diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ce10b373..25621a0fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [3.6.8] - 2021-02-21
+
+### Changed
+- (Backport) Fix query builder regression [#2204](https://github.com/jenssegers/laravel-mongodb/pull/2204) by [@divine](https://github.com/divine)
+
 ## [3.6.7] - 2020-12-18
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56256fea5..290cb8391 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -597,6 +597,14 @@ These expressions will be injected directly into the query.
 User::whereRaw([
     'age' => ['$gt' => 30, '$lt' => 40],
 ])->get();
+
+User::whereRaw([
+    '$where' => '/.*123.*/.test(this.field)',
+])->get();
+
+User::whereRaw([
+    '$where' => '/.*123.*/.test(this["hyphenated-field"])',
+])->get();
 ```
 
 You can also perform raw expressions on the internal MongoCollection object. If this is executed on the model class, it will return a collection of models.
diff --git a/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Query/Builder.php b/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Query/Builder.php
index eb185b408..df46d6eef 100644
--- a/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Query/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Query/Builder.php
@@ -1015,7 +1015,6 @@ protected function compileWhereAll(array $where)
     protected function compileWhereBasic(array $where)
     {
         extract($where);
-        $is_numeric = false;
 
         // Replace like or not like with a Regex instance.
         if (in_array($operator, ['like', 'not like'])) {
@@ -1027,21 +1026,15 @@ protected function compileWhereBasic(array $where)
 
             // Convert to regular expression.
             $regex = preg_replace('#(^|[^\\\])%#', '$1.*', preg_quote($value));
-            $plain_value = $value;
 
             // Convert like to regular expression.
             if (!Str::startsWith($value, '%')) {
                 $regex = '^' . $regex;
-            } else {
-                $plain_value = Str::replaceFirst('%', null, $plain_value);
             }
             if (!Str::endsWith($value, '%')) {
                 $regex .= '$';
-            } else {
-                $plain_value = Str::replaceLast('%', null, $plain_value);
             }
 
-            $is_numeric = is_numeric($plain_value);
             $value = new Regex($regex, 'i');
         } // Manipulate regexp operations.
         elseif (in_array($operator, ['regexp', 'not regexp', 'regex', 'not regex'])) {
@@ -1061,11 +1054,7 @@ protected function compileWhereBasic(array $where)
         }
 
         if (!isset($operator) || $operator == '=') {
-            if ($is_numeric) {
-                $query = ['$where' => '/^'.$value->getPattern().'/.test(this["'.$column.'"])'];
-            } else {
-                $query = [$column => $value];
-            }
+            $query = [$column => $value];
         } elseif (array_key_exists($operator, $this->conversion)) {
             $query = [$column => [$this->conversion[$operator] => $value]];
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/QueryTest.php b/tests/QueryTest.php
index c486691ec..3bff4ff40 100644
--- a/tests/QueryTest.php
+++ b/tests/QueryTest.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ public function setUp(): void
         User::create(['name' => 'Brett Boe', 'age' => 35, 'title' => 'user']);
         User::create(['name' => 'Tommy Toe', 'age' => 33, 'title' => 'user']);
         User::create(['name' => 'Yvonne Yoe', 'age' => 35, 'title' => 'admin']);
-        User::create(['name' => 'John Smith', 'user-age' => 28, 'title' => 'member']);
         User::create(['name' => 'Error', 'age' => null, 'title' => null]);
     }
 
@@ -42,10 +41,10 @@ public function testWhere(): void
         $this->assertCount(1, $users);
 
         $users = User::where('age', '!=', 35)->get();
-        $this->assertCount(7, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(6, $users);
 
         $users = User::where('age', '<>', 35)->get();
-        $this->assertCount(7, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(6, $users);
     }
 
     public function testAndWhere(): void
@@ -70,33 +69,21 @@ public function testLike(): void
 
         $users = User::where('name', 'like', 't%')->get();
         $this->assertCount(1, $users);
-
-        $users = User::where('age', 'like', '%35%')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(3, $users);
-
-        $users = User::where('age', 'like', '3%')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(6, $users);
-
-        $users = User::where('age', 'like', '%3')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(4, $users);
-
-        $users = User::where('user-age', 'like', '%28')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(1, $users);
     }
 
     public function testNotLike(): void
     {
         $users = User::where('name', 'not like', '%doe')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(8, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(7, $users);
 
         $users = User::where('name', 'not like', '%y%')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(7, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(6, $users);
 
         $users = User::where('name', 'not LIKE', '%y%')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(7, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(6, $users);
 
         $users = User::where('name', 'not like', 't%')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(9, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(8, $users);
     }
 
     public function testSelect(): void
@@ -156,7 +143,7 @@ public function testIn(): void
         $this->assertCount(6, $users);
 
         $users = User::whereNotIn('age', [33, 35])->get();
-        $this->assertCount(5, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(4, $users);
 
         $users = User::whereNotNull('age')
             ->whereNotIn('age', [33, 35])->get();
@@ -166,7 +153,7 @@ public function testIn(): void
     public function testWhereNull(): void
     {
         $users = User::whereNull('age')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(2, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(1, $users);
     }
 
     public function testWhereNotNull(): void
@@ -199,7 +186,7 @@ public function testOrder(): void
     public function testGroupBy(): void
     {
         $users = User::groupBy('title')->get();
-        $this->assertCount(4, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(3, $users);
 
         $users = User::groupBy('age')->get();
         $this->assertCount(6, $users);
@@ -229,11 +216,11 @@ public function testGroupBy(): void
     public function testCount(): void
     {
         $count = User::where('age', '<>', 35)->count();
-        $this->assertEquals(7, $count);
+        $this->assertEquals(6, $count);
 
         // Test for issue #165
         $count = User::select('_id', 'age', 'title')->where('age', '<>', 35)->count();
-        $this->assertEquals(7, $count);
+        $this->assertEquals(6, $count);
     }
 
     public function testExists(): void
@@ -331,12 +318,12 @@ public function testPaginate(): void
         $results = User::paginate(2);
         $this->assertEquals(2, $results->count());
         $this->assertNotNull($results->first()->title);
-        $this->assertEquals(10, $results->total());
+        $this->assertEquals(9, $results->total());
 
         $results = User::paginate(2, ['name', 'age']);
         $this->assertEquals(2, $results->count());
         $this->assertNull($results->first()->title);
-        $this->assertEquals(10, $results->total());
+        $this->assertEquals(9, $results->total());
         $this->assertEquals(1, $results->currentPage());
     }