diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/tests/RecordSessionTests.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/tests/RecordSessionTests.cs
index 014bf0620272..3219a40f838c 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/tests/RecordSessionTests.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/tests/RecordSessionTests.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
-using Azure.Core.Pipeline;
 using Azure.Core.Testing;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ namespace Azure.Core.Tests
     public class RecordSessionTests
     {
         [TestCase("{\"json\":\"value\"}", "application/json")]
+        [TestCase("[\"json\", \"value\"]", "application/json")]
+        [TestCase("[{\"json\":\"value\"}, {\"json\":\"value\"}]", "application/json")]
         [TestCase("invalid json", "application/json")]
         [TestCase("{ \"json\": \"value\" }", "unknown")]
         [TestCase("multi\rline", "application/xml")]
diff --git a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/tests/TestFramework/RecordEntry.cs b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/tests/TestFramework/RecordEntry.cs
index a4bf2d1bbaf2..759bf1f0ee38 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Azure.Core/tests/TestFramework/RecordEntry.cs
+++ b/sdk/core/Azure.Core/tests/TestFramework/RecordEntry.cs
@@ -166,9 +166,16 @@ private void SerializeBody(Utf8JsonWriter jsonWriter, string name, byte[] reques
                 try
                 {
                     using JsonDocument document = JsonDocument.Parse(requestBody);
-                    jsonWriter.WritePropertyName(name.AsSpan());
-                    document.RootElement.WriteTo(jsonWriter);
-                    return;
+
+                    // We use array as a wrapper for string based serialization
+                    // so if the root is an array we can't write it directly
+                    // fallback to generic string writing
+                    if (document.RootElement.ValueKind != JsonValueKind.Array)
+                    {
+                        jsonWriter.WritePropertyName(name.AsSpan());
+                        document.RootElement.WriteTo(jsonWriter);
+                        return;
+                    }
                 }
                 catch (Exception)
                 {