diff --git a/server/expression/executor.go b/server/expression/executor.go
index 3f3d0b40c7..c4e21b9e40 100644
--- a/server/expression/executor.go
+++ b/server/expression/executor.go
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func (e Executor) executeFilter(input value.Value, filter *Filter) (value.Value,
 			return value.Nil, err
 		}
 
-		args = append(args, resolvedArg.Value().Value)
+		args = append(args, resolvedArg.UnescappedString())
 	}
 
 	newValue, err := executeFilter(input, filter.Name, args)
diff --git a/server/expression/executor_test.go b/server/expression/executor_test.go
index c6cf3448e4..6480f46072 100644
--- a/server/expression/executor_test.go
+++ b/server/expression/executor_test.go
@@ -182,6 +182,13 @@ func TestStringInterpolationExecution(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestFilterExecution(t *testing.T) {
+	jsonResponseSpan := traces.Span{
+		ID:         id.NewRandGenerator().SpanID(),
+		Attributes: traces.NewAttributes(),
+	}
+
+	jsonResponseSpan.Attributes.Set("tracetest.response.body", `{"results":[{"count(*)":{"result":3}}]}`)
+
 	testCases := []executorTestCase{
 		{
 			Name:       "should_extract_id_from_json",
@@ -216,6 +223,14 @@ func TestFilterExecution(t *testing.T) {
 			Query:      `'{ "array": [1, 2, 5] }' | json_path '$.array[*]' | get_index 'last' = 5`,
 			ShouldPass: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:       "should_unescape_filter_arg",
+			Query:      `attr:tracetest.response.body | json_path '$.results[0][\'count(*)\'].result' = 3`,
+			ShouldPass: true,
+			AttributeDataStore: expression.AttributeDataStore{
+				Span: jsonResponseSpan,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	executeTestCases(t, testCases)
diff --git a/server/expression/value/value.go b/server/expression/value/value.go
index c67a602a01..2b1aa731fd 100644
--- a/server/expression/value/value.go
+++ b/server/expression/value/value.go
@@ -83,3 +83,11 @@ func (v Value) String() string {
 
 	return v.Value().Value
 }
+
+func (v Value) UnescappedString() string {
+	output := v.String()
+	output = strings.ReplaceAll(output, `\'`, `'`)
+	output = strings.ReplaceAll(output, `\"`, `"`)
+
+	return output
+}