diff --git a/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/parser_utils.py b/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/parser_utils.py
index 140c089b11..ccabde63cd 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/parser_utils.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/parser_utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import re
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, List
 
 
 def camel_to_snake(camel_case_string: str) -> str:
@@ -29,20 +29,29 @@ def snake_to_upper_camel(snake_case_string: str) -> str:
     return upper_camel_case_string
 
 
-def walk_and_apply_json(json_obj: Dict[Any, Any], apply) -> Dict[Any, Any]:
-    """Recursively walks a json object and applies a given function to the keys."""
+def walk_and_apply_json(
+    json_obj: Dict[Any, Any], apply, stop_keys: Optional[List[str]] = None
+) -> Dict[Any, Any]:
+    """Recursively walks a json object and applies a given function to the keys.
+
+    stop_keys (Optional[list[str]]): List of field keys that should stop the application function.
+        Any children of these keys will not have the application function applied to them.
+    """
 
     def _walk_and_apply_json(json_obj, new):
         if isinstance(json_obj, dict) and isinstance(new, dict):
             for key, value in json_obj.items():
                 new_key = apply(key)
-                if isinstance(value, dict):
-                    new[new_key] = {}
-                    _walk_and_apply_json(value, new=new[new_key])
-                elif isinstance(value, list):
-                    new[new_key] = []
-                    for item in value:
-                        _walk_and_apply_json(item, new=new[new_key])
+                if stop_keys and new_key not in stop_keys:
+                    if isinstance(value, dict):
+                        new[new_key] = {}
+                        _walk_and_apply_json(value, new=new[new_key])
+                    elif isinstance(value, list):
+                        new[new_key] = []
+                        for item in value:
+                            _walk_and_apply_json(item, new=new[new_key])
+                    else:
+                        new[new_key] = value
                 else:
                     new[new_key] = value
         elif isinstance(json_obj, dict) and isinstance(new, list):
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/types.py b/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/types.py
index 88f1dd59e3..0cd970a40f 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/types.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/jumpstart/types.py
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ def from_json(self, json_obj: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             json_obj (Dict[str, Any]): Dictionary representation of spec.
         """
         if self._is_hub_content:
-            json_obj = walk_and_apply_json(json_obj, camel_to_snake)
+            json_obj = walk_and_apply_json(json_obj, camel_to_snake, ["metrics"])
         self.model_id: str = json_obj.get("model_id")
         self.url: str = json_obj.get("url")
         self.version: str = json_obj.get("version")
diff --git a/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/constants.py b/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/constants.py
index 9117b2d26d..61543225f3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/constants.py
+++ b/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/constants.py
@@ -9813,7 +9813,7 @@
                 "ComponentNames": ["variant1"],
                 "BenchmarkMetrics": {
                     "ml.g5.12xlarge": [
-                        {"Name": "latency", "Unit": "sec", "Value": "0.19", "Concurrency": "1"},
+                        {"name": "latency", "unit": "sec", "value": "0.19", "concurrency": "1"},
                     ]
                 },
             },
diff --git a/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/test_utils.py
index ee50805792..f6ce1f238e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/sagemaker/jumpstart/hub/test_utils.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch, Mock
 from sagemaker.jumpstart.types import HubArnExtractedInfo
 from sagemaker.jumpstart.constants import JUMPSTART_DEFAULT_REGION_NAME
-from sagemaker.jumpstart.hub import utils
+from sagemaker.jumpstart.hub import utils, parser_utils
 
 
 def test_get_info_from_hub_resource_arn():
@@ -254,3 +254,52 @@ def test_get_hub_model_version_wildcard_char(mock_session):
     )
 
     assert result == "2.0.0"
+
+
+def test_walk_and_apply_json():
+    test_json = {
+        "CamelCaseKey": "value",
+        "CamelCaseObjectKey": {
+            "CamelCaseObjectChildOne": "value1",
+            "CamelCaseObjectChildTwo": "value2",
+        },
+        "IgnoreMyChildren": {"ShouldNotBeTouchedOne": "const1", "ShouldNotBeTouchedTwo": "const2"},
+        "ShouldNotIgnoreMyChildren": {"NopeNope": "no"},
+    }
+
+    result = parser_utils.walk_and_apply_json(
+        test_json, parser_utils.camel_to_snake, ["ignore_my_children"]
+    )
+    assert result == {
+        "camel_case_key": "value",
+        "camel_case_object_key": {
+            "camel_case_object_child_one": "value1",
+            "camel_case_object_child_two": "value2",
+        },
+        "ignore_my_children": {
+            "ShouldNotBeTouchedOne": "const1",
+            "ShouldNotBeTouchedTwo": "const2",
+        },
+        "should_not_ignore_my_children": {"nope_nope": "no"},
+    }
+
+
+def test_walk_and_apply_json_no_stop():
+    test_json = {
+        "CamelCaseKey": "value",
+        "CamelCaseObjectKey": {
+            "CamelCaseObjectChildOne": "value1",
+            "CamelCaseObjectChildTwo": "value2",
+        },
+        "CamelCaseObjectListKey": {"instance.ml.type.xlarge": [{"ShouldChangeMe": "string"}]},
+    }
+
+    result = parser_utils.walk_and_apply_json(test_json, parser_utils.camel_to_snake)
+    assert result == {
+        "camel_case_key": "value",
+        "camel_case_object_key": {
+            "camel_case_object_child_one": "value1",
+            "camel_case_object_child_two": "value2",
+        },
+        "camel_case_object_list_key": {"instance.ml.type.xlarge": [{"should_change_me": "string"}]},
+    }