diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractPythonCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractPythonCodegen.java
index 14e5468e7e84..8f15852af247 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractPythonCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractPythonCodegen.java
@@ -563,6 +563,10 @@ private String toExampleValueRecursive(Schema schema, List<Schema> includedSchem
                 example = "{ }";
             }
         } else if (ModelUtils.isObjectSchema(schema)) {
+            if (ModelUtils.isFreeFormObject(schema, this.openAPI)) {
+                // free-form objects have no generated model, so the example is a plain dict
+                return "{ }";
+            }
             if (StringUtils.isBlank(schema.getTitle())) {
                 example = "None";
                 return example;
@@ -574,7 +578,7 @@ private String toExampleValueRecursive(Schema schema, List<Schema> includedSchem
                 toExclude = schema.getDiscriminator().getPropertyName();
             }
 
-            example = packageName + ".models." + underscore(schema.getTitle()) + "." + schema.getTitle() + "(";
+            example = packageName + ".models." + toModelFilename(schema.getTitle()) + "." + toModelName(schema.getTitle()) + "(";
 
             // if required only:
             // List<String> reqs = schema.getRequired();
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/python/PythonClientCodegenTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/python/PythonClientCodegenTest.java
index 4c90e38d4ab7..4a36de6e7a77 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/python/PythonClientCodegenTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/python/PythonClientCodegenTest.java
@@ -329,6 +329,34 @@ public void testExampleValueForSiblingsSharingAModel() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test(description = "inline object examples use the generated module and class names")
+    public void testExampleValueForInlineObjects() {
+        // The inline model resolver names this schema _holder_child; the generated file is
+        // holder_child.py with class HolderChild, so the example must use those names.
+        final Schema child = new ObjectSchema().addProperty("prop", new StringSchema());
+        child.setTitle("_holder_child");
+        final Schema holder = new ObjectSchema()
+                .addProperty("child", child)
+                // a free-form object has no model at all, it is a plain dict
+                .addProperty("aProperty", new ObjectSchema());
+        holder.setTitle("Holder");
+        final OpenAPI openAPI = new OpenAPI().components(new io.swagger.v3.oas.models.Components()
+                .addSchemas("Holder", holder));
+        final PythonClientCodegen codegen = new PythonClientCodegen();
+        codegen.setOpenAPI(openAPI);
+
+        final String example = codegen.toExampleValue(holder);
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(example.contains("child = openapi_client.models.holder_child.HolderChild("),
+                "inline model path wrong in:\n" + example);
+        Assert.assertTrue(example.contains("a_property = { }"),
+                "free-form object should be a dict in:\n" + example);
+        Assert.assertFalse(example.contains("models.a_property."), "free-form object got a model path in:\n" + example);
+
+        // the same holds for a free-form object that never got a title, e.g. bare array items
+        Assert.assertEquals(codegen.toExampleValue(new ObjectSchema()), "{ }");
+    }
+
     @Test(description = "test single quotes escape")
     public void testSingleQuotes() {
         final PythonClientCodegen codegen = new PythonClientCodegen();
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/test/test_parent.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/test/test_parent.py
index ea1242c24f4e..d1b3d02bc1ff 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/test/test_parent.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/test/test_parent.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> Parent:
             return Parent(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
index 7cc74f9e98ec..9d5092145c2f 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-aiohttp/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> ParentWithOptionalDict:
             return ParentWithOptionalDict(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx-sync/test/test_parent.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx-sync/test/test_parent.py
index ea1242c24f4e..d1b3d02bc1ff 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx-sync/test/test_parent.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx-sync/test/test_parent.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> Parent:
             return Parent(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx-sync/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx-sync/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
index 7cc74f9e98ec..9d5092145c2f 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx-sync/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx-sync/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> ParentWithOptionalDict:
             return ParentWithOptionalDict(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx/test/test_parent.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx/test/test_parent.py
index ea1242c24f4e..d1b3d02bc1ff 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx/test/test_parent.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx/test/test_parent.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> Parent:
             return Parent(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
index 7cc74f9e98ec..9d5092145c2f 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> ParentWithOptionalDict:
             return ParentWithOptionalDict(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2-sync/test/test_parent.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2-sync/test/test_parent.py
index ea1242c24f4e..d1b3d02bc1ff 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2-sync/test/test_parent.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2-sync/test/test_parent.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> Parent:
             return Parent(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2-sync/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2-sync/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
index 7cc74f9e98ec..9d5092145c2f 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2-sync/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2-sync/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> ParentWithOptionalDict:
             return ParentWithOptionalDict(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2/test/test_parent.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2/test/test_parent.py
index ea1242c24f4e..d1b3d02bc1ff 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2/test/test_parent.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2/test/test_parent.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> Parent:
             return Parent(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
index 7cc74f9e98ec..9d5092145c2f 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-httpx2/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> ParentWithOptionalDict:
             return ParentWithOptionalDict(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-lazyImports/test/test_parent.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-lazyImports/test/test_parent.py
index ea1242c24f4e..d1b3d02bc1ff 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-lazyImports/test/test_parent.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-lazyImports/test/test_parent.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> Parent:
             return Parent(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-lazyImports/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-lazyImports/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
index 7cc74f9e98ec..9d5092145c2f 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-lazyImports/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python-lazyImports/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> ParentWithOptionalDict:
             return ParentWithOptionalDict(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/test/test_parent.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/test/test_parent.py
index ea1242c24f4e..d1b3d02bc1ff 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/test/test_parent.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/test/test_parent.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> Parent:
             return Parent(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else:
diff --git a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
index 7cc74f9e98ec..9d5092145c2f 100644
--- a/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
+++ b/samples/openapi3/client/petstore/python/test/test_parent_with_optional_dict.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def make_instance(self, include_optional) -> ParentWithOptionalDict:
             return ParentWithOptionalDict(
                 optional_dict = {
                     'key' : petstore_api.models.inner_dict_with_property.InnerDictWithProperty(
-                        a_property = petstore_api.models.a_property.aProperty(), )
+                        a_property = { }, )
                     }
             )
         else: