diff --git a/osmclient/common/print_output.py b/osmclient/common/print_output.py
index 9f1e011b3997ce6c736431d5bad25b64c7633c1b..145c63efcec33f8508facbbec17341e64cd9de9c 100644
--- a/osmclient/common/print_output.py
+++ b/osmclient/common/print_output.py
@@ -53,6 +53,22 @@ literal_option = click.option(
 )
 
 
+def normalize_jsonpath(json_path_expression):
+    """
+    Normalizes JSONPath expressions from kubectl format to jsonpath_ng format.
+    Example:
+    - '{.name}' becomes 'name'
+    - '{.items[0].metadata.name}' becomes 'items[0].metadata.name'
+    """
+    # Remove braces at the beginning and end
+    if json_path_expression.startswith("{") and json_path_expression.endswith("}"):
+        json_path_expression = json_path_expression[1:-1]
+    # Remove the leading '.'
+    if json_path_expression.startswith("."):
+        json_path_expression = json_path_expression[1:]
+    return json_path_expression
+
+
 def print_output(format="table", headers=["field", "value"], rows=None, data=None):
     """
     Prints content in specified format.
@@ -96,7 +112,14 @@ def print_output(format="table", headers=["field", "value"], rows=None, data=Non
         elif format.startswith("jsonpath="):
             # JSONPath expression
             json_path_expression = format.partition("=")[-1]
-            logger.debug(f"Jsonpath expression: {json_path_expression}")
+            logger.debug(f"Received jsonpath expression: {json_path_expression}")
+            # Support kubectl format
+            if json_path_expression.startswith("{") and json_path_expression.endswith(
+                "}"
+            ):
+                logger.debug("Detected kubectl JSONPath format")
+                json_path_expression = normalize_jsonpath(json_path_expression)
+            logger.debug(f"Final jsonpath expression: {json_path_expression}")
             json_path = parse(json_path_expression)
             # Apply JSONPath expression on the JSON object
             results = [match.value for match in json_path.find(data)]