diff --git a/src/cli_plugin/install/install.js b/src/cli_plugin/install/install.js
index e76755c3b7ff..e48c7a1c1349 100644
--- a/src/cli_plugin/install/install.js
+++ b/src/cli_plugin/install/install.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { cleanPrevious, cleanArtifacts } from './cleanup';
 import { extract, getPackData } from './pack';
 import { renamePlugin } from './rename';
 import { existingInstall, assertVersion } from './opensearch_dashboards';
+import { kebabCase } from 'lodash';
 
 const mkdir = promisify(Fs.mkdir);
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ export async function install(settings, logger) {
 
     assertVersion(settings);
 
-    const targetDir = path.join(settings.pluginDir, settings.plugins[0].id);
+    const targetDir = path.join(settings.pluginDir, kebabCase(settings.plugins[0].id));
     await renamePlugin(settings.workingPath, targetDir);
 
     logger.log('Plugin installation complete');
diff --git a/src/cli_plugin/install/opensearch_dashboards.js b/src/cli_plugin/install/opensearch_dashboards.js
index 5f31372f40d0..1aaf6a5cdf56 100644
--- a/src/cli_plugin/install/opensearch_dashboards.js
+++ b/src/cli_plugin/install/opensearch_dashboards.js
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@
 
 import path from 'path';
 import { statSync } from 'fs';
+import { kebabCase } from 'lodash';
 
 import { versionSatisfies, cleanVersion } from '../../legacy/utils/version';
 
 export function existingInstall(settings, logger) {
   try {
-    statSync(path.join(settings.pluginDir, settings.plugins[0].id));
+    statSync(path.join(settings.pluginDir, kebabCase(settings.plugins[0].id)));
 
     logger.error(
       `Plugin ${settings.plugins[0].id} already exists, please remove before installing a new version`