diff --git a/e2e_test/source_inline/kafka/include_key_as.slt b/e2e_test/source_inline/kafka/include_key_as.slt
index 332e15bd54b03..2258204313b0a 100644
--- a/e2e_test/source_inline/kafka/include_key_as.slt
+++ b/e2e_test/source_inline/kafka/include_key_as.slt
@@ -186,21 +186,9 @@ rpk topic create 'test_additional_columns'
 system ok
 bash -c 'for i in {0..100}; do echo "key\$i:{\\"a\\": \$i}" | rpk topic produce test_additional_columns -f "%k:%v\\n" -H "header1=v1" -H "header2=v2"; done'
 
-statement ok
-create table additional_columns (a int)
-include key as key_col
-include partition as partition_col
-include offset as offset_col
-include timestamp as timestamp_col
-include header as header_col
-WITH (
-	${RISEDEV_KAFKA_WITH_OPTIONS_COMMON},
-	topic = 'test_additional_columns')
-FORMAT PLAIN ENCODE JSON
 
-# header with varchar type & non-exist header key
 statement error
-create table additional_columns_1 (a int)
+create table additional_columns (a int)
 include key as key_col
 include partition as partition_col
 include offset as offset_col
@@ -220,13 +208,13 @@ Caused by:
   Protocol error: Only header column can have inner field, but got "timestamp"
 
 
-# header with varchar type & non-exist header key
 statement ok
-create table additional_columns_1 (a int)
+create table additional_columns (a int)
 include key as key_col
 include partition as partition_col
 include offset as offset_col
 include timestamp as timestamp_col
+include header as header_col_combined
 include header 'header1' as header_col_1
 include header 'header2' as header_col_2
 include header 'header2' varchar as header_col_3
@@ -236,7 +224,6 @@ WITH (
 	topic = 'test_additional_columns')
 FORMAT PLAIN ENCODE JSON
 
-
 # Wait enough time to ensure SourceExecutor consumes all Kafka data.
 sleep 3s
 
@@ -284,19 +271,20 @@ WHERE  key_col IS NOT NULL
        AND partition_col IS NOT NULL
        AND offset_col IS NOT NULL
        AND timestamp_col IS NOT NULL
-       AND header_col IS NOT NULL
+       AND header_col_combined IS NOT NULL
 ----
 101
 
 
 query ??
-SELECT (header_col[1]).key AS key, (header_col[1]).value::text AS value
-FROM   additional_columns limit 1;
+WITH arr AS (SELECT header_col_combined FROM additional_columns limit 1)
+SELECT unnest(header_col_combined) FROM arr ORDER BY 1;
 ----
-header1	\x7631
+(header1,"\\x7631")
+(header2,"\\x7632")
 
 query ????
-select header_col_1, header_col_2, header_col_3, header_col_4 from additional_columns_1 limit 1
+select header_col_1, header_col_2, header_col_3, header_col_4 from additional_columns limit 1
 ----
 \x7631	\x7632	v2	NULL
 
@@ -305,3 +293,6 @@ drop table upsert_students
 
 statement ok
 drop table plain_students
+
+statement ok
+drop table additional_columns