diff --git a/plugins/importer-openapi/src/index.ts b/plugins/importer-openapi/src/index.ts
index 1629bf8e..4bc4c824 100644
--- a/plugins/importer-openapi/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/importer-openapi/src/index.ts
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ function formatMediaTypeBody(
   ) {
     return typeof example === "string"
       ? example
-      : valueToXml(example, schema, importState, "root");
+      : valueToXml(example, schema, importState, "root", true);
   }
   return formatBodyText(example);
 }
@@ -1149,18 +1149,18 @@ function valueToXml(
   schema: unknown,
   importState: ImportState,
   elementName: string,
+  isDocumentRoot = false,
 ): string {
   const resolvedSchema = toRecord(importState.resolve(schema));
   const schemaXml = toRecord(resolvedSchema.xml);
   if (Array.isArray(value)) {
     const itemSchema = importState.resolve(resolvedSchema.items);
+    const shouldWrap = schemaXml.wrapped === true || isDocumentRoot;
     const itemName =
       stringAt(toRecord(itemSchema).xml, "name") ??
-      (schemaXml.wrapped === true ? stringAt(schemaXml, "name") ?? elementName : elementName);
+      (shouldWrap ? stringAt(schemaXml, "name") ?? elementName : elementName);
     const items = value.map((item) => valueToXml(item, itemSchema, importState, itemName)).join("");
-    return schemaXml.wrapped === true
-      ? xmlElement(elementName, schemaXml, items)
-      : items;
+    return shouldWrap ? xmlElement(elementName, schemaXml, items) : items;
   }
   if (isRecord(value)) {
     const properties = toRecord(resolvedSchema.properties);
diff --git a/plugins/importer-openapi/tests/index.test.ts b/plugins/importer-openapi/tests/index.test.ts
index 5b39f6e5..bae84448 100644
--- a/plugins/importer-openapi/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/importer-openapi/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -1071,6 +1071,23 @@ describe("importer-openapi", () => {
               responses: {},
             },
           },
+          "/values": {
+            post: {
+              requestBody: {
+                content: {
+                  "application/xml": {
+                    schema: {
+                      type: "array",
+                      example: ["one", "two"],
+                      xml: { name: "values", wrapped: false },
+                      items: { type: "string", xml: { name: "value" } },
+                    },
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+              responses: {},
+            },
+          },
         },
       }),
     );
@@ -1083,6 +1100,9 @@ describe("importer-openapi", () => {
         '<a:alias xmlns:a="urn:aliases">A</a:alias>' +
         "</c:catalog>",
     });
+    expect(imported?.resources.httpRequests[1]?.body).toEqual({
+      text: "<values><value>one</value><value>two</value></values>",
+    });
   });
 
   test("Omits read-only properties from generated request bodies", async () => {