diff --git a/src/datatypes/src/json/value.rs b/src/datatypes/src/json/value.rs
index 2767f455f3..8718d399fd 100644
--- a/src/datatypes/src/json/value.rs
+++ b/src/datatypes/src/json/value.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt, ensure};
 use crate::Result;
 use crate::data_type::ConcreteDataType;
 use crate::error::{AlignJsonValueSnafu, SerializeSnafu};
-use crate::types::json_type::{JsonNativeType, JsonNumberType};
+use crate::types::json_type::{JsonNativeType, JsonNumberType, is_include};
 use crate::types::{StructField, StructType};
 use crate::value::{ListValue, StructValue, Value};
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ impl JsonValue {
     /// Returns an error if the value cannot be aligned without losing existing object fields or
     /// when a scalar type conversion is incompatible.
     pub(crate) fn try_align(&mut self, expected: &JsonNativeType) -> Result<()> {
-        if self.json_type() == expected {
+        if is_include(expected, self.json_type()) {
             return Ok(());
         }
 
@@ -887,14 +887,12 @@ mod tests {
                     "items".to_string(),
                     JsonVariant::Array(vec![JsonVariant::Object(BTreeMap::from([
                         ("id".to_string(), JsonVariant::from(1_u64)),
-                        ("note".to_string(), JsonVariant::Null),
                         (
                             "payload".to_string(),
                             JsonVariant::Variant(br#"{"k":"v"}"#.to_vec()),
                         ),
                     ]))]),
                 ),
-                ("name".to_string(), JsonVariant::Null),
             ])))
         );
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/standalone/common/types/json/json2.result b/tests/cases/standalone/common/types/json/json2.result
index d397966c21..3258089a89 100644
--- a/tests/cases/standalone/common/types/json/json2.result
+++ b/tests/cases/standalone/common/types/json/json2.result
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ select j.a, j.a.x from json2_table order by ts;
 | {"b":-2}                          |                                     |
 | {"b":3}                           |                                     |
 | {"b":-4}                          |                                     |
-|                                   |                                     |
+| {"b":null}                        |                                     |
 |                                   |                                     |
 | {"b":"s7"}                        |                                     |
 | {"b":8}                           |                                     |