time denote them as ordinal parameters.
                 if (char.IsDigit(key[0]))
                 {
-                    key = $"Param-{key}";
+                    key = $"param{key}";
                 }
 
                 // Some enrichers generates extra quotes and it breaks the payload
diff --git a/test/Serilog.Sinks.Grafana.Loki.Tests/IntegrationTests/Approvals/RequestPayloadTests.LabelsForIndexedPlaceholdersShouldBeCreatedWithParamPrefix.approved.txt b/test/Serilog.Sinks.Grafana.Loki.Tests/IntegrationTests/Approvals/RequestPayloadTests.LabelsForIndexedPlaceholdersShouldBeCreatedWithParamPrefix.approved.txt
index 2a8087b..d1444df 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.Sinks.Grafana.Loki.Tests/IntegrationTests/Approvals/RequestPayloadTests.LabelsForIndexedPlaceholdersShouldBeCreatedWithParamPrefix.approved.txt
+++ b/test/Serilog.Sinks.Grafana.Loki.Tests/IntegrationTests/Approvals/RequestPayloadTests.LabelsForIndexedPlaceholdersShouldBeCreatedWithParamPrefix.approved.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"streams":[{"stream":{"Param-0":"Namespace.Module.Method"},"values":[["<unixepochinnanoseconds>","An error occured in \u0022Namespace.Module.Method\u0022"]]}]}
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+{"streams":[{"stream":{"param0":"Namespace.Module.Method"},"values":[["<unixepochinnanoseconds>","An error occured in \u0022Namespace.Module.Method\u0022"]]}]}
\ No newline at end of file