diff --git a/src/Writing/OpenApiSpecGenerators/BaseGenerator.php b/src/Writing/OpenApiSpecGenerators/BaseGenerator.php
index 0674e5c1..aaf54346 100644
--- a/src/Writing/OpenApiSpecGenerators/BaseGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Writing/OpenApiSpecGenerators/BaseGenerator.php
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public function generateSchemaForResponseValue(mixed $value, OutputEndpointData
                     $path
                 );
                 if ($required) {
-                    $schema['required'] = $required;
+                    $schema['items']['required'] = $required;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public function generateSchemaForResponseValue(mixed $value, OutputEndpointData
     }
 
     /**
-     * Given an enpoint and a set of object keys at a path, return the properties that are specified as required.
+     * Given an endpoint and a set of object keys at a path, return the properties that are specified as required.
      */
     public function filterRequiredResponseFields(OutputEndpointData $endpoint, array $properties, string $path = ''): array
     {
@@ -485,19 +485,27 @@ protected function generateResponseContentSpec(?string $responseContent, OutputE
 
                 // Non-empty array
                 if (is_object($decoded[0])) {
-                    // If the first item is an object, we assume it's an array of objects'
+                    // If the first item is an object, we assume it's an array of objects
                     $properties = collect($decoded[0])->mapWithKeys(function ($value, $key) use ($endpoint) {
                         return [$key => $this->generateSchemaForResponseValue($value, $endpoint, $key)];
                     })->toArray();
 
+                    $requiredFields = $this->filterRequiredResponseFields($endpoint, array_keys($properties));
+
+                    $items = [
+                        'type' => $this->convertScribeOrPHPTypeToOpenAPIType(gettype($decoded[0])),
+                        'properties' => $this->objectIfEmpty($properties),
+                    ];
+
+                    if ($requiredFields) {
+                        $items['required'] = $requiredFields;
+                    }
+
                     return [
                         $contentType => [
                             'schema' => [
                                 'type' => 'array',
-                                'items' => [
-                                    'type' => $this->convertScribeOrPHPTypeToOpenAPIType(gettype($decoded[0])),
-                                    'properties' => $this->objectIfEmpty($properties),
-                                ],
+                                'items' => $items,
                                 'example' => $decoded,
                             ],
                         ],
diff --git a/tests/Unit/OpenAPISpecWriterTest.php b/tests/Unit/OpenAPISpecWriterTest.php
index e7952d31..49246592 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/OpenAPISpecWriterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/OpenAPISpecWriterTest.php
@@ -884,6 +884,60 @@ public function adds_responses_correctly_as_array_of_objects()
         ], $results['paths']['/path1']['get']['responses']);
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function adds_required_fields_on_bare_array_of_objects()
+    {
+        $endpointData = $this->createMockEndpointData([
+            'httpMethods' => ['GET'],
+            'uri' => '/path1',
+            'responses' => [
+                [
+                    'status' => 200,
+                    'description' => 'Successfully.',
+                    'content' => '[{"id": 1, "name": "John"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Jane"}]',
+                ],
+            ],
+            'responseFields' => [
+                'id' => [
+                    'name' => 'id',
+                    'type' => 'integer',
+                    'description' => 'The ID',
+                    'required' => true,
+                ],
+                'name' => [
+                    'name' => 'name',
+                    'type' => 'string',
+                    'description' => 'The name',
+                    'required' => true,
+                ],
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        $groups = [$this->createGroup([$endpointData])];
+        $results = $this->generate($groups);
+
+        $this->assertArraySubset([
+            '200' => [
+                'description' => 'Successfully.',
+                'content' => [
+                    'application/json' => [
+                        'schema' => [
+                            'type' => 'array',
+                            'items' => [
+                                'type' => 'object',
+                                'properties' => [
+                                    'id' => ['type' => 'integer'],
+                                    'name' => ['type' => 'string'],
+                                ],
+                                'required' => ['id', 'name'],
+                            ],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ], $results['paths']['/path1']['get']['responses']);
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function adds_response_content_type_correctly()
     {
@@ -1175,11 +1229,11 @@ public function adds_required_fields_on_array_of_objects()
                                                 'description' => 'Is primary resource',
                                             ],
                                         ],
-                                    ],
-                                    'required' => [
-                                        'name',
-                                        'uuid',
-                                        'primary',
+                                        'required' => [
+                                            'name',
+                                            'uuid',
+                                            'primary',
+                                        ],
                                     ],
                                 ],
                             ],
@@ -1483,11 +1537,11 @@ public function adds_enum_values_to_response_properties()
                                                 'description' => 'Is primary resource',
                                             ],
                                         ],
-                                    ],
-                                    'required' => [
-                                        'name',
-                                        'uuid',
-                                        'primary',
+                                        'required' => [
+                                            'name',
+                                            'uuid',
+                                            'primary',
+                                        ],
                                     ],
                                 ],
                             ],