diff --git a/kong/clustering/compat/checkers.lua b/kong/clustering/compat/checkers.lua
index 2cc89cba3821..5836cc82cc3a 100644
--- a/kong/clustering/compat/checkers.lua
+++ b/kong/clustering/compat/checkers.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 local ipairs = ipairs
 local type = type
+local string_find = string.find
 
 
 local log_warn_message
@@ -23,6 +24,53 @@ end
 
 
 local compatible_checkers = {
+  { 3007000000, --[[ 3.7.0.0 ]]
+    function(config_table, dp_version, log_suffix)
+      local has_update
+
+      local flavor = kong and
+                     kong.configuration and
+                     kong.configuration.router_flavor
+      -- remove this once the `expressions` flavor supports `route.snis`
+      if flavor == "expressions" then
+        return nil
+      end
+
+      for _, route in ipairs(config_table.routes or {}) do
+        local snis = route.snis
+        if not snis or #snis == 0 then
+          break
+        end
+
+        local idx = 0
+        local new_snis = {}
+        local local_has_update
+        for _, sni in ipairs(snis) do
+          -- remove the sni that contains wildcard
+          if string_find(sni, "*", nil, true) then
+            has_update = true
+            local_has_update = true
+
+          else
+            idx = idx + 1
+            new_snis[idx] = sni
+          end
+        end
+
+        if local_has_update then
+          route.snis = new_snis
+        end
+      end
+
+      if has_update then
+        log_warn_message("configuration 'route.snis' contains elements that contains wildcard character '*'",
+                         "be removed", dp_version, log_suffix)
+      end
+
+      return has_update
+    end
+  },
+
   { 3006000000, --[[ 3.6.0.0 ]]
     function(config_table, dp_version, log_suffix)
       local has_update
diff --git a/spec/01-unit/19-hybrid/03-compat_spec.lua b/spec/01-unit/19-hybrid/03-compat_spec.lua
index b2a0030aa0f0..a7231dc2c4bc 100644
--- a/spec/01-unit/19-hybrid/03-compat_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/01-unit/19-hybrid/03-compat_spec.lua
@@ -630,5 +630,52 @@ describe("kong.clustering.compat", function()
       assert.is_nil(assert(services[3]).ca_certificates)
     end)
 
-  end)
+  end)  -- describe
+
+
+  describe("route entities compatible changes", function()
+    it("route.snis contain wildcard", function()
+      for _, flavor in ipairs({"traditional", "traditional_compatible"}) do
+        local _, db = helpers.get_db_utils(nil, {
+          "routes",
+        })
+        _G.kong.db = db
+        _G.kong.configuration = { router_flavor = flavor }
+
+        assert(declarative.load_into_db({
+          routes = {
+            route1 = {
+              id = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
+              snis = { "*.foo.test", "normal.test", "bar.*", "good.test" },
+            },
+            route2 = {
+              id = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002",
+              snis = { "normal.test", "good.test" },
+            },
+            route3 = {
+              id = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003",
+              snis = { "*.foo.test", "bar.*", },
+            },
+          },
+        }, { _transform = true }))
+        local config = { config_table = declarative.export_config() }
+        local has_update, result = compat.update_compatible_payload(config, "3.6.0", "test_")
+        assert.truthy(has_update)
+        result = cjson_decode(inflate_gzip(result)).config_table
+
+        local routes = assert(assert(result).routes)
+        assert.equals(3, #routes)
+        for _, route in ipairs(routes) do
+          if route.id == "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003" then
+            assert.equals(0, #route.snis)
+
+          else
+            assert.equals(2, #route.snis)
+            assert.same({"normal.test", "good.test"}, route.snis)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end)
+  end)  -- describe
+
 end)