diff --git a/internal/core/src/exec/expression/UnaryExpr.cpp b/internal/core/src/exec/expression/UnaryExpr.cpp
index 56e744d60d..b8d180fa7e 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/exec/expression/UnaryExpr.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/src/exec/expression/UnaryExpr.cpp
@@ -1301,30 +1301,14 @@ PhyUnaryRangeFilterExpr::ExecRangeVisitorImplForPk(EvalCtx& context) {
 
         auto op_type = expr_->op_type_;
         PkType pk = value_arg_.GetValue<IndexInnerType>();
-        auto query_timestamp = context.get_exec_context()
-                                   ->get_query_context()
-                                   ->get_query_timestamp();
-
-        switch (op_type) {
-            case proto::plan::GreaterThan:
-            case proto::plan::GreaterEqual:
-            case proto::plan::LessThan:
-            case proto::plan::LessEqual:
-            case proto::plan::Equal:
-                segment_->pk_range(op_type, pk, cache_view);
-                break;
-            case proto::plan::NotEqual: {
-                segment_->pk_range(proto::plan::Equal, pk, cache_view);
-                cache_view.flip();
-                break;
-            }
-            default:
-                ThrowInfo(
-                    OpTypeInvalid,
-                    fmt::format("unsupported operator type for unary expr: {}",
-                                op_type));
+        if (op_type == proto::plan::NotEqual) {
+            segment_->pk_range(proto::plan::Equal, pk, cache_view);
+            cache_view.flip();
+        } else {
+            segment_->pk_range(op_type, pk, cache_view);
         }
     }
+
     TargetBitmap result;
     result.append(
         *cached_index_chunk_res_, current_data_global_pos_, real_batch_size);
diff --git a/internal/core/src/index/json_stats/JsonKeyStats.cpp b/internal/core/src/index/json_stats/JsonKeyStats.cpp
index 36587c27d2..7f23ba4e39 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/index/json_stats/JsonKeyStats.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/src/index/json_stats/JsonKeyStats.cpp
@@ -442,12 +442,11 @@ JsonKeyStats::TraverseJsonForBuildStats(
         }
         index = j;
     } else if (current.type == JSMN_STRING) {
+        auto value =
+            std::string(json + current.start, current.end - current.start);
+        auto unescaped = UnescapeJsonString(value);
         Assert(current.size == 0);
-        AddKeyStats(
-            path,
-            JSONType::STRING,
-            std::string(json + current.start, current.end - current.start),
-            values);
+        AddKeyStats(path, JSONType::STRING, unescaped, values);
         index++;
     }
 }
diff --git a/internal/core/src/index/json_stats/utils.h b/internal/core/src/index/json_stats/utils.h
index a899f99ba5..edddfcf24b 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/index/json_stats/utils.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/index/json_stats/utils.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "common/jsmn.h"
 #include "arrow/api.h"
 #include "common/EasyAssert.h"
+#include <simdjson.h>
+#include <cstring>
 
 namespace milvus::index {
 
@@ -49,6 +51,47 @@ enum class JSONType {
     OBJECT
 };
 
+inline bool
+JsonStringHasEscape(std::string_view s) {
+    // Any JSON escape must start with a backslash
+    return std::memchr(s.data(), '\\', s.size()) != nullptr;
+}
+
+// Unescape a JSON-escaped string slice (without surrounding quotes)
+// Returns a decoded UTF-8 std::string or throws on error
+inline std::string
+UnescapeJsonString(const std::string& escaped) {
+    if (!JsonStringHasEscape(escaped)) {
+        return escaped;
+    }
+    try {
+        simdjson::dom::parser parser;
+        std::string quoted;
+        quoted.resize(escaped.size() + 2);
+        quoted[0] = '"';
+        std::memcpy(&quoted[1], escaped.data(), escaped.size());
+        quoted[quoted.size() - 1] = '"';
+        simdjson::dom::element elem = parser.parse(quoted);
+        if (elem.type() != simdjson::dom::element_type::STRING) {
+            ThrowInfo(ErrorCode::UnexpectedError,
+                      "input is not a JSON string: {}",
+                      escaped);
+        }
+        return std::string(std::string_view(elem.get_string()));
+    } catch (const simdjson::simdjson_error& e) {
+        ThrowInfo(ErrorCode::UnexpectedError,
+                  "Failed to unescape json string (simdjson): {}, {}",
+                  escaped,
+                  e.what());
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        ThrowInfo(ErrorCode::UnexpectedError,
+                  "Failed to unescape json string: {}, {}",
+                  escaped,
+                  e.what());
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
 inline std::string
 ToString(JSONType type) {
     switch (type) {
diff --git a/internal/core/unittest/test_json_stats/test_traverse_json_for_build_stats.cpp b/internal/core/unittest/test_json_stats/test_traverse_json_for_build_stats.cpp
index 5d09396a44..0d200d82a0 100644
--- a/internal/core/unittest/test_json_stats/test_traverse_json_for_build_stats.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/unittest/test_json_stats/test_traverse_json_for_build_stats.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ TEST(TraverseJsonForBuildStatsTest,
         {"id": 34495370646 ,"type":"PublicEvent","actor":{"id":126890008,"login":"gegangene","display_login":"gegangene","gravatar_id":"",
         "url":"https:\/\/api.github.com\/users\/gegangene","avatar_url":"https:\/\/avatars.githubusercontent.com\/u\/126890008?"},
         "repo":{"id":737601171,"name":"gegangene\/scheduler","url":"https:\/\/api.github.com\/repos\/gegangene\/scheduler"},
-        "payload":{},"public":true,"created_at":"2024-01-01T00:01:28Z"}
+        "payload":{},"public":true,"created_at":"2024-01-01T00:01:28Z",
+        "msg":"line1\nline2\t\u4e2d\u6587 \/ backslash \\"}
     )";
 
     auto tokens = Tokenize(json);
@@ -113,4 +114,8 @@ TEST(TraverseJsonForBuildStatsTest,
     expect_has("/payload", JSONType::OBJECT, "{}");
     expect_has("/public", JSONType::BOOL, "true");
     expect_has("/created_at", JSONType::STRING, "2024-01-01T00:01:28Z");
+    expect_has("/repo/url",
+               JSONType::STRING,
+               "https://api.github.com/repos/gegangene/scheduler");
+    expect_has("/msg", JSONType::STRING, "line1\nline2\t中文 / backslash \\");
 }