diff --git a/pkg/ingress/kube/annotations/canary.go b/pkg/ingress/kube/annotations/canary.go
index 8f9173228..ce27bee88 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/kube/annotations/canary.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/kube/annotations/canary.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func ApplyByHeader(canary, route *networking.HTTPRoute, canaryIngress *Ingress)
 				match.Headers = map[string]*networking.StringMatch{
 					canaryConfig.Header: {
 						MatchType: &networking.StringMatch_Regex{
-							Regex: canaryConfig.HeaderPattern,
+							Regex: ".*" + canaryConfig.HeaderPattern + ".*",
 						},
 					},
 				}
diff --git a/test/e2e/conformance/tests/httproute-canary-header.go b/test/e2e/conformance/tests/httproute-canary-header.go
index 9b952f051..794d6b234 100644
--- a/test/e2e/conformance/tests/httproute-canary-header.go
+++ b/test/e2e/conformance/tests/httproute-canary-header.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ var HTTPRouteCanaryHeader = suite.ConformanceTest{
 		testcases := []http.Assertion{
 			{
 				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 1: canary header value matches",
 					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v1",
 					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
 				},
@@ -49,8 +50,10 @@ var HTTPRouteCanaryHeader = suite.ConformanceTest{
 						StatusCode: 200,
 					},
 				},
-			}, {
+			},
+			{
 				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 2: canary header value does not match",
 					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v2",
 					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
 				},
@@ -65,8 +68,10 @@ var HTTPRouteCanaryHeader = suite.ConformanceTest{
 						StatusCode: 200,
 					},
 				},
-			}, {
+			},
+			{
 				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 3: canary header value matches when the exact path matches",
 					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v2",
 					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
 				},
@@ -82,8 +87,10 @@ var HTTPRouteCanaryHeader = suite.ConformanceTest{
 						StatusCode: 200,
 					},
 				},
-			}, {
+			},
+			{
 				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 4: canary header value matches when the prefix path matches",
 					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v1",
 					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
 				},
@@ -102,6 +109,7 @@ var HTTPRouteCanaryHeader = suite.ConformanceTest{
 			},
 			{
 				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 5: canary header value does not match when the exact path matches",
 					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v3",
 					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
 				},
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@ var HTTPRouteCanaryHeader = suite.ConformanceTest{
 			},
 			{
 				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 6: canary header value does not match when the prefix path matches",
 					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v3",
 					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
 				},
@@ -134,6 +143,87 @@ var HTTPRouteCanaryHeader = suite.ConformanceTest{
 					},
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 7: canary header pattern matches",
+					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v1",
+					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
+				},
+				Request: http.AssertionRequest{
+					ActualRequest: http.Request{
+						Path: "/baz",
+						Host: "canary.higress.io",
+						Headers: map[string]string{
+							"traffic-split-higress": "test.com",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Response: http.AssertionResponse{
+					ExpectedResponse: http.Response{
+						StatusCode: 200,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 8: canary header pattern matches including the suffix",
+					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v1",
+					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
+				},
+				Request: http.AssertionRequest{
+					ActualRequest: http.Request{
+						Path: "/baz",
+						Host: "canary.higress.io",
+						Headers: map[string]string{
+							"traffic-split-higress": "test.com.abc",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Response: http.AssertionResponse{
+					ExpectedResponse: http.Response{
+						StatusCode: 200,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 9: canary header is not set",
+					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v2",
+					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
+				},
+				Request: http.AssertionRequest{
+					ActualRequest: http.Request{
+						Path: "/baz",
+						Host: "canary.higress.io",
+					},
+				},
+				Response: http.AssertionResponse{
+					ExpectedResponse: http.Response{
+						StatusCode: 200,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Meta: http.AssertionMeta{
+					TestCaseName:    "case 10: canary header pattern does not match",
+					TargetBackend:   "infra-backend-v2",
+					TargetNamespace: "higress-conformance-infra",
+				},
+				Request: http.AssertionRequest{
+					ActualRequest: http.Request{
+						Path: "/baz",
+						Host: "canary.higress.io",
+						Headers: map[string]string{
+							"traffic-split-higress": "test.org",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Response: http.AssertionResponse{
+					ExpectedResponse: http.Response{
+						StatusCode: 200,
+					},
+				},
+			},
 		}
 
 		t.Run("Canary HTTPRoute Traffic Split", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/conformance/tests/httproute-canary-header.yaml b/test/e2e/conformance/tests/httproute-canary-header.yaml
index f20ddc09c..9040a179b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/conformance/tests/httproute-canary-header.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/conformance/tests/httproute-canary-header.yaml
@@ -109,3 +109,45 @@ spec:
                 name: infra-backend-v3
                 port:
                   number: 8080
+---
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary: "true"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header: "traffic-split-higress"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/canary-by-header-pattern: "test.com"
+  name: ingress-baz-canary-pattern
+  namespace: higress-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  ingressClassName: higress
+  rules:
+    - host: canary.higress.io
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /baz
+            pathType: Exact
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: infra-backend-v1
+                port:
+                  number: 8080
+---
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: ingress-baz
+  namespace: higress-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  ingressClassName: higress
+  rules:
+    - host: canary.higress.io
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /baz
+            pathType: Exact
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: infra-backend-v2
+                port:
+                  number: 8080