diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/HttpRequest.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/HttpRequest.kt
index ec781074e..ada324c97 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/HttpRequest.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/HttpRequest.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import io.ktor.http.*
 import io.ktor.http.content.*
 import io.specmatic.core.utilities.Flags.Companion.SPECMATIC_PRETTY_PRINT
 import io.specmatic.core.utilities.Flags.Companion.getBooleanValue
-import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION
 import org.apache.http.client.utils.URLEncodedUtils
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair
 import java.io.File
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ data class HttpRequest(
         method?.let { requestMap["method"] = StringValue(it) }
             ?: throw ContractException("Can't serialise the request without a method.")
 
-        setIfNotEmpty(requestMap, "query", queryParams.asMap())
+        setIfNotEmpty(requestMap, "query", queryParams.asJsonMap())
         setIfNotEmpty(requestMap, "headers", headers)
 
         when {
@@ -387,9 +386,17 @@ data class HttpRequest(
     }
 }
 
-private fun setIfNotEmpty(dest: MutableMap<String, Value>, key: String, data: Map<String, String>) {
+private fun setIfNotEmpty(dest: MutableMap<String, Value>, key: String, data: Map<String, Any>) {
     if (data.isNotEmpty())
-        dest[key] = JSONObjectValue(data.mapValues { StringValue(it.value) })
+        dest[key] = JSONObjectValue(data.mapValues {
+            if (it.value is List<*>) {
+                JSONArrayValue((it.value as List<*>).map { listValue ->
+                    StringValue(listValue.toString())
+                })
+            } else {
+                StringValue(it.value.toString())
+            }
+        })
 }
 
 fun nativeString(json: Map<String, Value>, key: String): String? {
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/QueryParameters.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/QueryParameters.kt
index ec73df843..8444ab17f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/QueryParameters.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/QueryParameters.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ data class QueryParameters(val paramPairs: List<Pair<String, String>> = emptyLis
         }.toMap()
     }
 
+    fun asJsonMap(): Map<String, Any> {
+        return paramPairs.groupBy { it.first }.map { (parameterName, parameterValues) ->
+            if (parameterValues.size > 1) {
+                parameterName to parameterValues.map { it.second }
+            } else {
+                parameterName to parameterValues.single().second
+            }
+        }.toMap()
+    }
+
     fun getValues(key: String): List<String> {
         return paramPairs.filter { it.first == key }.map { it.second }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/HttpRequestTest.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/HttpRequestTest.kt
index 2a16f69b6..e20de0813 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/HttpRequestTest.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/HttpRequestTest.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.specmatic.core
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue
 import io.specmatic.core.HttpRequest.*
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy
@@ -9,10 +10,6 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource
 import io.specmatic.core.pattern.*
-import io.specmatic.core.value.EmptyString
-import io.specmatic.core.value.JSONObjectValue
-import io.specmatic.core.value.NumberValue
-import io.specmatic.core.value.StringValue
 import io.specmatic.mock.ScenarioStub
 import io.specmatic.optionalPattern
 import io.ktor.client.request.*
@@ -21,6 +18,7 @@ import io.mockk.every
 import io.mockk.spyk
 import io.mockk.verify
 import io.specmatic.core.utilities.Flags
+import io.specmatic.core.value.*
 import java.util.stream.Stream
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 
@@ -42,6 +40,25 @@ internal class HttpRequestTest {
         assertThat(value.jsonObject.getValue("Data")).isEqualTo(StringValue("10"))
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    fun `when serialised to json, the request should contain multiple query parameters`() {
+        val queryParams = QueryParameters(listOf("key1" to "value1", "key1" to "value2", "key1" to "value3", "key2" to "value1"))
+        val json = HttpRequest("POST", "/").copy(queryParams = queryParams).toJSON()
+        val value = json.jsonObject.getValue("query") as JSONObjectValue
+        assertThat(value.jsonObject.getValue("key1")).isEqualTo(
+            JSONArrayValue(
+                listOf(
+                    StringValue("value1"),
+                    StringValue("value2"),
+                    StringValue("value3")
+                )
+            )
+        )
+        assertThat(value.jsonObject.getValue("key2")).isEqualTo(StringValue("value1")
+        )
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `when serialised to log string, the log should contain form fields`() {
         val logString = HttpRequest("POST", "/").copy(formFields = mapOf("Data" to "10")).toLogString()
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/QueryParametersTest.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/QueryParametersTest.kt
index 55882f1b3..85f3aaab4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/QueryParametersTest.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/QueryParametersTest.kt
@@ -10,4 +10,14 @@ class QueryParametersTest {
         val queryParameters = QueryParameters(listOf("brand_ids" to "1", "brand_ids" to "2", "brand_ids" to "3", "category_id" to "10"))
         assertThat(queryParameters.asMap()).isEqualTo(mapOf("brand_ids" to "[1, 2, 3]", "category_id" to "10"))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `should return map with value as json array for query parameters`() {
+        val queryParameters = QueryParameters(
+            listOf("brand_ids" to "1", "brand_ids" to "2", "brand_ids" to "3", "category_id" to "10")
+        )
+        assertThat(queryParameters.asJsonMap()).isEqualTo(
+            mapOf("brand_ids" to listOf("1", "2", "3"), "category_id" to "10")
+        )
+    }
 }
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