diff --git a/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/createMethodRequestBodyIsRequestSuffixedObject.test.js b/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/createMethodRequestBodyIsRequestSuffixedObject.test.js
index 86a1cd5fbc..892e5bfbc3 100644
--- a/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/createMethodRequestBodyIsRequestSuffixedObject.test.js
+++ b/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/createMethodRequestBodyIsRequestSuffixedObject.test.js
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ testRule('xgen-IPA-106-create-method-request-body-is-request-suffixed-object', [
                     $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchemaRequest',
                   },
                 },
+                'application/vnd.atlas.2025-01-01+json': {
+                  schema: {
+                    type: 'array',
+                    items: {
+                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchemaRequest',
+                    },
+                  },
+                },
               },
             },
           },
@@ -89,6 +97,14 @@ testRule('xgen-IPA-106-create-method-request-body-is-request-suffixed-object', [
                     $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema',
                   },
                 },
+                'application/vnd.atlas.2024-01-01+json': {
+                  schema: {
+                    type: 'array',
+                    items: {
+                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema',
+                    },
+                  },
+                },
               },
             },
           },
@@ -133,6 +149,12 @@ testRule('xgen-IPA-106-create-method-request-body-is-request-suffixed-object', [
         path: ['paths', '/resource', 'post', 'requestBody', 'content', 'application/vnd.atlas.2023-01-01+json'],
         severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Warning,
       },
+      {
+        code: 'xgen-IPA-106-create-method-request-body-is-request-suffixed-object',
+        message: 'The response body schema must reference a schema with a Request suffix. http://go/ipa/106',
+        path: ['paths', '/resource', 'post', 'requestBody', 'content', 'application/vnd.atlas.2024-01-01+json'],
+        severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Warning,
+      },
       {
         code: 'xgen-IPA-106-create-method-request-body-is-request-suffixed-object',
         message: 'The response body schema must reference a schema with a Request suffix. http://go/ipa/106',
@@ -170,6 +192,17 @@ testRule('xgen-IPA-106-create-method-request-body-is-request-suffixed-object', [
                     'xgen-IPA-106-create-method-request-body-is-request-suffixed-object': 'reason',
                   },
                 },
+                'application/vnd.atlas.2024-01-01+json': {
+                  schema: {
+                    type: 'array',
+                    items: {
+                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Schema',
+                    },
+                  },
+                  'x-xgen-IPA-exception': {
+                    'xgen-IPA-106-create-method-request-body-is-request-suffixed-object': 'reason',
+                  },
+                },
               },
             },
           },
diff --git a/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/createMethodRequestBodyIsRequestSuffixedObject.js b/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/createMethodRequestBodyIsRequestSuffixedObject.js
index 4f3944a4c9..d9eda6ead6 100644
--- a/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/createMethodRequestBodyIsRequestSuffixedObject.js
+++ b/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/createMethodRequestBodyIsRequestSuffixedObject.js
@@ -24,14 +24,24 @@ export default (input, _, { path, documentInventory }) => {
 
   if (contentPerMediaType.schema) {
     const schema = contentPerMediaType.schema;
-    if (!schema.$ref) {
-      return collectAndReturnViolation(path, RULE_NAME, ERROR_MESSAGE_SCHEMA_REF);
+    if (schema.type === 'array' && schema.items) {
+      let schemaItems = schema.items;
+      if (!schemaItems.$ref) {
+        return collectAndReturnViolation(path, RULE_NAME, ERROR_MESSAGE_SCHEMA_REF);
+      }
+      if (!schemaItems.$ref.endsWith('Request')) {
+        return collectAndReturnViolation(path, RULE_NAME, ERROR_MESSAGE_SCHEMA_NAME);
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (!schema.$ref) {
+        return collectAndReturnViolation(path, RULE_NAME, ERROR_MESSAGE_SCHEMA_REF);
+      }
+
+      if (!schema.$ref.endsWith('Request')) {
+        return collectAndReturnViolation(path, RULE_NAME, ERROR_MESSAGE_SCHEMA_NAME);
+      }
     }
 
-    if (!schema.$ref.endsWith('Request')) {
-      return collectAndReturnViolation(path, RULE_NAME, ERROR_MESSAGE_SCHEMA_NAME);
-    }
+    collectAdoption(path, RULE_NAME);
   }
-
-  collectAdoption(path, RULE_NAME);
 };