diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-jsonpath-expression/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/expr/jsonpath/JsonPathExpression.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-jsonpath-expression/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/expr/jsonpath/JsonPathExpression.java
index 57952675962..b506df0079f 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-jsonpath-expression/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/expr/jsonpath/JsonPathExpression.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-jsonpath-expression/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/expr/jsonpath/JsonPathExpression.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public JsonPathExpression(String expr) {
 
     private static final String replaceMagic(String expr, String magic) {
         magic = "$" + magic;
-        return expr.replace(magic, "@." + magic);
+        return expr.replace(magic, "$." + magic);
     }
 
     private Configuration getConfiguration(KogitoProcessContext context) {
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-jsonpath-expression/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/expr/jsonpath/JsonPathExpressionHandlerTest.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-jsonpath-expression/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/expr/jsonpath/JsonPathExpressionHandlerTest.java
index 7d364f0ba12..aea64e4688f 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-jsonpath-expression/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/expr/jsonpath/JsonPathExpressionHandlerTest.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-jsonpath-expression/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/expr/jsonpath/JsonPathExpressionHandlerTest.java
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void testWorkflowPropertyFromJsonAccessible() {
     @MethodSource("provideMagicWordExpressionsToTest")
     void testMagicWordsExpressions(String expression, String expectedResult, KogitoProcessContext context) {
         Expression parsedExpression = ExpressionHandlerFactory.get("jsonpath", expression);
-        assertThat(parsedExpression.isValid()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(parsedExpression.isValid()).overridingErrorMessage(() -> parsedExpression.validationError().getMessage()).isTrue();
         assertThat(parsedExpression.eval(getObjectNode(), String.class, context)).isEqualTo(expectedResult);
     }
 
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> provideMagicWordExpressionsToTest() {
         return Stream.of(
                 Arguments.of("$WORKFLOW.instanceId", "1111-2222-3333", getContext()),
                 Arguments.of("$SECRET.lettersonly", "secretlettersonly", getContext()),
+                Arguments.of("$SECRET.lettersonly$SECRET.lettersonly", "secretlettersonlysecretlettersonly", getContext()),
+                Arguments.of("$.propertyString$.propertyNum", "string12", getContext()),
                 Arguments.of("$SECRET.none", "", getContext()),
                 Arguments.of("$SECRET.dot.secret", "secretdotsecret", getContext()),
                 Arguments.of("$SECRET[\"dot.secret\"]", "secretdotsecret", getContext()),