diff --git a/src/Protocol/Type/VarIntCompactArray.php b/src/Protocol/Type/VarIntCompactArray.php
index 64066f9..0162aa0 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Type/VarIntCompactArray.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Type/VarIntCompactArray.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public static function pack(?array $array, ?string $elementType = null, int $api
         if (null === $array) {
             $result = VarInt::pack(0);
         } else {
-            $length = \count($array) + 1;
+            $length = \count($array);
             $result = VarInt::pack($length);
             foreach ($array as $item) {
                 if (null === $elementType) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public static function pack(?array $array, ?string $elementType = null, int $api
 
     public static function unpack(string $value, ?int &$size, string $elementType, int $apiVersion = 0): ?array
     {
-        $length = VarInt::unpack($value, $tmpSize) - 1;
+        $length = VarInt::unpack($value, $tmpSize);
         if ($length > 0) {
             $array = [];
             $size = 0;
diff --git a/tests/TypeTest.php b/tests/TypeTest.php
index 8c920a9..8cee5e6 100644
--- a/tests/TypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/TypeTest.php
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ public function testVarIntCompactArray(): void
     {
         $exceptedArray = [1, 2, 3];
         $encodeResult = VarIntCompactArray::pack($exceptedArray, Int32::class);
-        $this->assertEquals('08000000010000000200000003', bin2hex($encodeResult));
+        $this->assertEquals('06000000010000000200000003', bin2hex($encodeResult));
         $this->assertEquals($exceptedArray, VarIntCompactArray::unpack($encodeResult, $size, Int32::class));
         $this->assertEquals(13, $size);
     }