diff --git a/lib/pool_cluster.js b/lib/pool_cluster.js
index 8077cf1381..ef68e60fe6 100644
--- a/lib/pool_cluster.js
+++ b/lib/pool_cluster.js
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ const getMonotonicMilliseconds = function () {
   return Math.floor(ms);
 };
 
+const patternRegExp = function (pattern) {
+  if (pattern instanceof RegExp) {
+    return pattern;
+  }
+
+  const source = pattern
+    .replace(/([.+?^=!:${}()|[\]/\\])/g, '\\$1')
+    .replace(/\*/g, '.*');
+
+  return new RegExp(`^${source}$`);
+};
+
 class PoolNamespace {
   constructor(cluster, pattern, selector) {
     this._cluster = cluster;
@@ -256,20 +268,12 @@ class PoolCluster extends EventEmitter {
     let currentTime = 0;
     let foundNodeIds = this._findCaches[pattern];
 
-    if (typeof this._findCaches[pattern] === 'undefined') {
-      if (pattern === '*') {
-        // all
-        foundNodeIds = this._serviceableNodeIds;
-      } else if (this._serviceableNodeIds.indexOf(pattern) !== -1) {
-        // one
-        foundNodeIds = [pattern];
-      } else {
-        // wild matching
-        const keyword = pattern.substring(pattern.length - 1, 0);
-        foundNodeIds = this._serviceableNodeIds.filter((id) =>
-          id.startsWith(keyword)
-        );
-      }
+    if (foundNodeIds === undefined) {
+      const expression = patternRegExp(pattern);
+
+      foundNodeIds = this._serviceableNodeIds.filter((id) =>
+        id.match(expression)
+      );
     }
 
     this._findCaches[pattern] = foundNodeIds;
diff --git a/test/esm/integration/pool-cluster/test-promise-wrapper.test.mjs b/test/esm/integration/pool-cluster/test-promise-wrapper.test.mjs
index 09706f59db..1b407fdbac 100644
--- a/test/esm/integration/pool-cluster/test-promise-wrapper.test.mjs
+++ b/test/esm/integration/pool-cluster/test-promise-wrapper.test.mjs
@@ -110,4 +110,40 @@ const { createPoolCluster } = require('../../../../promise.js');
 
     poolCluster.end();
   });
+
+  await test(async () => {
+    const poolCluster = createPoolCluster();
+    poolCluster.add('SLAVE', common.config);
+
+    try {
+      await poolCluster.getConnection('SLAVE1');
+      assert.fail('An error was expected');
+    } catch (error) {
+      assert.equal(
+        error.code,
+        'POOL_NOEXIST',
+        'should throw when PoolNamespace does not exist'
+      );
+    } finally {
+      poolCluster.end();
+    }
+  });
+
+  await test(async () => {
+    const poolCluster = createPoolCluster();
+    poolCluster.add('SLAVE1', common.config);
+
+    try {
+      const connection = await poolCluster.getConnection(/SLAVE[12]/);
+      assert.equal(
+        connection.connection._clusterId,
+        'SLAVE1',
+        'should match regex pattern'
+      );
+    } catch (error) {
+      assert.fail('should not throw');
+    } finally {
+      poolCluster.end();
+    }
+  });
 })();