diff --git a/lib/puppet/pops/validation/checker4_0.rb b/lib/puppet/pops/validation/checker4_0.rb
index 65093eaabe0..008b191105d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/pops/validation/checker4_0.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/pops/validation/checker4_0.rb
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ def check_AttributesOperation(o)
     case p
     when Model::AbstractResource
     when Model::CollectExpression
-      acceptor.accept(Issues::UNSUPPORTED_OPERATOR_IN_CONTEXT, p, :operator=>'* =>')
     else
       # protect against just testing a snippet that has no parent, error message will be a bit strange
       # but it is not for a real program.
diff --git a/spec/integration/parser/collection_spec.rb b/spec/integration/parser/collection_spec.rb
index 256128765ad..52e69282772 100644
--- a/spec/integration/parser/collection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/parser/collection_spec.rb
@@ -235,6 +235,16 @@ class theclass {
         MANIFEST
       end
 
+      it "splats attributes from a hash" do
+        expect_the_message_to_be(["overridden message"], <<-MANIFEST)
+          @notify { "testing": message => "original message" }
+
+          Notify <| |> {
+            * => { message => "overridden message" }
+          }
+        MANIFEST
+      end
+
       it "collects with override when inside a class (#10963)" do
         expect_the_message_to_be(["overridden message"], <<-MANIFEST)
           @notify { "testing": message => "original message" }