diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/RequestBuilders/Request.WithBody.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/RequestBuilders/Request.WithBody.cs
index 19926529..12b15595 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/RequestBuilders/Request.WithBody.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/RequestBuilders/Request.WithBody.cs
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ public partial class Request
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public IRequestBuilder WithBodyAsJson(object body, MatchBehaviour matchBehaviour = MatchBehaviour.AcceptOnMatch)
     {
-        return WithBody(new IMatcher[] { new JsonMatcher(matchBehaviour, body) });
+        var matcher = body as IMatcher ?? new JsonMatcher(matchBehaviour, body);
+        return WithBody([matcher]);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public IRequestBuilder WithBody(IMatcher matcher)
     {
-        return WithBody(new[] { matcher });
+        return WithBody([matcher]);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests.cs
index d8009ac8..3bf67734 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Matchers/JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher("{}");
 
         // Act
-        string name = matcher.Name;
+        var name = matcher.Name;
 
         // Assert
         Check.That(name).Equals("JsonPartialWildcardMatcher");
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher("{}");
 
         // Act
-        object value = matcher.Value;
+        var value = matcher.Value;
 
         // Assert
         Check.That(value).Equals("{}");
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher("");
 
         // Act 
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(bytes).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(bytes).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Check.That(match).IsEqualTo(0);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher("");
 
         // Act 
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(s).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(s).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Check.That(match).IsEqualTo(0);
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher("");
 
         // Act 
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(o).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(o).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Check.That(match).IsEqualTo(0);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
             "x",
             "y"
         };
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jArray).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jArray).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
             { "Id", new JValue(1) },
             { "Name", new JValue("Test") }
         };
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
             { "Id", new JValue(1) },
             { "NaMe", new JValue("Test") }
         };
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
 
         // Act 
         var jObject = JObject.Parse("{ \"Id\" : 1, \"Name\" : \"Test\" }");
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
 
         // Act 
         var jObject = JObject.Parse("{ \"Id\" : 1, \"Name\" : \"Test\" }");
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
             "x",
             "y"
         };
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jArray).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jArray).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
             { "Id", new JValue(1) },
             { "Name", new JValue("Test") }
         };
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
             { "Id", new JValue(1) },
             { "Name", new JValue("Test") }
         };
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
             { "Id", new JValue(1) },
             { "Name", new JValue("Test") }
         };
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(0.0, match);
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         {
             { "preferredAt", new JValue("2019-11-21T10:32:53.2210009+00:00") }
         };
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher(value);
 
         // Act
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
 
         // Assert
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher(value);
 
         // Act
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
 
         // Assert
         match.Should().Be(1.0);
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher(value);
 
         // Act
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
 
         // Assert
         Assert.Equal(0.0, match);
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher(value);
 
         // Act
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
 
         // Assert
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
@@ -382,14 +382,14 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher(value);
 
         // Act
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(input).Score;
 
         // Assert
         Assert.Equal(0.0, match);
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void JsonPartialWildcardMatcher_IsMatch_WithIgnoreCaseTrueAndRegexTrue_JObject()
+    public void JsonPartialWildcardMatcher_IsMatch_WithIgnoreCaseTrueAndRegexTrue_JObject1()
     {
         // Assign 
         var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher(new { id = 1, Number = "^\\d+$" }, ignoreCase: true, regex: true);
@@ -400,7 +400,22 @@ public class JsonPartialWildcardMatcherTests
             { "Id", new JValue(1) },
             { "Number", new JValue(1) }
         };
-        double match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
+
+        // Assert 
+        Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void JsonPartialWildcardMatcher_IsMatch_WithIgnoreCaseTrueAndRegexTrue_JObject2()
+    {
+        // Assign 
+        var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher(new { method = "initialize", id = "^[a-f0-9]{32}-[0-9]$" }, ignoreCase: true, regex: true);
+
+        // Act 
+        var jObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(
+            "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":\"ec475f56d4694b48bc737500ba575b35-1\",\"method\":\"initialize\",\"params\":{\"protocolVersion\":\"2024-11-05\",\"capabilities\":{},\"clientInfo\":{\"name\":\"GitHub Test\",\"version\":\"1.0.0\"}}}");
+        var match = matcher.IsMatch(jObject).Score;
 
         // Assert 
         Assert.Equal(1.0, match);
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMockServerTests.WithBody.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMockServerTests.WithBody.cs
index 3bcfbaf6..57d45e44 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMockServerTests.WithBody.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/WireMockServerTests.WithBody.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using FluentAssertions;
 using WireMock.Matchers;
@@ -166,6 +168,40 @@ public partial class WireMockServerTests
         server.Stop();
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task WireMockServer_WithBodyAsJson_Using_PostAsync_And_JsonPartialWildcardMatcher_ShouldMatch()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        using var server = WireMockServer.Start();
+
+        var matcher = new JsonPartialWildcardMatcher(new { method = "initialize", id = "^[a-f0-9]{32}-[0-9]$" }, ignoreCase: true, regex: true);
+        server.Given(Request.Create()
+            .WithHeader("Content-Type", "application/json*")
+            .UsingPost()
+            .WithPath("/foo")
+            .WithBody(matcher)
+        )
+        .RespondWith(Response.Create()
+            .WithHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
+            .WithBody("""
+                      {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"{{request.bodyAsJson.id}}","result":{"protocolVersion":"2024-11-05","capabilities":{"logging":{},"prompts":{"listChanged":true},"resources":{"subscribe":true,"listChanged":true},"tools":{"listChanged":true}},"serverInfo":{"name":"ExampleServer","version":"1.0.0"}}}
+                      """)
+            .WithStatusCode(200)
+        );
+
+        // Act
+        var content = "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":\"ec475f56d4694b48bc737500ba575b35-1\",\"method\":\"initialize\",\"params\":{\"protocolVersion\":\"2024-11-05\",\"capabilities\":{},\"clientInfo\":{\"name\":\"GitHub Test\",\"version\":\"1.0.0\"}}}";
+        var response = await new HttpClient()
+            .PostAsync($"{server.Url}/foo", new StringContent(content, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"))
+            .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        // Assert
+        response.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+
+        var responseText = await response.RequestMessage!.Content!.ReadAsStringAsync();
+        responseText.Should().Contain("ec475f56d4694b48bc737500ba575b35-1");
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task WireMockServer_WithBodyAsFormUrlEncoded_Using_PostAsync_And_WithFunc()
     {