diff --git a/dump/src/reader/compat/v5_to_v6.rs b/dump/src/reader/compat/v5_to_v6.rs
index 237381414..51858450e 100644
--- a/dump/src/reader/compat/v5_to_v6.rs
+++ b/dump/src/reader/compat/v5_to_v6.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl CompatV5ToV6 {
                     .map(|index| match index {
                         v5::StarOr::Star => v6::StarOr::Star,
                         v5::StarOr::Other(uid) => {
-                            v6::StarOr::Other(v6::IndexUid::new_unchecked(uid.as_str()))
+                            v6::StarOr::Other(v6::IndexUidPattern::new_unchecked(uid.as_str()))
                         }
                     })
                     .collect(),
diff --git a/dump/src/reader/v6/mod.rs b/dump/src/reader/v6/mod.rs
index edf552452..77d7a52bc 100644
--- a/dump/src/reader/v6/mod.rs
+++ b/dump/src/reader/v6/mod.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub type PaginationSettings = meilisearch_types::settings::PaginationSettings;
 // everything related to the api keys
 pub type Action = meilisearch_types::keys::Action;
 pub type StarOr<T> = meilisearch_types::star_or::StarOr<T>;
-pub type IndexUid = meilisearch_types::index_uid::IndexUid;
+pub type IndexUidPattern = meilisearch_types::index_uid_pattern::IndexUidPattern;
 
 // everything related to the errors
 pub type ResponseError = meilisearch_types::error::ResponseError;
diff --git a/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid_pattern.rs b/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid_pattern.rs
index 1f82e83db..8cb50fee9 100644
--- a/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid_pattern.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid_pattern.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@ use crate::index_uid::{IndexUid, IndexUidFormatError};
 /// An index uid pattern is composed of only ascii alphanumeric characters, - and _, between 1 and 400
 /// bytes long and optionally ending with a *.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "test-traits", derive(proptest_derive::Arbitrary))]
 pub struct IndexUidPattern(
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "test-traits", proptest(regex("[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,400}\\*?")))] String,
 );
 
 impl IndexUidPattern {
+    pub fn new_unchecked(s: impl AsRef<str>) -> Self {
+        Self(s.as_ref().to_string())
+    }
+
     /// Returns wether this index uid matches this index uid pattern.
     pub fn matches(&self, uid: &IndexUid) -> bool {
         self.matches_str(uid.as_str())