diff --git a/apps/emqx_authz/src/emqx_authz_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_authz/src/emqx_authz_schema.erl
index e68ab3a50..b15d4abd4 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_authz/src/emqx_authz_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_authz/src/emqx_authz_schema.erl
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ http_common_fields() ->
 mongo_common_fields() ->
     [
         {collection,
-            ?HOCON(atom(), #{
+            ?HOCON(binary(), #{
                 required => true,
                 desc => ?DESC(collection)
             })},
diff --git a/changes/ce/fix-10098.en.md b/changes/ce/fix-10098.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61058da0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ce/fix-10098.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+A crash with an error in the log file that happened when the MongoDB authorization module queried the database has been fixed.
diff --git a/changes/ce/fix-10098.zh.md b/changes/ce/fix-10098.zh.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b6d86159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ce/fix-10098.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+当MongoDB授权模块查询数据库时，在日志文件中发生的崩溃与错误已经被修复。