diff --git a/system/Validation/Validation.php b/system/Validation/Validation.php
index 7e4a55db55cf..a80c530861a8 100644
--- a/system/Validation/Validation.php
+++ b/system/Validation/Validation.php
@@ -713,6 +713,8 @@ protected function getErrorMessage(string $rule, string $field, ?string $label =
         // Check if custom message has been defined by user
         if (isset($this->customErrors[$field][$rule])) {
             $message = lang($this->customErrors[$field][$rule]);
+        } else if (strpos($label, '*') !== false && isset($this->customErrors[$label][$rule])) {
+            $message = lang($this->customErrors[$label][$rule]);
         } else {
             // Try to grab a localized version of the message...
             // lang() will return the rule name back if not found,
diff --git a/tests/system/Validation/StrictRules/ValidationTest.php b/tests/system/Validation/StrictRules/ValidationTest.php
index ba0e8c6ec0c5..2cd44c0e87a5 100644
--- a/tests/system/Validation/StrictRules/ValidationTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/Validation/StrictRules/ValidationTest.php
@@ -359,6 +359,28 @@ public function testRunGroupWithCustomErrorMessage(): void
         ], $this->validation->getErrors());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @see https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/issues/6245
+     */
+    public function testRunWithCustomErrorsAndAsteriskField(): void
+    {
+        $data = [
+            'foo' => [
+                ['bar' => null],
+                ['bar' => null],
+            ]
+        ];
+        $this->validation->setRules(
+            ['foo.*.bar' => 'required'],
+            ['foo.*.bar' => ['required' => 'Required']]
+        );
+        $this->validation->run($data);
+        $this->assertSame([
+            'foo.0.bar' => 'Required',
+            'foo.1.bar' => 'Required'
+        ], $this->validation->getErrors());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider rulesSetupProvider
      *