diff --git a/internal/datacoord/index_service.go b/internal/datacoord/index_service.go
index 81f81ea4bd..6a2e3e8351 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/index_service.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/index_service.go
@@ -233,6 +233,12 @@ func (s *Server) parseAndVerifyNestedPath(identifier string, schema *schemapb.Co
 	}
 
 	nestedPath := identifierExpr.GetColumnExpr().GetInfo().GetNestedPath()
+	// escape the nested path to avoid the path being interpreted as a JSON Pointer
+	nestedPath = lo.Map(nestedPath, func(path string, _ int) string {
+		s := strings.ReplaceAll(path, "~", "~0")
+		s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "/", "~1")
+		return s
+	})
 	return "/" + strings.Join(nestedPath, "/"), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/proxy/task_index.go b/internal/proxy/task_index.go
index 68e7880430..8c010aca9c 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/task_index.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/task_index.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package proxy
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -806,10 +807,29 @@ func (dit *describeIndexTask) Execute(ctx context.Context) error {
 				params = wrapUserIndexParams(metricType)
 			}
 		}
+		fieldName := field.Name
+		if field.IsDynamic {
+			jsonPath, err := funcutil.GetAttrByKeyFromRepeatedKV(common.JSONPathKey, indexInfo.GetIndexParams())
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Ctx(ctx).Warn("failed to get json path for dynamic field", zap.Error(err))
+			} else if jsonPath != "" {
+				// Skip leading "/" and find next "/" to get first path segment
+				trimmedPath := strings.TrimPrefix(jsonPath, "/")
+				slashIndex := strings.Index(trimmedPath, "/")
+				if slashIndex == -1 {
+					fieldName = trimmedPath // Use full remaining path if no more "/"
+				} else {
+					fieldName = trimmedPath[:slashIndex]
+				}
+				// Unescape JSON Pointer path: ~1 -> / and ~0 -> ~
+				fieldName = strings.ReplaceAll(fieldName, "~1", "/")
+				fieldName = strings.ReplaceAll(fieldName, "~0", "~")
+			}
+		}
 		desc := &milvuspb.IndexDescription{
 			IndexName:            indexInfo.GetIndexName(),
 			IndexID:              indexInfo.GetIndexID(),
-			FieldName:            field.Name,
+			FieldName:            fieldName,
 			Params:               params,
 			IndexedRows:          indexInfo.GetIndexedRows(),
 			TotalRows:            indexInfo.GetTotalRows(),