diff --git a/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/core/jackson/ModelResolver.java b/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/core/jackson/ModelResolver.java
index 8288007a42..7459721271 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/core/jackson/ModelResolver.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/core/jackson/ModelResolver.java
@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ public Schema resolve(AnnotatedType annotatedType, ModelConverterContext context
             type = _mapper.constructType(annotatedType.getType());
         }
 
+        // EARLY special handling for OpenAPI 3.1 and byte[]: treat as array of primitive items
+        if (openapi31 && type.getRawClass().isArray() && type.getRawClass().getComponentType() == byte.class) {
+            ArraySchema arraySchema = new ArraySchema().items(PrimitiveType.BYTE.createProperty31());
+            arraySchema.specVersion(SpecVersion.V31);
+            return arraySchema;
+        }
+
         final Annotation resolvedSchemaOrArrayAnnotation = AnnotationsUtils.mergeSchemaAnnotations(annotatedType.getCtxAnnotations(), type);
         final io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema resolvedSchemaAnnotation =
                 resolvedSchemaOrArrayAnnotation == null ?
diff --git a/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/core/util/PrimitiveType.java b/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/core/util/PrimitiveType.java
index 4ec3b94ecc..d5ef60e090 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/core/util/PrimitiveType.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/core/util/PrimitiveType.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public Schema createProperty() {
         }
         @Override
         public Schema createProperty31() {
-            return new JsonSchema().typesItem("string").format("byte");
+            return new JsonSchema().typesItem("integer");
         }
     },
     BINARY(Byte.class, "binary") {
diff --git a/modules/swagger-core/src/test/java/io/swagger/v3/core/resolving/v31/ByteObjectOAS31Test.java b/modules/swagger-core/src/test/java/io/swagger/v3/core/resolving/v31/ByteObjectOAS31Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56f5b0e670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/swagger-core/src/test/java/io/swagger/v3/core/resolving/v31/ByteObjectOAS31Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package io.swagger.v3.core.resolving.v31;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.core.converter.AnnotatedType;
+import io.swagger.v3.core.converter.ModelConverterContextImpl;
+import io.swagger.v3.core.jackson.ModelResolver;
+import io.swagger.v3.core.matchers.SerializationMatchers;
+import io.swagger.v3.core.resolving.SwaggerTestBase;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.ArraySchema;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class ByteObjectOAS31Test extends SwaggerTestBase {
+
+    @Test(description = "Test ByteObject schema generation with OAS 3.1")
+    public void testByteObjectSchemaOAS31() {
+        final ModelResolver modelResolver = new ModelResolver(mapper()).openapi31(true);
+        ModelConverterContextImpl context = new ModelConverterContextImpl(modelResolver);
+
+        io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.Schema model = context.resolve(new AnnotatedType(ByteObject.class));
+
+        Map<String, io.swagger.v3.oas.models.media.Schema> definedModels = context.getDefinedModels();
+
+        SerializationMatchers.assertEqualsToYaml31(definedModels, "ByteObject:\n" +
+                "  type: object\n" +
+                "  properties:\n" +
+                "    primitiveWithoutSchema:\n" +
+                "      type: integer\n" +
+                "      writeOnly: true\n" +
+                "    primitiveWithSchema:\n" +
+                "      type: integer\n" +
+                "      writeOnly: true\n" +
+                "    primitiveWithSchemaTypeAndFormat:\n" +
+                "      type: integer\n" +
+                "      writeOnly: true\n" +
+                "    primitiveArrayWithoutSchema:\n" +
+                "      type: array\n" +
+                "      items:\n" +
+                "        type: integer\n" +
+                "      writeOnly: true\n" +
+                "    primitiveArrayWithSchema:\n" +
+                "      type: array\n" +
+                "      items:\n" +
+                "        type: integer\n" +
+                "      writeOnly: true"
+        );
+    }
+
+    public static class ByteObject {
+
+        private byte primitiveWithoutSchema;
+
+        @Schema
+        private byte primitiveWithSchema;
+
+        @Schema(
+                type = "string",
+                format = "byte"
+        )
+        private byte primitiveWithSchemaTypeAndFormat;
+
+        private byte[] primitiveArrayWithoutSchema;
+
+        @ArraySchema(
+                schema = @Schema(
+                        type = "string",
+                        format = "byte"
+                )
+        )
+        private byte[] primitiveArrayWithSchema;
+
+        public byte primitiveWithoutSchema() {
+            return primitiveWithoutSchema;
+        }
+
+        public byte primitiveWithSchema() {
+            return primitiveWithSchema;
+        }
+
+        public byte primitiveWithSchemaTypeAndFormat() {
+            return primitiveWithSchemaTypeAndFormat;
+        }
+
+        public void setPrimitiveWithoutSchema(byte primitiveWithoutSchema) {
+            this.primitiveWithoutSchema = primitiveWithoutSchema;
+        }
+
+        public void setPrimitiveWithSchema(byte primitiveWithSchema) {
+            this.primitiveWithSchema = primitiveWithSchema;
+        }
+
+        public void setPrimitiveWithSchemaTypeAndFormat(byte primitiveWithSchemaTypeAndFormat) {
+            this.primitiveWithSchemaTypeAndFormat = primitiveWithSchemaTypeAndFormat;
+        }
+
+        public byte[] primitiveArrayWithoutSchema() {
+            return primitiveArrayWithoutSchema;
+        }
+
+        public void setPrimitiveArrayWithoutSchema(byte[] primitiveArrayWithoutSchema) {
+            this.primitiveArrayWithoutSchema = primitiveArrayWithoutSchema;
+        }
+
+        public byte[] primitiveArrayWithSchema() {
+            return primitiveArrayWithSchema;
+        }
+
+        public void setPrimitiveArrayWithSchema(byte[] primitiveArrayWithSchema) {
+            this.primitiveArrayWithSchema = primitiveArrayWithSchema;
+        }
+    }
+}