diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/EditViewDataManagerProvider/utils/schema.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/EditViewDataManagerProvider/utils/schema.js
index 613c492ce0..52e516880f 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/EditViewDataManagerProvider/utils/schema.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/EditViewDataManagerProvider/utils/schema.js
@@ -338,7 +338,10 @@ const createYupSchemaAttribute = (type, validations, options) => {
           break;
         }
         case 'regex':
-          schema = schema.matches(new RegExp(validationValue), errorsTrads.regex);
+          schema = schema.matches(new RegExp(validationValue), {
+            message: errorsTrads.regex,
+            excludeEmptyString: !validations.required,
+          });
           break;
         case 'lowercase':
           if (['text', 'textarea', 'email', 'string'].includes(type)) {
diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/__tests__/validators.test.js b/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/__tests__/validators.test.js
index e772f4e19f..73c7ee84f1 100644
--- a/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/__tests__/validators.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/__tests__/validators.test.js
@@ -20,6 +20,102 @@ describe('Entity validator', () => {
     fakeFindOne.mockReset();
   });
 
+  describe('String RegExp validator', () => {
+    const fakeModel = {
+      kind: 'contentType',
+      modelName: 'test-model',
+      uid: 'test-uid',
+      privateAttributes: [],
+      options: {},
+      attributes: {
+        attrStringRequiredRegex: { type: 'string', required: true },
+        attrStringNotRequiredRegex: { type: 'string', required: false },
+      },
+    };
+
+    test('It fails the validation of an empty string for a required field', () => {
+      const validator = strapiUtils.validateYupSchema(
+        entityValidator.string(
+          {
+            attr: { type: 'string', required: true, regex: '^\\d+$' },
+            model: fakeModel,
+            updatedAttribute: {
+              name: 'attrStringRequiredRegex',
+              value: '',
+            },
+            entity: null,
+          },
+          { isDraft: false }
+        )
+      );
+
+      return expect(validator('')).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(YupValidationError);
+    });
+
+    test('It validates successfully for a string that follows regex for a required field', () => {
+      const value = '1234';
+
+      const validator = strapiUtils.validateYupSchema(
+        entityValidator.string(
+          {
+            attr: { type: 'string', required: true, regex: '^\\d+$' },
+            model: fakeModel,
+            updatedAttribute: {
+              name: 'attrStringRequiredRegex',
+              value,
+            },
+            entity: null,
+          },
+          { isDraft: false }
+        )
+      );
+
+      return expect(validator(value)).resolves.toEqual(value);
+    });
+
+    test('It validates empty string successfully for non-required field with regex constraint', () => {
+      const value = '';
+
+      const validator = strapiUtils.validateYupSchema(
+        entityValidator.string(
+          {
+            attr: { type: 'string', required: false, regex: '^\\d+$' },
+            model: fakeModel,
+            updatedAttribute: {
+              name: 'attrStringNotRequiredRegex',
+              value,
+            },
+            entity: null,
+          },
+          { isDraft: false }
+        )
+      );
+
+      return expect(validator(value)).resolves.toEqual(value);
+    });
+
+    test('It validates successfully for string that follows regex for a non-required field', () => {
+      const value = '1234';
+
+      const validator = strapiUtils.validateYupSchema(
+        entityValidator.string(
+          {
+            attr: { type: 'string', required: false, regex: '^\\d+$' },
+            model: fakeModel,
+            updatedAttribute: {
+              name: 'attrStringNotRequiredRegex',
+              value,
+            },
+            entity: null,
+          },
+          { isDraft: false }
+        )
+      );
+
+      return expect(validator(value)).resolves.toEqual(value);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('String unique validator', () => {
     const fakeModel = {
       kind: 'contentType',
diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/validators.js b/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/validators.js
index ac3c117c15..f623da7dae 100644
--- a/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/validators.js
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/lib/services/entity-validator/validators.js
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ const addMaxFloatValidator = (validator, { attr }) =>
  * @returns {StringSchema}
  */
 const addStringRegexValidator = (validator, { attr }) =>
-  _.isUndefined(attr.regex) ? validator : validator.matches(new RegExp(attr.regex));
+  _.isUndefined(attr.regex)
+    ? validator
+    : validator.matches(new RegExp(attr.regex), { excludeEmptyString: !attr.required });
 
 /**
  *