diff --git a/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/AvroSchemaHelper.java b/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/AvroSchemaHelper.java
index 99aa79937..2916e8671 100644
--- a/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/AvroSchemaHelper.java
+++ b/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/AvroSchemaHelper.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import org.apache.avro.JsonProperties;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema.Parser;
+import org.apache.avro.SchemaParseException;
 import org.apache.avro.reflect.AvroAlias;
 import org.apache.avro.reflect.Stringable;
 import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificData;
@@ -269,13 +270,27 @@ public static Schema parseJsonSchema(String json) {
      * @param values List of enum names
      * @return An {@link org.apache.avro.Schema.Type#ENUM ENUM} schema.
      */
-    public static Schema createEnumSchema(BeanDescription bean, List<String> values) {
+    public static Schema createEnumSchema(BeanDescription bean, List<String> values)
+    {
         final JavaType enumType = bean.getType();
-        return addAlias(Schema.createEnum(
-            getName(enumType),
-            bean.findClassDescription(),
-            getNamespace(enumType, bean.getClassInfo()), values
-        ), bean);
+        final Schema avroSchema;
+        
+        try {
+            avroSchema = Schema.createEnum(
+                getName(enumType),
+                bean.findClassDescription(),
+                getNamespace(enumType, bean.getClassInfo()),
+                values);
+        } catch (SchemaParseException spe) {
+            final String msg = String.format("Problem generating Avro `Schema` for Enum type %s: %s",
+                    ClassUtil.getTypeDescription(enumType), spe.getMessage());
+
+            // 05-Jan-2025, tatu: SHOULD be able to throw like so but
+            //   `SchemaBuilder` does not expose checked exceptions so need to
+            // throw InvalidDefinitionException.from((JsonParser) null, msg);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg, spe);
+        }
+        return addAlias(avroSchema, bean);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/EnumVisitor.java b/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/EnumVisitor.java
index 20f61e163..438fab57d 100644
--- a/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/EnumVisitor.java
+++ b/avro/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/EnumVisitor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.avro.schema;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanDescription;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
@@ -7,9 +10,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 /**
  * Specific visitor for Java Enum types that are to be exposed as
  * Avro Enums. Used unless Java Enums are to be mapped to Avro Strings.
diff --git a/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/EnumSchema422Test.java b/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/EnumSchema422Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31aad6d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/EnumSchema422Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.avro.schema;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.avro.AvroMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.avro.AvroTestBase;
+
+// For [dataformats-binary#422]
+public class EnumSchema422Test extends AvroTestBase
+{
+    enum EnumType422 {
+        CARD_S("CARD-S");
+
+        private final String value;
+
+        EnumType422(String value) {
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+
+        @JsonValue
+        public String value() {
+            return this.value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Wrapper422 {
+        public EnumType422 contract;
+    }
+
+    private final AvroMapper MAPPER = newMapper();
+
+    // For [dataformats-binary#422]
+    @Test
+    public void testEnumSchemaGeneration422() throws Exception
+    {
+        // First, failure due to invalid enum value (when generating as Enum)
+        AvroSchemaGenerator gen = new AvroSchemaGenerator()
+                .enableLogicalTypes();
+        try {
+            MAPPER.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(Wrapper422.class, gen);
+            fail("Expected failure");
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { // in 2.x
+            verifyException(e, "Problem generating Avro `Schema` for Enum type");
+            verifyException(e, "Illegal character in");
+        }
+
+        // But then success when configuring to produce Strings for Enum types
+
+        gen = new AvroSchemaGenerator()
+                .enableLogicalTypes()
+                .enableWriteEnumAsString();
+        MAPPER.acceptJsonFormatVisitor(Wrapper422.class, gen);
+
+        org.apache.avro.Schema avroSchema = gen.getGeneratedSchema().getAvroSchema();
+        String avroSchemaInJSON = avroSchema.toString(true);
+        assertNotNull(avroSchemaInJSON);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/Enum_schemaCreationTest.java b/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/Enum_schemaCreationTest.java
index 2a0dde6ba..7f23bf319 100644
--- a/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/Enum_schemaCreationTest.java
+++ b/avro/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/Enum_schemaCreationTest.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificData;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class Enum_schemaCreationTest extends AvroTestBase {
-
+public class Enum_schemaCreationTest extends AvroTestBase
+{
     static enum NumbersEnum {
     	ONE, TWO, THREE
     }
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 8f770bcc2..8bdf46c01 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Active maintainers:
 #308: (avro) Incorrect serialization for `LogicalType.Decimal` (Java `BigDecimal`)
  (reported by Idan S)
  (fix contributed by Michal F)
+#422: Avro generation failed with enums containing values with special characters
+ (reported by @pfr-enedis)
 #535: (avro) AvroSchemaGenerator: logicalType(s) never set for non-date classes
  (reported by Cormac R)
  (fix contributed by Michal F)