diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/73429-inventory-sanitization-constructed-features.yml b/changelogs/fragments/73429-inventory-sanitization-constructed-features.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7afbfb1ea0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/73429-inventory-sanitization-constructed-features.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - inventory plugins - Let plugins define the sanitization method for the constructed ``groups`` feature.
+minor_changes:
+  - constructed inventory plugin - Sanitize group names created from the ``groups`` option silently.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/__init__.py
index e0e334e40a9..3748a80fa50 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/__init__.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class Constructable(object):
             self.templar.available_variables = variables
             for group_name in groups:
                 conditional = "{%% if %s %%} True {%% else %%} False {%% endif %%}" % groups[group_name]
-                group_name = original_safe(group_name, force=True)
+                group_name = self._sanitize_group_name(group_name)
                 try:
                     result = boolean(self.templar.template(conditional))
                 except Exception as e: