diff --git a/cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/package/release/schemagenerator/helm_openapi_schema_gen.go b/cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/package/release/schemagenerator/helm_openapi_schema_gen.go
index 9d2c470a7d..3d0e91856a 100644
--- a/cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/package/release/schemagenerator/helm_openapi_schema_gen.go
+++ b/cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/package/release/schemagenerator/helm_openapi_schema_gen.go
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ func (h HelmValuesSchemaGen) calculateProperties(key *yaml3.Node, value *yaml3.N
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			apiKeys = append(apiKeys, &MapItem{Key: itemsKey, Value: calculatedProperties})
+		} else {
+			apiKeys = append(apiKeys, &MapItem{Key: itemsKey, Value: &Map{}})
 		}
 	case yaml3.ScalarNode:
 		defaultVal, err := h.getDefaultValue(value.Tag, value.Value)
diff --git a/cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/package/release/schemagenerator/helm_openapi_schema_gen_test.go b/cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/package/release/schemagenerator/helm_openapi_schema_gen_test.go
index 2006c3b8ca..c59681118b 100644
--- a/cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/package/release/schemagenerator/helm_openapi_schema_gen_test.go
+++ b/cli/pkg/kctrl/cmd/package/release/schemagenerator/helm_openapi_schema_gen_test.go
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@ arrKeyWithIntValues:
 arrKeyWithFloatValues:
 - 1.1
 - 1.2
+arrKeyEmpty: []
 `,
 			want: `properties:
+  arrKeyEmpty:
+    default: []
+    items: {}
+    type: array
   arrKeyWithFloatValues:
     default: []
     description: default value is 1.1. 1.2 is ignored
diff --git a/cli/test/e2e/package_authoring_e2e_test.go b/cli/test/e2e/package_authoring_e2e_test.go
index 83f3e4ac6b..c618b8e8a2 100644
--- a/cli/test/e2e/package_authoring_e2e_test.go
+++ b/cli/test/e2e/package_authoring_e2e_test.go
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ spec:
           properties:
             clusters:
               default: []
+              items: {}
               type: array
             kubeConfigSecretName:
               default: mongodb-enterprise-operator-multi-cluster-kubeconfig
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ spec:
               type: string
             tolerations:
               default: []
+              items: {}
               type: array
             vaultSecretBackend:
               properties:
@@ -812,6 +814,7 @@ spec:
           type: object
         imagePullSecrets:
           default: []
+          items: {}
           type: array
         nameOverride:
           default: ""