diff --git a/examples/dynamic_jsonpath.rs b/examples/dynamic_jsonpath.rs
index 04a5827b1..bc4b02d48 100644
--- a/examples/dynamic_jsonpath.rs
+++ b/examples/dynamic_jsonpath.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // Use the given JSONPATH to filter the ObjectList
     let list_json = serde_json::to_value(&list)?;
     for res in jsonpath.find_slice(&list_json) {
-        if let Some(path) = res.to_path() {
-            info!("\t\t: {path}");
-        }
+        info!("\t\t {}", res.to_data());
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/kube-client/src/client/auth/mod.rs b/kube-client/src/client/auth/mod.rs
index f112a459e..beb94b291 100644
--- a/kube-client/src/client/auth/mod.rs
+++ b/kube-client/src/client/auth/mod.rs
@@ -516,14 +516,7 @@ fn extract_value(json: &serde_json::Value, context: &str, path: &str) -> Result<
         )));
     };
 
-    if let Some(val) = res.clone().to_path() {
-        Ok(val.to_owned())
-    } else {
-        Err(Error::AuthExec(format!(
-            "Target {:?} value {:?} is not a string: {:?}",
-            context, path, res
-        )))
-    }
+    Ok(res.to_data().to_string())
 }
 
 /// ExecCredentials is used by exec-based plugins to communicate credentials to