diff --git a/crates/core/tedge_api/src/workflow/script.rs b/crates/core/tedge_api/src/workflow/script.rs
index 57367489fc..4738522c44 100644
--- a/crates/core/tedge_api/src/workflow/script.rs
+++ b/crates/core/tedge_api/src/workflow/script.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use super::WorkflowDefinitionError;
 use crate::workflow::GenericStateUpdate;
 use crate::workflow::ScriptDefinitionError;
 use serde::de::Error;
diff --git a/crates/core/tedge_api/src/workflow/toml_config.rs b/crates/core/tedge_api/src/workflow/toml_config.rs
index aea3fba968..f2510a5105 100644
--- a/crates/core/tedge_api/src/workflow/toml_config.rs
+++ b/crates/core/tedge_api/src/workflow/toml_config.rs
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ action = "proceed"
 on_success = "apply_operation"
 
 [apply_operation]
-iterate = "{.payload.target}"
+iterate = "${.payload.target}"
 on_next = "next_operation"
 on_success = "successful"
 on_error = "failed"
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ action = "cleanup"
                     on_error,
                 },
             ) => {
-                assert_eq!(target, "{.payload.target}");
+                assert_eq!(target, ".payload.target");
                 assert_eq!(on_next, &"next_operation".into());
                 assert_eq!(on_success, &"successful".into());
                 assert_eq!(on_error, &Some("failed".into()));
@@ -694,4 +694,20 @@ on_error = "failed"
         let res = OperationWorkflow::try_from(input);
         assert_matches!(res, Err(WorkflowDefinitionError::MissingState { state }) if state == *"on_success");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn iterate_parse_fails_with_invalid_json_path() {
+        let file = r#"
+operation = "custom_operation"
+
+[apply_operation]
+iterate = "{invalid.json.path}"
+on_next = "next_operation"
+on_success = "successful"
+on_error = "failed"
+"#;
+        let input: TomlOperationWorkflow = toml::from_str(file).unwrap();
+        let res = OperationWorkflow::try_from(input);
+        assert_matches!(res, Err(WorkflowDefinitionError::InvalidPathExpression(_)));
+    }
 }