diff --git a/apprise/plugins/NotifyZulip.py b/apprise/plugins/NotifyZulip.py
index 80ca9422..66277137 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/NotifyZulip.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/NotifyZulip.py
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ from ..common import NotifyType
 from ..utils import parse_list
 from ..utils import validate_regex
 from ..utils import is_email
+from ..utils import remove_suffix
 from ..AppriseLocale import gettext_lazy as _
 
 # A Valid Bot Name
-VALIDATE_BOTNAME = re.compile(r'(?P<name>[A-Z0-9_]{1,32})(-bot)?', re.I)
+VALIDATE_BOTNAME = re.compile(r'(?P<name>[A-Z0-9_-]{1,32})', re.I)
 
 # Organization required as part of the API request
 VALIDATE_ORG = re.compile(
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ class NotifyZulip(NotifyBase):
         'botname': {
             'name': _('Bot Name'),
             'type': 'string',
-            'regex': (r'^[A-Z0-9_]{1,32}(-bot)?$', 'i'),
+            'regex': (r'^[A-Z0-9_-]{1,32}$', 'i'),
         },
         'organization': {
             'name': _('Organization'),
@@ -183,7 +184,9 @@ class NotifyZulip(NotifyBase):
                 raise TypeError
 
             # The botname
-            self.botname = match.group('name')
+            botname = match.group('name')
+            botname = remove_suffix(botname, '-bot')
+            self.botname = botname
 
         except (TypeError, AttributeError):
             msg = 'The Zulip botname specified ({}) is invalid.'\
diff --git a/apprise/utils.py b/apprise/utils.py
index 6bf6df23..f07bb2cf 100644
--- a/apprise/utils.py
+++ b/apprise/utils.py
@@ -1379,3 +1379,10 @@ def apply_template(template, app_mode=TemplateType.RAW, **kwargs):
     # to drop the '{{' and '}}' surrounding our match so that we can
     # re-index it back into our list
     return mask_r.sub(lambda x: fn(kwargs[x.group()[2:-2].strip()]), template)
+
+
+def remove_suffix(value, suffix):
+    """
+    Removes a suffix from the end of a string.
+    """
+    return value[:-len(suffix)] if value.endswith(suffix) else value
diff --git a/test/test_plugin_zulip.py b/test/test_plugin_zulip.py
index 4245d1b3..f25a0847 100644
--- a/test/test_plugin_zulip.py
+++ b/test/test_plugin_zulip.py
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ apprise_url_tests = (
     ('zulip://....@apprise/{}'.format('a' * 32), {
         'instance': TypeError,
     }),
+    # Valid everything - botname with a dash
+    ('zulip://bot-name@apprise/{}'.format('a' * 32), {
+        'instance': plugins.NotifyZulip,
+        'privacy_url': 'zulip://bot-name@apprise/a...a/',
+    }),
     # Valid everything - no target so default is used
     ('zulip://botname@apprise/{}'.format('a' * 32), {
         'instance': plugins.NotifyZulip,