diff --git a/brokerpaktestframework/terraform_mock.go b/brokerpaktestframework/terraform_mock.go
index 67b386cc1..b939de85c 100644
--- a/brokerpaktestframework/terraform_mock.go
+++ b/brokerpaktestframework/terraform_mock.go
@@ -134,15 +134,16 @@ type TFStateValue struct {
 // SetTFState set the Terraform State in a JSON file.
 func (p TerraformMock) SetTFState(values []TFStateValue) error {
 	var outputs = make(map[string]struct {
-		Type  string `json:"type"`
-		Value any    `json:"value"`
+		Type  json.RawMessage `json:"type"`
+		Value any             `json:"value"`
 	})
+
 	for _, value := range values {
 		outputs[value.Name] = struct {
-			Type  string `json:"type"`
-			Value any    `json:"value"`
+			Type  json.RawMessage `json:"type"`
+			Value any             `json:"value"`
 		}{
-			Type:  value.Type,
+			Type:  normalizeOutputType(value.Type),
 			Value: value.Value,
 		}
 	}
@@ -150,7 +151,24 @@ func (p TerraformMock) SetTFState(values []TFStateValue) error {
 	return p.setTFStateFile(workspace.Tfstate{
 		Version:          4,
 		TerraformVersion: p.Version,
-		Outputs:          outputs})
+		Outputs:          outputs,
+	})
+}
+
+func normalizeOutputType(t string) json.RawMessage {
+	s := strings.TrimSpace(t)
+	if s == "" {
+		return json.RawMessage(`"string"`)
+	}
+
+	if (strings.HasPrefix(s, "[") && strings.HasSuffix(s, "]")) ||
+		(strings.HasPrefix(s, "{") && strings.HasSuffix(s, "}")) ||
+		(strings.HasPrefix(s, "\"") && strings.HasSuffix(s, "\"")) {
+		return json.RawMessage(s)
+	}
+
+	b, _ := json.Marshal(s)
+	return json.RawMessage(b)
 }
 
 // ReturnTFState set the Terraform State in a JSON file.
diff --git a/pkg/providers/tf/workspace/tfstate.go b/pkg/providers/tf/workspace/tfstate.go
index 1e2afe307..0fd8b89c1 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/tf/workspace/tfstate.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/tf/workspace/tfstate.go
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ type Tfstate struct {
 	Version          int    `json:"version"`
 	TerraformVersion string `json:"terraform_version"`
 	Outputs          map[string]struct {
-		Type  string `json:"type"`
-		Value any    `json:"value"`
+		Type  json.RawMessage `json:"type"`
+		Value any             `json:"value"`
 	} `json:"outputs"`
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/providers/tf/workspace/tfstate_test.go b/pkg/providers/tf/workspace/tfstate_test.go
index 2ca2f5ae4..4bc12ec88 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/tf/workspace/tfstate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/tf/workspace/tfstate_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 
 package workspace
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func ExampleNewTfstate_good() {
 	state := `{
@@ -110,3 +113,26 @@ func ExampleTfstate_GetOutputs() {
 
 	// Output: map[hostname:somehost]
 }
+
+func TestNewTfstate_AllowsArrayOutputType(t *testing.T) {
+	state := []byte(`{
+		"version": 4,
+		"terraform_version": "1.8.2",
+		"outputs": {
+			"list_output": {
+				"value": ["a", "b", "c"],
+				"type": ["list", "string"]
+			}
+		}
+	}`)
+
+	tfstate, err := NewTfstate(state)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error when output.type is an array: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	outputs := tfstate.GetOutputs()
+	if outputs["list_output"] == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected list_output to be present in outputs")
+	}
+}