diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiWriterExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiWriterExtensions.cs
index f2e4aa5a9..f346dddc4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiWriterExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Writers/OpenApiWriterExtensions.cs
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ public static void WriteOptionalObject<T>(
         {
             if (value != null)
             {
-                if (value is IEnumerable values && !values.GetEnumerator().MoveNext())
+                if (value is IEnumerable values && value is not JsonArray && !values.GetEnumerator().MoveNext())
                 {
-                    return; // Don't render optional empty collections
+                    return; // Don't render optional empty collections except for the Default properties which are JsonArray
                 }
 
                 writer.WriteRequiredObject(name, value, action);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiSchemaTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiSchemaTests.cs
index 72fb153dd..c992f6656 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiSchemaTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiSchemaTests.cs
@@ -315,6 +315,40 @@ public void CloningSchemaWithExamplesAndEnumsShouldSucceed()
             Assert.Equivalent(6, clone.Default.GetValue<int>());
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void DefaultEmptyCollectionShouldRoundTrip()
+        {
+            // Given
+            var serializedSchema =
+            """
+            {
+                "type": "array",
+                "items": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": []
+                }
+            }
+            """;
+            using var textWriter = new StringWriter();
+            var writer = new OpenApiJsonWriter(textWriter);
+
+            // When
+            var schema = OpenApiModelFactory.Parse<OpenApiSchema>(serializedSchema, OpenApiSpecVersion.OpenApi3_1, new(), out _, "json", SettingsFixture.ReaderSettings);
+
+            var deserializedArray = Assert.IsType<JsonArray>(schema.Items.Default);
+            Assert.Empty(deserializedArray);
+
+            schema.SerializeAsV31(writer);
+            var roundTrippedSchema = textWriter.ToString();
+
+            // Then
+            var parsedResult = JsonNode.Parse(roundTrippedSchema);
+            var parsedExpected = JsonNode.Parse(serializedSchema);
+            Assert.True(JsonNode.DeepEquals(parsedExpected, parsedResult));
+            var resultingArray = Assert.IsType<JsonArray>(parsedResult["items"]?["default"]);
+            Assert.Empty(resultingArray);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task SerializeV31SchemaWithMultipleTypesAsV3Works()
         {