diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index 864e179ddc3e6e546a23e385558375f5132001ef..a6cc5a76cba02d3564ea917e7be9906349ee28d3 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ static void dumpFieldToFile(FILE* fp, const char* val, TAOS_FIELD* field, int32_
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY:
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_NCHAR:
+    case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_JSON:
       memcpy(buf, val, length);
       buf[length] = 0;
       fprintf(fp, "\'%s\'", buf);