diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index a46cf878..46236a56 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 3.1.9 (2022-04-17)
 
+- fix #1209: only convert jmespath path for some fields in white list
 - fix #1233: parse upload info with session variables
 - fix #1246: catch exceptions when getting socket address failed
 - fix #1247: catch exceptions caused by GA report failure
diff --git a/httprunner/compat.py b/httprunner/compat.py
index c14c9d1f..4b0c449a 100644
--- a/httprunner/compat.py
+++ b/httprunner/compat.py
@@ -58,11 +58,9 @@ def _convert_jmespath(raw: Text) -> Text:
 
     raw_list = []
     for item in raw.split("."):
-        if "-" in item and "[-" not in item:
-            # add quotes for field with separator
+        if item.lower().startswith("content-") or item.lower() in ["user-agent"]:
+            # add quotes for some field in white list
             # e.g. headers.Content-Type => headers."Content-Type"
-            # also need to avoid replacing negative index in jmespath
-            # e.g. body.users[-1] => body.users[-1], keep unchanged
             item = item.strip('"')
             raw_list.append(f'"{item}"')
         elif item.isdigit():
@@ -257,12 +255,12 @@ def ensure_cli_args(args: List) -> List:
     """
     # remove deprecated --failfast
     if "--failfast" in args:
-        logger.warning(f"remove deprecated argument: --failfast")
+        logger.warning("remove deprecated argument: --failfast")
         args.pop(args.index("--failfast"))
 
     # convert --report-file to --html
     if "--report-file" in args:
-        logger.warning(f"replace deprecated argument --report-file with --html")
+        logger.warning("replace deprecated argument --report-file with --html")
         index = args.index("--report-file")
         args[index] = "--html"
         args.append("--self-contained-html")
@@ -270,7 +268,7 @@ def ensure_cli_args(args: List) -> List:
     # keep compatibility with --save-tests in v2
     if "--save-tests" in args:
         logger.warning(
-            f"generate conftest.py keep compatibility with --save-tests in v2"
+            "generate conftest.py keep compatibility with --save-tests in v2"
         )
         args.pop(args.index("--save-tests"))
         _generate_conftest_for_summary(args)
diff --git a/tests/compat_test.py b/tests/compat_test.py
index 987b1785..c56f9377 100644
--- a/tests/compat_test.py
+++ b/tests/compat_test.py
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
             compat.convert_variables(None, "tests/data/a-b.c/1.yml")
 
     def test_convert_jmespath(self):
-
         self.assertEqual(compat._convert_jmespath("content.abc"), "body.abc")
         self.assertEqual(compat._convert_jmespath("json.abc"), "body.abc")
         self.assertEqual(
             compat._convert_jmespath("headers.Content-Type"), 'headers."Content-Type"'
         )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            compat._convert_jmespath('headers.User-Agent'), 'headers."User-Agent"'
+        )
         self.assertEqual(
             compat._convert_jmespath('headers."Content-Type"'), 'headers."Content-Type"'
         )
@@ -49,6 +51,10 @@ class TestCompat(unittest.TestCase):
             compat._convert_jmespath("body.users[-1]"),
             "body.users[-1]",
         )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            compat._convert_jmespath("body.result.WorkNode_-1"),
+            "body.result.WorkNode_-1",
+        )
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
             compat._convert_jmespath("2.buildings.0.building_id")