diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/cedelsb/kafka/connect/smt/converter/JsonSchemalessRecordConverter.java b/src/main/java/com/github/cedelsb/kafka/connect/smt/converter/JsonSchemalessRecordConverter.java
index b2ee6df..2045630 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/cedelsb/kafka/connect/smt/converter/JsonSchemalessRecordConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/cedelsb/kafka/connect/smt/converter/JsonSchemalessRecordConverter.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.bson.codecs.DocumentCodecProvider;
 import org.bson.codecs.MapCodecProvider;
 import org.bson.codecs.ValueCodecProvider;
+import org.bson.codecs.IterableCodecProvider;
 import org.bson.codecs.configuration.CodecRegistries;
 import org.bson.codecs.configuration.CodecRegistry;
 
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ public class JsonSchemalessRecordConverter implements RecordConverter {
                         new DocumentCodecProvider(),
                         new BsonValueCodecProvider(),
                         new ValueCodecProvider(),
-                        new MapCodecProvider()
+                        new MapCodecProvider(),
+                        new IterableCodecProvider()
                 );
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/cedelsb/kafka/connect/smt/Record2JsonStringConverterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/cedelsb/kafka/connect/smt/Record2JsonStringConverterTest.java
index 28fd58e..b96ba0b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/cedelsb/kafka/connect/smt/Record2JsonStringConverterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/cedelsb/kafka/connect/smt/Record2JsonStringConverterTest.java
@@ -210,6 +210,28 @@ public void transformRecordValue2JsonStringWithoutSchemaTest() {
         assertEquals("{\"simpleString\": \"TestString\", \"simpleBoolean\": true, \"simpleFLOAT32\": 1.0, \"simpleFLOAT64\": 2.0, \"simpleInt8\": 8, \"simpleInt16\": 2, \"simpleInt32\": 3, \"simpleInt64\": 4, \"simpleBytes\": {\"$binary\": {\"base64\": \"S2Fma2Egcm9ja3Mh\", \"subType\": \"00\"}}, \"nestedArray1\": {\"entry\": \"testEntry\"}, \"nestedArray2\": {\"entry\": \"testEntry2\"}, \"simpleDate\": {\"$date\": \"2022-12-03T00:00:00Z\"}, \"simpleTime\": {\"$date\": \"2022-12-03T00:00:00Z\"}, \"simpleTimestamp\": {\"$date\": \"2022-12-03T12:00:00Z\"}, \"simpleDecimal\": {\"$numberDecimal\": \"12345.6789\"}}", jsonString);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void transformRecordValue2JsonStringWithoutSchemaWithEmptyArrayListTest() {
+        // value for json format without schema
+        HashMap<String, Object> simpleValueWithoutSchema = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        simpleValueWithoutSchema.put("emptyArrayList", new ArrayList<>());
+
+        final Map<String, Object> props = new HashMap<>();
+        props.put("json.string.field.name", "myawesomejsonstringfield");
+
+        valueSmt.configure(props);
+        final SinkRecord record = new SinkRecord(null, 0, null, null, null, simpleValueWithoutSchema, 0);
+        final SinkRecord transformedRecord = valueSmt.apply(record);
+
+        assertEquals(1, transformedRecord.valueSchema().fields().size());
+        assertEquals(Schema.STRING_SCHEMA,transformedRecord.valueSchema().field("myawesomejsonstringfield").schema());
+
+        Struct value = (Struct) transformedRecord.value();
+        String jsonString = (String) value.get("myawesomejsonstringfield");
+
+        assertEquals("{\"emptyArrayList\": []}", jsonString);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void transformRecordValue2JsonStringLogicalTypesDatetimeAsStringTest() {
         final Map<String, Object> props = new HashMap<>();