diff --git a/apps/emqx_message_validation/src/emqx_message_validation_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_message_validation/src/emqx_message_validation_schema.erl
index f151cdf62..788bb49a1 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_message_validation/src/emqx_message_validation_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_message_validation/src/emqx_message_validation_schema.erl
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
     api_schema/1
 ]).
 
--export([validate_name/1]).
-
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Type declarations
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ fields(validation) ->
                 binary(),
                 #{
                     required => true,
-                    validator => fun validate_name/1,
+                    validator => fun emqx_resource:validate_name/1,
                     desc => ?DESC("name")
                 }
             )},
@@ -200,16 +198,6 @@ ensure_array(undefined, _) -> undefined;
 ensure_array(L, _) when is_list(L) -> L;
 ensure_array(B, _) -> [B].
 
-validate_name(Name) ->
-    %% see `MAP_KEY_RE' in hocon_tconf
-    RE = <<"^[A-Za-z0-9]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]*$">>,
-    case re:run(Name, RE, [{capture, none}]) of
-        match ->
-            ok;
-        nomatch ->
-            {error, <<"must conform to regex: ", RE/binary>>}
-    end.
-
 validate_sql(SQL) ->
     case emqx_message_validation:parse_sql_check(SQL) of
         {ok, _Parsed} ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_message_validation/test/emqx_message_validation_tests.erl b/apps/emqx_message_validation/test/emqx_message_validation_tests.erl
index 7c3dfc9d8..a7bdbc4d6 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_message_validation/test/emqx_message_validation_tests.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_message_validation/test/emqx_message_validation_tests.erl
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ invalid_names_test_() ->
             ?_assertThrow(
                 {_Schema, [
                     #{
-                        reason := <<"must conform to regex:", _/binary>>,
                         kind := validation_error,
                         path := "message_validation.validations.1.name"
                     }
@@ -209,7 +208,9 @@ invalid_names_test_() ->
             <<"name!">>,
             <<"some name">>,
             <<"nãme"/utf8>>,
-            <<"test_哈哈"/utf8>>
+            <<"test_哈哈"/utf8>>,
+            %% long name
+            binary:copy(<<"a">>, 256)
         ]
     ].