diff --git a/litestar/_openapi/request_body.py b/litestar/_openapi/request_body.py
index 2d9b446c2f..20480e2ce2 100644
--- a/litestar/_openapi/request_body.py
+++ b/litestar/_openapi/request_body.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Mapping
 
 from litestar._openapi.schema_generation import SchemaCreator
+from litestar._openapi.schema_generation.utils import get_formatted_examples
 from litestar.enums import RequestEncodingType
 from litestar.openapi.spec.media_type import OpenAPIMediaType
 from litestar.openapi.spec.request_body import RequestBody
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from litestar._openapi.datastructures import OpenAPIContext
     from litestar.dto import AbstractDTO
-    from litestar.openapi.spec import Example, Reference
+    from litestar.openapi.spec import Example
     from litestar.typing import FieldDefinition
 
 
@@ -48,11 +49,8 @@ def create_request_body(
     else:
         schema = schema_creator.for_field_definition(data_field)
 
-    examples: dict[str, Example | Reference] | None = None
-    if isinstance(data_field.kwarg_definition, BodyKwarg) and data_field.kwarg_definition.examples:
-        examples = {}
-        for example in data_field.kwarg_definition.examples:
-            if isinstance(example.summary, str) and isinstance(example.value, dict):
-                examples[example.summary] = example
+    examples: Mapping[str, Example] | None = None
+    if isinstance(data_field.kwarg_definition, BodyKwarg) and isinstance(data_field.kwarg_definition.examples, list):
+        examples = get_formatted_examples(data_field, data_field.kwarg_definition.examples)
 
     return RequestBody(required=True, content={media_type: OpenAPIMediaType(schema=schema, examples=examples)})
diff --git a/litestar/openapi/spec/media_type.py b/litestar/openapi/spec/media_type.py
index 3e83fb5e0a..dfc741ebc1 100644
--- a/litestar/openapi/spec/media_type.py
+++ b/litestar/openapi/spec/media_type.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Mapping
 
 from litestar.openapi.spec.base import BaseSchemaObject
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class OpenAPIMediaType(BaseSchemaObject):
     example provided by the schema.
     """
 
-    examples: dict[str, Example | Reference] | None = None
+    examples: dict[str, Example | Reference] | Mapping[str, Example] | None = None
     """Examples of the media type.
 
     Each example object SHOULD match the media type and specified schema if present.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_openapi/test_request_body.py b/tests/unit/test_openapi/test_request_body.py
index af439b7b2b..a7422ec573 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_openapi/test_request_body.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_openapi/test_request_body.py
@@ -157,5 +157,5 @@ async def handler(
     schema = app.openapi_schema.to_schema()
 
     assert schema["paths"]["/example"]["post"]["requestBody"]["content"]["application/json"]["examples"] == {
-        "example": {"summary": "example", "value": {"name": "John", "age": 30}}
+        "data-example-1": {"summary": "example", "value": {"name": "John", "age": 30}}
     }