diff --git a/dataformat-json/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonSerializer.java b/dataformat-json/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonSerializer.java
index 6e522922d..769068112 100644
--- a/dataformat-json/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonSerializer.java
+++ b/dataformat-json/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonSerializer.java
@@ -15,24 +15,22 @@
  */
 package org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.json;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
-import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.core.util.ReflectionHelper;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.SerializationException;
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.Serializer;
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.core.serialization.EnumSerializer;
+import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.core.util.ReflectionHelper;
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.model.Environment;
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.model.Referable;
 
-import java.util.List;
-import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.core.util.AasUtils;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 
 /**
  * Class for serializing an instance of AssetAdministrationShellEnvironment or Referables to JSON.
@@ -80,10 +78,13 @@ public String write(Referable referable) throws SerializationException {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String write(Collection<? extends Referable> referables) throws SerializationException {
-        if (referables == null || referables.isEmpty()) {
+	public String write(Collection<? extends Referable> referables) throws SerializationException {
+		if (referables == null) {
             return null;
-        }
+		} else if (referables.isEmpty()) {
+			return mapper.createArrayNode().toString();
+		}
+
         try {
             return mapper.writerFor(mapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(List.class, referables.iterator().next().getClass()))
                     .writeValueAsString(referables);
diff --git a/dataformat-json/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonReferableDeserializerTest.java b/dataformat-json/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonReferableDeserializerTest.java
index 7a772e168..68ef1d473 100644
--- a/dataformat-json/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonReferableDeserializerTest.java
+++ b/dataformat-json/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonReferableDeserializerTest.java
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.model.AssetAdministrationShell;
+import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.model.Referable;
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.model.Submodel;
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.model.SubmodelElement;
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.model.SubmodelElementList;
@@ -88,4 +90,11 @@ public void testReadSubmodelElementCollection() throws IOException, Deserializat
         SubmodelElementCollection actual = new JsonDeserializer().readReferable(Examples.SUBMODEL_ELEMENT_COLLECTION.fileContentStream(), SubmodelElementCollection.class);
         assertEquals(expected, actual);
     }
+
+	@Test
+	public void testReadEmptyReferableList() throws DeserializationException {
+		List<Referable> emptyList = Collections.emptyList();
+		List<Referable> deserialized = new JsonDeserializer().readReferables("[]", Referable.class);
+		assertEquals(emptyList, deserialized);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/dataformat-json/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonSerializerTest.java b/dataformat-json/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonSerializerTest.java
index 70cb38ed2..2b20fa113 100644
--- a/dataformat-json/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonSerializerTest.java
+++ b/dataformat-json/src/test/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/aas4j/v3/dataformat/json/JsonSerializerTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.core.AASSimple;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.json.util.ExampleData;
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.dataformat.json.util.Examples;
 import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.model.Environment;
+import org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j.v3.model.Referable;
 
 public class JsonSerializerTest {
 
@@ -73,6 +76,13 @@ public void testSerializeFullExample() throws SerializationException, JSONExcept
         validateAndCompare(Examples.EXAMPLE_FULL);
     }
 
+	@Test
+	public void testSerializeEmptyReferableList() throws SerializationException {
+		List<Referable> emptyList = Collections.emptyList();
+		String serialized = new JsonSerializer().write(emptyList);
+		assertEquals("[]", serialized);
+	}
+
     private void validateAndCompare(ExampleData<Environment> exampleData) throws IOException, SerializationException, JSONException {
         String expected = exampleData.fileContent();
         String actual = new JsonSerializer().write(exampleData.getModel());
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7d167ceb..b910262e2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <revision.major>1</revision.major>
         <revision.minor>0</revision.minor>
         <revision.patch>0</revision.patch>
-        <revision.suffix>-milestone-01</revision.suffix>
+        <revision.suffix>-milestone-02-SNAPSHOT</revision.suffix>
         <revision>${revision.major}.${revision.minor}.${revision.patch}${revision.suffix}</revision>
         <model.version>1.0.0-milestone-02-SNAPSHOT</model.version>