diff --git a/openpype/client/operations.py b/openpype/client/operations.py
index 618cdf9d1e..c0716ee109 100644
--- a/openpype/client/operations.py
+++ b/openpype/client/operations.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 import uuid
 import copy
 import collections
@@ -11,6 +12,11 @@ from .mongo import get_project_connection
 
 REMOVED_VALUE = object()
 
+PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS = "a-zA-Z0-9_"
+PROJECT_NAME_REGEX = re.compile(
+    "^[{}]+$".format(PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS)
+)
+
 CURRENT_PROJECT_SCHEMA = "openpype:project-3.0"
 CURRENT_PROJECT_CONFIG_SCHEMA = "openpype:config-2.0"
 CURRENT_ASSET_DOC_SCHEMA = "openpype:asset-3.0"
diff --git a/openpype/lib/avalon_context.py b/openpype/lib/avalon_context.py
index b9d66291be..2abd634832 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/avalon_context.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/avalon_context.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ from openpype.client.operations import (
     CURRENT_ASSET_DOC_SCHEMA,
     CURRENT_PROJECT_SCHEMA,
     CURRENT_PROJECT_CONFIG_SCHEMA,
+    PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS,
+    PROJECT_NAME_REGEX,
 )
 from .profiles_filtering import filter_profiles
 from .events import emit_event
@@ -34,10 +36,6 @@ CURRENT_DOC_SCHEMAS = {
     "asset": CURRENT_ASSET_DOC_SCHEMA,
     "config": CURRENT_PROJECT_CONFIG_SCHEMA
 }
-PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS = "a-zA-Z0-9_"
-PROJECT_NAME_REGEX = re.compile(
-    "^[{}]+$".format(PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS)
-)
 
 
 class AvalonContextDeprecatedWarning(DeprecationWarning):
diff --git a/openpype/tools/project_manager/project_manager/widgets.py b/openpype/tools/project_manager/project_manager/widgets.py
index 371d1ba2ef..d0715f204d 100644
--- a/openpype/tools/project_manager/project_manager/widgets.py
+++ b/openpype/tools/project_manager/project_manager/widgets.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ from .constants import (
     NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS,
     NAME_REGEX
 )
-from openpype.lib import (
-    create_project,
+from openpype.lib import create_project
+from openpype.client.operations import (
     PROJECT_NAME_ALLOWED_SYMBOLS,
     PROJECT_NAME_REGEX
 )