diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/resources/application-local.yml b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
index 7848f1fdc49..149e414acf2 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ rbac:
           actions: all
 
         - resource: connect
-          value: "*"
+          value: ".*"
           actions: all
 
         - resource: ksql