diff --git a/api/core/workflow/nodes/http_request/entities.py b/api/core/workflow/nodes/http_request/entities.py
index 816ece9577a58..dec76a277e001 100644
--- a/api/core/workflow/nodes/http_request/entities.py
+++ b/api/core/workflow/nodes/http_request/entities.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
-from typing import Literal, Optional
+from typing import Any, Literal, Optional
 
 import httpx
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ValidationInfo, field_validator
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ class HttpRequestNodeBody(BaseModel):
     type: Literal["none", "form-data", "x-www-form-urlencoded", "raw-text", "json", "binary"]
     data: Sequence[BodyData] = Field(default_factory=list)
 
+    @field_validator("data", mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def check_data(cls, v: Any):
+        """For compatibility, if body is not set, return empty list."""
+        if not v:
+            return []
+        if isinstance(v, str):
+            return [BodyData(key="", type="text", value=v)]
+        return v
+
 
 class HttpRequestNodeTimeout(BaseModel):
     connect: int = dify_config.HTTP_REQUEST_MAX_CONNECT_TIMEOUT