diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/lib/policy-statement.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/lib/policy-statement.ts
index 5ee99ed959097..bfc8381e8f122 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/lib/policy-statement.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/lib/policy-statement.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export class PolicyStatement {
 
   constructor(props: PolicyStatementProps = {}) {
     this._sid = props.sid;
+    this.validateStatementId(this._sid);
     this._effect = props.effect || Effect.ALLOW;
 
     this.addActions(...props.actions || []);
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ export class PolicyStatement {
    */
   public set sid(sid: string | undefined) {
     this.assertNotFrozen('sid');
+    this.validateStatementId(sid);
     this._sid = sid;
   }
 
@@ -232,6 +234,12 @@ export class PolicyStatement {
     }
   }
 
+  private validateStatementId(sid?: string) {
+    if (sid !== undefined && !cdk.Token.isUnresolved(sid) && !/^[0-9A-Za-z]*$/.test(sid)) {
+      throw new UnscopedValidationError(`Statement ID (sid) must be alphanumeric. Got '${sid}'. The Sid element supports ASCII uppercase letters (A-Z), lowercase letters (a-z), and numbers (0-9).`);
+    }
+  }
+
   private validatePolicyActions(actions: string[]) {
     // In case of an unresolved list of actions return early
     if (cdk.Token.isUnresolved(actions)) return;
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/policy-statement.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/policy-statement.test.ts
index 322ac286e045a..a4883dda279cd 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/policy-statement.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/test/policy-statement.test.ts
@@ -260,4 +260,28 @@ describe('IAM policy statement', () => {
       expect(mod).toThrow(/can no longer be modified/);
     }
   });
+
+  test('accepts valid alphanumeric sid', () => {
+    const validSids = ['ValidSid123', 'ALLCAPS', '123456', 'abc123DEF'];
+
+    for (const sid of validSids) {
+      expect(() => new PolicyStatement({ sid })).not.toThrow();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('throws error when sid contains non-alphanumeric characters', () => {
+    const invalidSids = ['invalid-sid', 'with space', 'with_underscore', 'with.dot', 'with!special@chars'];
+
+    for (const sid of invalidSids) {
+      expect(() => new PolicyStatement({ sid }))
+        .toThrow(`Statement ID (sid) must be alphanumeric. Got '${sid}'. The Sid element supports ASCII uppercase letters (A-Z), lowercase letters (a-z), and numbers (0-9).`);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('throws error when setting sid to non-alphanumeric value', () => {
+    const statement = new PolicyStatement();
+
+    expect(() => statement.sid = 'invalid-sid')
+      .toThrow('Statement ID (sid) must be alphanumeric. Got \'invalid-sid\'. The Sid element supports ASCII uppercase letters (A-Z), lowercase letters (a-z), and numbers (0-9).');
+  });
 });