diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
index cd1832533c..632493344e 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description = "measure container lifecycle timings"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["boot-times"].Results | .[] | .["to-workload"].Result"
+checkvar = ".\"boot-times\".Results | .[] | .\"to-workload\".Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 0.42
 minpercent = 20.0
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ description = "measure memory usage"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["memory-footprint"].Results | .[] | .average.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint\".Results | .[] | .average.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 2518364.00
 minpercent = 20.0
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ description = "measure memory inside the container"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["memory-footprint-inside-container"].Results | .[] | .memtotal.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint-inside-container\".Results | .[] | .memtotal.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 4135244.0
 minpercent = 20.0
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ description = "measure container average of blogbench write"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["blogbench"].Results | .[] | .write.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"blogbench\".Results | .[] | .write.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 1623.0
 minpercent = 20.0
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ description = "measure container average of blogbench read"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["blogbench"].Results | .[] | .read.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"blogbench\".Results | .[] | .read.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 96939.0
 minpercent = 20.0
diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
index 2471dc4a2d..c84aa1d2b9 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description = "measure container lifecycle timings"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["boot-times"].Results | .[] | .["to-workload"].Result"
+checkvar = ".\"boot-times\".Results | .[] | .\"to-workload\".Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 0.61
 minpercent = 20.0
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ description = "measure memory usage"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["memory-footprint"].Results | .[] | .average.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint\".Results | .[] | .average.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 2435844.00
 minpercent = 20.0
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ description = "measure memory inside the container"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["memory-footprint-inside-container"].Results | .[] | .memtotal.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint-inside-container\".Results | .[] | .memtotal.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 3677280.0
 minpercent = 25.0
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ description = "measure container average of blogbench write"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["blogbench"].Results | .[] | .write.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"blogbench\".Results | .[] | .write.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 1639.0
 minpercent = 20.0
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ description = "measure container average of blogbench read"
 # Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
 # the median of the CSV Results data must fall
 # within (inclusive)
-checkvar = ".["blogbench"].Results | .[] | .read.Result"
+checkvar = ".\"blogbench\".Results | .[] | .read.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 98687.0
 minpercent = 20.0