diff --git a/pkg/engine/utils/foreach.go b/pkg/engine/utils/foreach.go
index 25d7f9fbc7..cf65c213c4 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/utils/foreach.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/utils/foreach.go
@@ -9,12 +9,22 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 )
 
+// EvaluateList evaluates the context using the given JMESPath expression and returns a unified slice of interfaces.
 func EvaluateList(jmesPath string, ctx enginecontext.EvalInterface) ([]interface{}, error) {
 	i, err := ctx.Query(jmesPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	m, ok := i.([]map[string]interface{})
+	if ok {
+		l := make([]interface{}, 0, len(m))
+		for _, e := range m {
+			l = append(l, e)
+		}
+		return l, nil
+	}
+
 	l, ok := i.([]interface{})
 	if !ok {
 		return []interface{}{i}, nil
diff --git a/pkg/engine/utils/foreach_test.go b/pkg/engine/utils/foreach_test.go
index 2d0010528f..0ad19a1680 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/utils/foreach_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/utils/foreach_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/context"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/jmespath"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -14,3 +17,74 @@ func Test_InvertElements(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "b", elemsInverted[1])
 	assert.Equal(t, "c", elemsInverted[0])
 }
+
+func Test_EvaluateList(t *testing.T) {
+	entryName := "test_object"
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		rawData  []byte
+		jmesPath string
+		expected interface{}
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "slice data",
+			rawData:  []byte(`["test-value-1", "test-value-2"]`),
+			jmesPath: entryName,
+			expected: []interface{}{"test-value-1", "test-value-2"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "map data",
+			rawData: []byte(`
+				{
+					"test-key-1": "test-value-1",
+					"test-key-2": "test-value-2"
+				}
+			`),
+			jmesPath: entryName + ".items(@, 'key', 'value')",
+			expected: []interface{}{
+				map[string]interface{}{
+					"key":   "test-key-1",
+					"value": "test-value-1",
+				},
+				map[string]interface{}{
+					"key":   "test-key-2",
+					"value": "test-value-2",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "map data with custom fields",
+			rawData: []byte(`
+				{
+					"test-key-1": "test-value-1",
+					"test-key-2": "test-value-2"
+				}
+			`),
+			jmesPath: "test_object.items(@, 'another-key', 'another-value')",
+			expected: []interface{}{
+				map[string]interface{}{
+					"another-key":   "test-key-1",
+					"another-value": "test-value-1",
+				},
+				map[string]interface{}{
+					"another-key":   "test-key-2",
+					"another-value": "test-value-2",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	cfg := config.NewDefaultConfiguration(false)
+	jp := jmespath.New(cfg)
+
+	for _, item := range cases {
+		t.Run(item.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ctx := context.NewContext(jp)
+			assert.NoError(t, ctx.AddContextEntry(entryName, item.rawData))
+
+			list, err := EvaluateList(item.jmesPath, ctx)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, item.expected, list)
+		})
+	}
+}