diff --git a/src/execute/oas3/style-serializer.js b/src/execute/oas3/style-serializer.js
index a405ab61a..62611364d 100644
--- a/src/execute/oas3/style-serializer.js
+++ b/src/execute/oas3/style-serializer.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const isRrc3986Unreserved = (char) => {
   return (/^[a-z0-9\-._~]+$/i).test(char)
 }
 
-export function encodeDisallowedCharacters(str, {escape} = {}) {
+export function encodeDisallowedCharacters(str, {escape} = {}, parse) {
   if (typeof str === 'number') {
     str = str.toString()
   }
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export function encodeDisallowedCharacters(str, {escape} = {}) {
     return str
   }
 
+  if (parse) {
+    return JSON.parse(str)
+  }
+
   return stringToCharArray(str).map((char) => {
     if (isRrc3986Unreserved(char)) {
       return char
@@ -166,6 +170,6 @@ function encodePrimitive({key, value, style, escape}) {
   }
 
   if (style === 'deepObject') {
-    return valueEncoder(value)
+    return valueEncoder(value, {}, true)
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/oas3/execute/style-explode/query.js b/test/oas3/execute/style-explode/query.js
index a65dad862..37b8dbc6f 100644
--- a/test/oas3/execute/style-explode/query.js
+++ b/test/oas3/execute/style-explode/query.js
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ describe('OAS 3.0 - buildRequest w/ `style` & `explode` - query parameters', fun
                   name: 'id',
                   in: 'query',
                   style: 'deepObject',
-                  explode: false
+                  explode: true
                 }
               ]
             }