diff --git a/confmap/internal/e2e/expand_test.go b/confmap/internal/e2e/expand_test.go
index 2c5c6cb20f5..61a08977aaa 100644
--- a/confmap/internal/e2e/expand_test.go
+++ b/confmap/internal/e2e/expand_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 func Test_EscapedEnvVars_NoDefaultScheme(t *testing.T) {
 	const expandedValue = "some expanded value"
 	t.Setenv("ENV_VALUE", expandedValue)
+	t.Setenv("ENV_LIST", "['$$ESCAPE_ME','$$ESCAPE_ME']")
+	t.Setenv("ENV_MAP", "{'key': '$$ESCAPE_ME'}")
 
 	expectedMap := map[string]any{
 		"test_map": map[string]any{
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ func Test_EscapedEnvVars_NoDefaultScheme(t *testing.T) {
 			"key13": "env:MAP_VALUE_2}${ENV_VALUE}{",
 			"key14": "$" + expandedValue,
 			"key15": "$ENV_VALUE",
+			"key16": []any{"$ESCAPE_ME", "$ESCAPE_ME"},
+			"key17": map[string]any{"key": "$ESCAPE_ME"},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -59,6 +63,8 @@ func Test_EscapedEnvVars_NoDefaultScheme(t *testing.T) {
 func Test_EscapedEnvVars_DefaultScheme(t *testing.T) {
 	const expandedValue = "some expanded value"
 	t.Setenv("ENV_VALUE", expandedValue)
+	t.Setenv("ENV_LIST", "['$$ESCAPE_ME','$$ESCAPE_ME']")
+	t.Setenv("ENV_MAP", "{'key': '$$ESCAPE_ME'}")
 
 	expectedMap := map[string]any{
 		"test_map": map[string]any{
@@ -77,6 +83,8 @@ func Test_EscapedEnvVars_DefaultScheme(t *testing.T) {
 			"key13": "env:MAP_VALUE_2}${ENV_VALUE}{",
 			"key14": "$" + expandedValue,
 			"key15": "$ENV_VALUE",
+			"key16": []any{"$ESCAPE_ME", "$ESCAPE_ME"},
+			"key17": map[string]any{"key": "$ESCAPE_ME"},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/confmap/internal/e2e/testdata/expand-escaped-env.yaml b/confmap/internal/e2e/testdata/expand-escaped-env.yaml
index ca3df782cb6..74a1d9fa2af 100644
--- a/confmap/internal/e2e/testdata/expand-escaped-env.yaml
+++ b/confmap/internal/e2e/testdata/expand-escaped-env.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ test_map:
   key14: "$$${env:ENV_VALUE}"
   # $ -> $
   key15: "$ENV_VALUE"
+  # list is escaped
+  key16: "${env:ENV_LIST}"
+  # map is escaped
+  key17: "${env:ENV_MAP}"
diff --git a/confmap/resolver.go b/confmap/resolver.go
index 3237a258c74..92b22bfbf1d 100644
--- a/confmap/resolver.go
+++ b/confmap/resolver.go
@@ -181,11 +181,7 @@ func (mr *Resolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context) (*Conf, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		if v, ok := val.(string); ok {
-			cfgMap[k] = strings.ReplaceAll(v, "$$", "$")
-		} else {
-			cfgMap[k] = val
-		}
+		cfgMap[k] = escapeDollarSign(val)
 	}
 	retMap = NewFromStringMap(cfgMap)
 
@@ -199,6 +195,31 @@ func (mr *Resolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context) (*Conf, error) {
 	return retMap, nil
 }
 
+func escapeDollarSign(val any) any {
+	switch v := val.(type) {
+	case string:
+		return strings.ReplaceAll(v, "$$", "$")
+	case expandedValue:
+		v.Original = strings.ReplaceAll(v.Original, "$$", "$")
+		v.Value = escapeDollarSign(v.Value)
+		return v
+	case []any:
+		nslice := make([]any, len(v), len(v))
+		for i, x := range v {
+			nslice[i] = escapeDollarSign(x)
+		}
+		return nslice
+	case map[string]any:
+		nmap := make(map[string]any, len(v))
+		for k, x := range v {
+			nmap[k] = escapeDollarSign(x)
+		}
+		return nmap
+	default:
+		return val
+	}
+}
+
 // Watch blocks until any configuration change was detected or an unrecoverable error
 // happened during monitoring the configuration changes.
 //