diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mappingexception/Person.java b/jackson-modules/jackson-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mappingexception/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a5504353c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/mappingexception/Person.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.baeldung.mappingexception;
+
+public class Person {
+
+    private String firstName;
+    private String lastName;
+
+    public Person() {
+
+    }
+
+    public Person(String firstName, String lastName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mappingexception/JacksonMappingExceptionUnitTest.java b/jackson-modules/jackson-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mappingexception/JacksonMappingExceptionUnitTest.java
index c680aec70337..46a6f0698987 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mappingexception/JacksonMappingExceptionUnitTest.java
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mappingexception/JacksonMappingExceptionUnitTest.java
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 package com.baeldung.mappingexception;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
-import com.baeldung.exceptions.EmptyObject;
-import com.baeldung.exceptions.Person;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import com.baeldung.exceptions.EmptyObject;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAutoDetect.Visibility;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.PropertyAccessor;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 
 public class JacksonMappingExceptionUnitTest {
 
@@ -89,4 +94,38 @@ public void givenEmptyBean_whenSerializing_thenCorrect() throws JsonProcessingEx
         assertEquals("{}", json);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void givenJsonArray_whenDeserializingToMap_thenThrowException() {
+        final String json = "[{\"firstName\":\"Abderrahim\",\"lastName\":\"Azhrioun\"}, {\"firstName\":\"Nicole\",\"lastName\":\"Smith\"}]";
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        Exception exception = assertThrows(JsonMappingException.class, () -> mapper.readValue(json, HashMap.class));
+
+        assertTrue(exception.getMessage()
+          .contains("Cannot deserialize value of type `java.util.HashMap<java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object>` from Array value (token `JsonToken.START_ARRAY`)"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenJsonArray_whenDeserializingToListOfMap_thenConvert() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        final List<Map<String, String>> expectedListOfMaps = Arrays.asList(Map.of("firstName", "Abderrahim", "lastName", "Azhrioun"), Map.of("firstName", "Nicole", "lastName", "Smith"));
+        final String json = "[{\"firstName\":\"Abderrahim\",\"lastName\":\"Azhrioun\"}, {\"firstName\":\"Nicole\",\"lastName\":\"Smith\"}]";
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        List<Map<String, String>> personList = mapper.readValue(json, new TypeReference<>() {});
+
+        assertThat(expectedListOfMaps).isEqualTo(personList);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenJsonArray_whenDeserializingToListOfCustomObjects_thenConvert() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        final List<Person> expectedPersonList = Arrays.asList(new Person("Abderrahim", "Azhrioun"), new Person("Nicole", "Smith"));
+        final String json = "[{\"firstName\":\"Abderrahim\",\"lastName\":\"Azhrioun\"}, {\"firstName\":\"Nicole\",\"lastName\":\"Smith\"}]";
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        List<Person> personList = mapper.readValue(json, new TypeReference<>() {});
+
+        assertThat(expectedPersonList).usingRecursiveComparison()
+          .isEqualTo(personList);
+    }
+
 }