diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 7da91f2d4a7..682f5d3a2b6 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 * SOLR-12050: UTILIZENODE does not enforce policy rules (hossman, noble)
 
+* SOLR-11843: Admin UI collection creation was not properly handling the router.field and router.name parameters.
+  Also changed the display label in the Admin UI from routerField to router.field to match the actual API.
+  (Shawn Heisey via Cassandra Targett)
 
 Optimizations
 ----------------------
@@ -303,7 +306,7 @@ Other Changes
 * SOLR-11848: Update Ref Guide to include info on grouping operations and using curl for large files. (Dariusz Wojtas
   via Cassandra Targett)
 
-* SOLR-11613: Make message for missing dataimport config in UI more explicit. (Shawn Heisey, Amrit Sarkar via 
+* SOLR-11613: Make message for missing dataimport config in UI more explicit. (Shawn Heisey, Amrit Sarkar via
   Cassandra Targett)
 
 * SOLR-11933: Make DIH UI page safer by not default checking the clean checkbox (Eric Pugh via Tomás Fernández Löbbe)
diff --git a/solr/webapp/web/js/angular/controllers/collections.js b/solr/webapp/web/js/angular/controllers/collections.js
index 251298aefc7..c67bc7efa3b 100644
--- a/solr/webapp/web/js/angular/controllers/collections.js
+++ b/solr/webapp/web/js/angular/controllers/collections.js
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ solrAdminApp.controller('CollectionsController',
                 maxShardsPerNode: coll.maxShardsPerNode
             };
             if (coll.shards) params.shards = coll.shards;
-            if (coll.routerField) params.routerField = coll.routerField;
-            if (coll.routerName) params.routerName = coll.routerName;
+            if (coll.routerField) params["router.field"] = coll.routerField;
             Collections.add(params, function(data) {
               $scope.cancelAddCollection();
               $scope.resetMenu("collections", Constants.IS_ROOT_PAGE);
diff --git a/solr/webapp/web/partials/collections.html b/solr/webapp/web/partials/collections.html
index f958e149ff0..6f0c4219345 100644
--- a/solr/webapp/web/partials/collections.html
+++ b/solr/webapp/web/partials/collections.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ limitations under the License.
               <p class="clearfix"><label for="add_shards">shards:</label>
               <input type="text" name="shards" id="add_shards" ng-model="newCollection.shards"></p>
 
-              <p class="clearfix"><label for="add_routerField">routerField:</label>
+              <p class="clearfix"><label for="add_routerField">router.field:</label>
               <input type="text" name="routerField" id="add_routerField" ng-model="newCollection.routerField"></p>
 
           </div>