diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/CastArraysAsListToList.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/CastArraysAsListToList.java
index 19966900a7..84376dbbfd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/CastArraysAsListToList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/CastArraysAsListToList.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.openrewrite.java.search.UsesMethod;
 import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
 import org.openrewrite.java.tree.JavaType;
+import org.openrewrite.java.tree.TypeTree;
 
 public class CastArraysAsListToList extends Recipe {
 
@@ -53,14 +54,17 @@ private static class CastArraysAsListToListVisitor extends JavaVisitor<Execution
         @Override
         public J visitTypeCast(J.TypeCast typeCast, ExecutionContext executionContext) {
             J j = super.visitTypeCast(typeCast, executionContext);
-            if (!(j instanceof J.TypeCast)) {
+            if (!(j instanceof J.TypeCast) || !(((J.TypeCast) j).getType() instanceof JavaType.Array)) {
                 return j;
             }
             typeCast = (J.TypeCast) j;
+            JavaType elementType = ((JavaType.Array) typeCast.getType()).getElemType();
+            while (elementType instanceof JavaType.Array) {
+                elementType = ((JavaType.Array) elementType).getElemType();
+            }
 
-            boolean matches = typeCast.getClazz().getTree() instanceof J.ArrayType
-                              && (typeCast.getType() instanceof JavaType.Class || typeCast.getType() instanceof JavaType.Parameterized)
-                              && ((JavaType.FullyQualified) typeCast.getType()).getOwningClass() == null // does not support inner class now
+            boolean matches = (elementType instanceof JavaType.Class || elementType instanceof JavaType.Parameterized)
+                              && ((JavaType.FullyQualified) elementType).getOwningClass() == null // does not support inner class now
                               && LIST_TO_ARRAY.matches(typeCast.getExpression())
                               && typeCast.getExpression() instanceof J.MethodInvocation
                               && ARRAYS_AS_LIST.matches(((J.MethodInvocation) typeCast.getExpression()).getSelect());
@@ -68,10 +72,10 @@ public J visitTypeCast(J.TypeCast typeCast, ExecutionContext executionContext) {
                 return typeCast;
             }
 
-            String fullyQualifiedName = ((JavaType.FullyQualified) typeCast.getType()).getFullyQualifiedName();
-            int dimensionSize = ((J.ArrayType) typeCast.getClazz().getTree()).getDimensions().size();
+            String fullyQualifiedName = ((JavaType.FullyQualified) elementType).getFullyQualifiedName();
+            J.ArrayType castType = (J.ArrayType) typeCast.getClazz().getTree();
 
-            if (fullyQualifiedName.equals("java.lang.Object") && dimensionSize == 1) {
+            if (fullyQualifiedName.equals("java.lang.Object") && !(castType.getElementType() instanceof J.ArrayType)) {
                 // we don't need to fix this case because toArray() does return Object[] type
                 return typeCast;
             }
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ public J visitTypeCast(J.TypeCast typeCast, ExecutionContext executionContext) {
             String className = fullyQualifiedName.substring(fullyQualifiedName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
             newArrayString.append(className);
             newArrayString.append("[0]");
-            for (int i = 0; i < dimensionSize - 1; i++) {
+            for (TypeTree temp = castType.getElementType(); temp instanceof J.ArrayType; temp = ((J.ArrayType) temp).getElementType()) {
                 newArrayString.append("[]");
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericsConstructors.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericsConstructors.java
index 32a4be8104..953b7f90f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericsConstructors.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericsConstructors.java
@@ -15,13 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.openrewrite.java.migrate.lang.var;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.openrewrite.*;
-import org.openrewrite.internal.StringUtils;
 import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.Nullable;
 import org.openrewrite.java.JavaIsoVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.java.JavaParser;
@@ -30,6 +25,9 @@
 import org.openrewrite.java.tree.*;
 import org.openrewrite.marker.Markers;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 
 public class UseVarForGenericsConstructors extends Recipe {
@@ -202,10 +200,8 @@ private static Expression typeToExpression(JavaType type) {
                 return new J.Identifier(Tree.randomId(), Space.EMPTY, Markers.EMPTY, emptyList(), className, type, null);
             }
             if (type instanceof JavaType.Array) {
-                int dimensions = StringUtils.countOccurrences(type.toString(), "[]");
-                List<JRightPadded<Space>> dimensionsDefinition = Collections.nCopies(dimensions, JRightPadded.build(Space.EMPTY));
                 TypeTree elemType = (TypeTree) typeToExpression(((JavaType.Array) type).getElemType());
-                return new J.ArrayType(Tree.randomId(), Space.EMPTY, Markers.EMPTY, elemType, dimensionsDefinition);
+                return new J.ArrayType(Tree.randomId(), Space.EMPTY, Markers.EMPTY, elemType, null, JLeftPadded.build(Space.EMPTY), type);
             }
             if (type instanceof JavaType.GenericTypeVariable) {
                 String variableName = ((JavaType.GenericTypeVariable) type).getName();