diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptAngularClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptAngularClientCodegen.java
index 5fcf5a708e8..3457324b538 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptAngularClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/TypeScriptAngularClientCodegen.java
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ public class TypeScriptAngularClientCodegen extends AbstractTypeScriptClientCode
         if (importMapping.containsKey(name)) {
             return importMapping.get(name);
         }
-        return DEFAULT_IMPORT_PREFIX + this.convertUsingFileNamingConvention(this.sanitizeName(name)) + modelFileSuffix;
+        return DEFAULT_IMPORT_PREFIX + this.convertUsingFileNamingConvention(super.toModelFilename(name)) + modelFileSuffix;
     }
 
     @Override