diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl
index 51bdfb084..64bec3a4e 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 ]).
 
 -export([config_key_path/0]).
--export([validate_bridge_name/1]).
 
 %% exported for `emqx_telemetry'
 -export([get_basic_usage_info/0]).
@@ -268,7 +267,12 @@ config_key_path() ->
 pre_config_update([?ROOT_KEY], RawConf, RawConf) ->
     {ok, RawConf};
 pre_config_update([?ROOT_KEY], NewConf, _RawConf) ->
-    {ok, convert_certs(NewConf)}.
+    case multi_validate_bridge_names(NewConf) of
+        ok ->
+            {ok, convert_certs(NewConf)};
+        Error ->
+            Error
+    end.
 
 post_config_update([?ROOT_KEY], _Req, NewConf, OldConf, _AppEnv) ->
     #{added := Added, removed := Removed, changed := Updated} =
@@ -657,17 +661,13 @@ get_basic_usage_info() ->
             InitialAcc
     end.
 
-validate_bridge_name(BridgeName0) ->
-    BridgeName = to_bin(BridgeName0),
-    case re:run(BridgeName, ?MAP_KEY_RE, [{capture, none}]) of
-        match ->
-            ok;
-        nomatch ->
-            {error, #{
-                kind => validation_error,
-                reason => bad_bridge_name,
-                value => BridgeName
-            }}
+validate_bridge_name(BridgeName) ->
+    try
+        _ = emqx_resource:validate_name(to_bin(BridgeName)),
+        ok
+    catch
+        throw:Error ->
+            {error, Error}
     end.
 
 to_bin(A) when is_atom(A) -> atom_to_binary(A, utf8);
@@ -675,3 +675,31 @@ to_bin(B) when is_binary(B) -> B.
 
 upgrade_type(Type) ->
     emqx_bridge_lib:upgrade_type(Type).
+
+multi_validate_bridge_names(Conf) ->
+    BridgeTypeAndNames =
+        [
+            {Type, Name}
+         || {Type, NameToConf} <- maps:to_list(Conf),
+            {Name, _Conf} <- maps:to_list(NameToConf)
+        ],
+    BadBridges =
+        lists:filtermap(
+            fun({Type, Name}) ->
+                case validate_bridge_name(Name) of
+                    ok -> false;
+                    _Error -> {true, #{type => Type, name => Name}}
+                end
+            end,
+            BridgeTypeAndNames
+        ),
+    case BadBridges of
+        [] ->
+            ok;
+        [_ | _] ->
+            {error, #{
+                kind => validation_error,
+                reason => bad_bridge_names,
+                bad_bridges => BadBridges
+            }}
+    end.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_app.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_app.erl
index cd54d31e7..321f59f28 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_app.erl
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pre_config_update(_, {Oper, _Type, _Name}, OldConfig) ->
     %% to save the 'enable' to the config files
     {ok, OldConfig#{<<"enable">> => operation_to_enable(Oper)}};
 pre_config_update(Path, Conf, _OldConfig) when is_map(Conf) ->
-    case validate_bridge_name(Path) of
+    case validate_bridge_name_in_config(Path) of
         ok ->
             case emqx_connector_ssl:convert_certs(filename:join(Path), Conf) of
                 {error, Reason} ->
@@ -104,11 +104,23 @@ post_config_update([bridges, BridgeType, BridgeName], _Req, NewConf, OldConf, _A
 operation_to_enable(disable) -> false;
 operation_to_enable(enable) -> true.
 
-validate_bridge_name(Path) ->
+validate_bridge_name_in_config(Path) ->
     [RootKey] = emqx_bridge:config_key_path(),
     case Path of
         [RootKey, _BridgeType, BridgeName] ->
-            emqx_bridge:validate_bridge_name(BridgeName);
+            validate_bridge_name(BridgeName);
         _ ->
             ok
     end.
+
+to_bin(A) when is_atom(A) -> atom_to_binary(A, utf8);
+to_bin(B) when is_binary(B) -> B.
+
+validate_bridge_name(BridgeName) ->
+    try
+        _ = emqx_resource:validate_name(to_bin(BridgeName)),
+        ok
+    catch
+        throw:Error ->
+            {error, Error}
+    end.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_SUITE.erl
index 96c3c29ca..b29ba154e 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_SUITE.erl
@@ -199,13 +199,41 @@ t_create_with_bad_name(_Config) ->
     ?assertMatch(
         {error,
             {pre_config_update, emqx_bridge_app, #{
-                reason := bad_bridge_name,
+                reason := <<"only 0-9a-zA-Z_- is allowed in resource name", _/binary>>,
                 kind := validation_error
             }}},
         emqx:update_config(Path, Conf)
     ),
     ok.
 
+t_create_with_bad_name_root(_Config) ->
+    BadBridgeName = <<"test_哈哈">>,
+    BridgeConf = #{
+        <<"bridge_mode">> => false,
+        <<"clean_start">> => true,
+        <<"keepalive">> => <<"60s">>,
+        <<"proto_ver">> => <<"v4">>,
+        <<"server">> => <<"127.0.0.1:1883">>,
+        <<"ssl">> =>
+            #{
+                %% needed to trigger pre_config_update
+                <<"certfile">> => cert_file("certfile"),
+                <<"enable">> => true
+            }
+    },
+    Conf = #{<<"mqtt">> => #{BadBridgeName => BridgeConf}},
+    Path = [bridges],
+    ?assertMatch(
+        {error,
+            {pre_config_update, _ConfigHandlerMod, #{
+                kind := validation_error,
+                reason := bad_bridge_names,
+                bad_bridges := [#{type := <<"mqtt">>, name := BadBridgeName}]
+            }}},
+        emqx:update_config(Path, Conf)
+    ),
+    ok.
+
 data_file(Name) ->
     Dir = code:lib_dir(emqx_bridge, test),
     {ok, Bin} = file:read_file(filename:join([Dir, "data", Name])),
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_api_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_api_SUITE.erl
index c0339660e..99a2bc8cd 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_api_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_api_SUITE.erl
@@ -1362,7 +1362,13 @@ t_create_with_bad_name(Config) ->
             Config
         ),
     Msg = emqx_utils_json:decode(Msg0, [return_maps]),
-    ?assertMatch(#{<<"reason">> := <<"bad_bridge_name">>}, Msg),
+    ?assertMatch(
+        #{
+            <<"kind">> := <<"validation_error">>,
+            <<"reason">> := <<"only 0-9a-zA-Z_- is allowed in resource name", _/binary>>
+        },
+        Msg
+    ),
     ok.
 
 validate_resource_request_ttl(single, Timeout, Name) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_v1_compatibility_layer_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_v1_compatibility_layer_SUITE.erl
index f3b7fb685..c714b858a 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_v1_compatibility_layer_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/test/emqx_bridge_v1_compatibility_layer_SUITE.erl
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ con_schema() ->
 fields("connector") ->
     [
         {enable, hoconsc:mk(any(), #{})},
-        {resource_opts, hoconsc:mk(map(), #{})}
+        {resource_opts, hoconsc:mk(map(), #{})},
+        {ssl, hoconsc:ref(ssl)}
     ];
 fields("api_post") ->
     [
@@ -159,7 +160,9 @@ fields("api_post") ->
         {type, hoconsc:mk(bridge_type(), #{})},
         {send_to, hoconsc:mk(atom(), #{})}
         | fields("connector")
-    ].
+    ];
+fields(ssl) ->
+    emqx_schema:client_ssl_opts_schema(#{required => false}).
 
 con_config() ->
     #{
@@ -806,3 +809,27 @@ t_scenario_2(Config) ->
     ?assert(is_rule_enabled(RuleId2)),
 
     ok.
+
+t_create_with_bad_name(_Config) ->
+    BadBridgeName = <<"test_哈哈">>,
+    %% Note: must contain SSL options to trigger bug.
+    Cacertfile = emqx_common_test_helpers:app_path(
+        emqx,
+        filename:join(["etc", "certs", "cacert.pem"])
+    ),
+    Opts = #{
+        name => BadBridgeName,
+        overrides => #{
+            <<"ssl">> =>
+                #{<<"cacertfile">> => Cacertfile}
+        }
+    },
+    {error,
+        {{_, 400, _}, _, #{
+            <<"code">> := <<"BAD_REQUEST">>,
+            <<"message">> := #{
+                <<"kind">> := <<"validation_error">>,
+                <<"reason">> := <<"only 0-9a-zA-Z_- is allowed in resource name", _/binary>>
+            }
+        }}} = create_bridge_http_api_v1(Opts),
+    ok.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector.app.src b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector.app.src
index 7ecabb0ff..d23a36e49 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector.app.src
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector.app.src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %% -*- mode: erlang -*-
 {application, emqx_connector, [
     {description, "EMQX Data Integration Connectors"},
-    {vsn, "0.1.33"},
+    {vsn, "0.1.34"},
     {registered, []},
     {mod, {emqx_connector_app, []}},
     {applications, [
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector.erl
index f07e038d2..30654bb13 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector.erl
@@ -108,18 +108,28 @@ config_key_path() ->
 pre_config_update([?ROOT_KEY], RawConf, RawConf) ->
     {ok, RawConf};
 pre_config_update([?ROOT_KEY], NewConf, _RawConf) ->
-    {ok, convert_certs(NewConf)};
+    case multi_validate_connector_names(NewConf) of
+        ok ->
+            {ok, convert_certs(NewConf)};
+        Error ->
+            Error
+    end;
 pre_config_update(_, {_Oper, _, _}, undefined) ->
     {error, connector_not_found};
 pre_config_update(_, {Oper, _Type, _Name}, OldConfig) ->
     %% to save the 'enable' to the config files
     {ok, OldConfig#{<<"enable">> => operation_to_enable(Oper)}};
 pre_config_update(Path, Conf, _OldConfig) when is_map(Conf) ->
-    case emqx_connector_ssl:convert_certs(filename:join(Path), Conf) of
-        {error, Reason} ->
-            {error, Reason};
-        {ok, ConfNew} ->
-            {ok, ConfNew}
+    case validate_connector_name_in_config(Path) of
+        ok ->
+            case emqx_connector_ssl:convert_certs(filename:join(Path), Conf) of
+                {error, Reason} ->
+                    {error, Reason};
+                {ok, ConfNew} ->
+                    {ok, ConfNew}
+            end;
+        Error ->
+            Error
     end.
 
 operation_to_enable(disable) -> false;
@@ -458,3 +468,51 @@ ensure_no_channels(Configs) ->
         {error, Reason, _State} ->
             {error, Reason}
     end.
+
+to_bin(A) when is_atom(A) -> atom_to_binary(A, utf8);
+to_bin(B) when is_binary(B) -> B.
+
+validate_connector_name(ConnectorName) ->
+    try
+        _ = emqx_resource:validate_name(to_bin(ConnectorName)),
+        ok
+    catch
+        throw:Error ->
+            {error, Error}
+    end.
+
+validate_connector_name_in_config(Path) ->
+    case Path of
+        [?ROOT_KEY, _ConnectorType, ConnectorName] ->
+            validate_connector_name(ConnectorName);
+        _ ->
+            ok
+    end.
+
+multi_validate_connector_names(Conf) ->
+    ConnectorTypeAndNames =
+        [
+            {Type, Name}
+         || {Type, NameToConf} <- maps:to_list(Conf),
+            {Name, _Conf} <- maps:to_list(NameToConf)
+        ],
+    BadConnectors =
+        lists:filtermap(
+            fun({Type, Name}) ->
+                case validate_connector_name(Name) of
+                    ok -> false;
+                    _Error -> {true, #{type => Type, name => Name}}
+                end
+            end,
+            ConnectorTypeAndNames
+        ),
+    case BadConnectors of
+        [] ->
+            ok;
+        [_ | _] ->
+            {error, #{
+                kind => validation_error,
+                reason => bad_connector_names,
+                bad_connectors => BadConnectors
+            }}
+    end.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_SUITE.erl
index a62b5ed95..ee7e29741 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_SUITE.erl
@@ -204,6 +204,71 @@ t_remove_fail(_Config) ->
     ),
     ok.
 
+t_create_with_bad_name_direct_path({init, Config}) ->
+    meck:new(emqx_connector_ee_schema, [passthrough]),
+    meck:expect(emqx_connector_ee_schema, resource_type, 1, ?CONNECTOR),
+    meck:new(?CONNECTOR, [non_strict]),
+    meck:expect(?CONNECTOR, callback_mode, 0, async_if_possible),
+    meck:expect(?CONNECTOR, on_start, 2, {ok, connector_state}),
+    meck:expect(?CONNECTOR, on_stop, 2, ok),
+    meck:expect(?CONNECTOR, on_get_status, 2, connected),
+    Config;
+t_create_with_bad_name_direct_path({'end', _Config}) ->
+    meck:unload(),
+    ok;
+t_create_with_bad_name_direct_path(_Config) ->
+    Path = [connectors, kafka_producer, 'test_哈哈'],
+    ConnConfig0 = connector_config(),
+    %% Note: must contain SSL options to trigger original bug.
+    Cacertfile = emqx_common_test_helpers:app_path(
+        emqx,
+        filename:join(["etc", "certs", "cacert.pem"])
+    ),
+    ConnConfig = ConnConfig0#{<<"ssl">> => #{<<"cacertfile">> => Cacertfile}},
+    ?assertMatch(
+        {error,
+            {pre_config_update, _ConfigHandlerMod, #{
+                kind := validation_error,
+                reason := <<"only 0-9a-zA-Z_- is allowed in resource name", _/binary>>
+            }}},
+        emqx:update_config(Path, ConnConfig)
+    ),
+    ok.
+
+t_create_with_bad_name_root_path({init, Config}) ->
+    meck:new(emqx_connector_ee_schema, [passthrough]),
+    meck:expect(emqx_connector_ee_schema, resource_type, 1, ?CONNECTOR),
+    meck:new(?CONNECTOR, [non_strict]),
+    meck:expect(?CONNECTOR, callback_mode, 0, async_if_possible),
+    meck:expect(?CONNECTOR, on_start, 2, {ok, connector_state}),
+    meck:expect(?CONNECTOR, on_stop, 2, ok),
+    meck:expect(?CONNECTOR, on_get_status, 2, connected),
+    Config;
+t_create_with_bad_name_root_path({'end', _Config}) ->
+    meck:unload(),
+    ok;
+t_create_with_bad_name_root_path(_Config) ->
+    Path = [connectors],
+    BadConnectorName = <<"test_哈哈">>,
+    ConnConfig0 = connector_config(),
+    %% Note: must contain SSL options to trigger original bug.
+    Cacertfile = emqx_common_test_helpers:app_path(
+        emqx,
+        filename:join(["etc", "certs", "cacert.pem"])
+    ),
+    ConnConfig = ConnConfig0#{<<"ssl">> => #{<<"cacertfile">> => Cacertfile}},
+    Conf = #{<<"kafka_producer">> => #{BadConnectorName => ConnConfig}},
+    ?assertMatch(
+        {error,
+            {pre_config_update, _ConfigHandlerMod, #{
+                kind := validation_error,
+                reason := bad_connector_names,
+                bad_connectors := [#{type := <<"kafka_producer">>, name := BadConnectorName}]
+            }}},
+        emqx:update_config(Path, Conf)
+    ),
+    ok.
+
 %% helpers
 
 connector_config() ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
index becbc8791..f6609808f 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
@@ -652,6 +652,28 @@ t_connectors_probe(Config) ->
     ),
     ok.
 
+t_create_with_bad_name(Config) ->
+    ConnectorName = <<"test_哈哈">>,
+    Conf0 = ?KAFKA_CONNECTOR(ConnectorName),
+    %% Note: must contain SSL options to trigger original bug.
+    Cacertfile = emqx_common_test_helpers:app_path(
+        emqx,
+        filename:join(["etc", "certs", "cacert.pem"])
+    ),
+    Conf = Conf0#{<<"ssl">> => #{<<"cacertfile">> => Cacertfile}},
+    {ok, 400, #{
+        <<"code">> := <<"BAD_REQUEST">>,
+        <<"message">> := Msg0
+    }} = request_json(
+        post,
+        uri(["connectors"]),
+        Conf,
+        Config
+    ),
+    Msg = emqx_utils_json:decode(Msg0, [return_maps]),
+    ?assertMatch(#{<<"kind">> := <<"validation_error">>}, Msg),
+    ok.
+
 %%% helpers
 listen_on_random_port() ->
     SockOpts = [binary, {active, false}, {packet, raw}, {reuseaddr, true}, {backlog, 1000}],
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl
index f5bf65c0f..90df229e4 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl
@@ -815,29 +815,21 @@ validate_name(<<>>, _Opts) ->
     invalid_data("name cannot be empty string");
 validate_name(Name, _Opts) when size(Name) >= 255 ->
     invalid_data("name length must be less than 255");
-validate_name(Name0, Opts) ->
-    Name = unicode:characters_to_list(Name0, utf8),
-    case lists:all(fun is_id_char/1, Name) of
-        true ->
+validate_name(Name, Opts) ->
+    case re:run(Name, <<"^[-0-9a-zA-Z_]+$">>, [{capture, none}]) of
+        match ->
             case maps:get(atom_name, Opts, true) of
-                % NOTE
-                % Rule may be created before bridge, thus not `list_to_existing_atom/1`,
-                % also it is infrequent user input anyway.
-                true -> list_to_atom(Name);
-                false -> Name0
+                %% NOTE
+                %% Rule may be created before bridge, thus not `list_to_existing_atom/1`,
+                %% also it is infrequent user input anyway.
+                true -> binary_to_atom(Name, utf8);
+                false -> Name
             end;
-        false ->
+        nomatch ->
             invalid_data(
-                <<"only 0-9a-zA-Z_- is allowed in resource name, got: ", Name0/binary>>
+                <<"only 0-9a-zA-Z_- is allowed in resource name, got: ", Name/binary>>
             )
     end.
 
 -spec invalid_data(binary()) -> no_return().
 invalid_data(Reason) -> throw(#{kind => validation_error, reason => Reason}).
-
-is_id_char(C) when C >= $0 andalso C =< $9 -> true;
-is_id_char(C) when C >= $a andalso C =< $z -> true;
-is_id_char(C) when C >= $A andalso C =< $Z -> true;
-is_id_char($_) -> true;
-is_id_char($-) -> true;
-is_id_char(_) -> false.