diff --git a/languages/ramldoc/src/main/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/model/RamlObjectTypeRenderer.kt b/languages/ramldoc/src/main/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/model/RamlObjectTypeRenderer.kt
index 0c90604c..34c01381 100644
--- a/languages/ramldoc/src/main/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/model/RamlObjectTypeRenderer.kt
+++ b/languages/ramldoc/src/main/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/model/RamlObjectTypeRenderer.kt
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ class RamlObjectTypeRenderer constructor(override val vrapTypeProvider: VrapType
             |  <<${property.type.enum.joinToString("\n") { "- '${it.value}'" }}>>""" else ""}${if (examples.isNotEmpty()) """
             |  examples:
             |    <<${examples.joinToString("\n") { renderExample(it) }}>>""" else ""}${if (discriminatorProp != property.name && property.type.default != null) """
-            |  default: ${property.type.default.toYaml()}""" else ""}${if (property.type?.isInlineType == true && property.type?.annotations != null) """
+            |  default: ${if (property.type.default is ObjectInstance || property.type.default is ArrayInstance) """
+            |    <<${property.type.default.toYaml().escapeAll()}>>""" else property.type.default.toYaml()}""" else ""}${if (property.type?.isInlineType == true && property.type?.annotations != null) """
             |  <<${property.type.annotations.joinToString("\n") { it.renderAnnotation() }}>>""" else ""}
             |  required: ${property.required}
             |  (inherited): $inherited
diff --git a/languages/ramldoc/src/main/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/model/RamlResourceRenderer.kt b/languages/ramldoc/src/main/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/model/RamlResourceRenderer.kt
index 47e2a27e..213c7940 100644
--- a/languages/ramldoc/src/main/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/model/RamlResourceRenderer.kt
+++ b/languages/ramldoc/src/main/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/model/RamlResourceRenderer.kt
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ class RamlResourceRenderer constructor(val api: Api, val vrapTypeProvider: VrapT
         }
         return """
             |${parameterName}:${if (queryParameter.type.default != null) """
-            |  default: ${queryParameter.type.default.toYaml()}""" else ""}
+            |  default: ${if (queryParameter.type.default is ObjectInstance || queryParameter.type.default is ArrayInstance) """
+            |    <<${queryParameter.type.default.toYaml().escapeAll()}>>""" else queryParameter.type.default.toYaml()}""" else ""}
             |  required: ${queryParameter.required}
             |  <<${queryParameter.type.renderType()}>>${if (parameterExamples.isNotEmpty()) """
             |  examples:
diff --git a/languages/ramldoc/src/test/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/TestCodeGenerator.kt b/languages/ramldoc/src/test/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/TestCodeGenerator.kt
index 8aa1ba6b..fbcbee46 100644
--- a/languages/ramldoc/src/test/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/TestCodeGenerator.kt
+++ b/languages/ramldoc/src/test/kotlin/io/vrap/codegen/languages/ramldoc/TestCodeGenerator.kt
@@ -332,6 +332,106 @@ class TestCodeGenerator {
             .doesNotContain("value: |")
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun testDefaultValueRenders() {
+        val generatorConfig = CodeGeneratorConfig(
+            basePackageName = "com/commercetools/importer",
+            outputFolder = Paths.get("build/gensrc"),
+            inlineExamples = true
+        )
+
+        val apiProvider = RamlApiProvider(Paths.get("src/test/resources/arraydefault.raml"))
+
+        val dataSink = MemoryDataSink()
+        val generatorModule = RamlGeneratorModule(apiProvider, generatorConfig, RamldocBaseTypes, dataSink = dataSink)
+        val generatorComponent = RamlGeneratorComponent(generatorModule, RamldocModelModule)
+        generatorComponent.generateFiles()
+
+        Assertions.assertThat(dataSink.files).isNotEmpty()
+        val typeContent = dataSink.files.get("types/foo.raml")
+        Assertions.assertThat(typeContent).isNotNull()
+        Assertions.assertThat(typeContent).isEqualTo("""
+            #%RAML 1.0 DataType
+            displayName: foo
+            type: object
+            (builtinType): object
+            properties:
+              foo:
+                type: object
+                (builtinType): object
+                default: 
+                  test: 1
+                required: true
+                (inherited): false
+              bar:
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  type: string
+                (builtinType): array
+                default: 
+                  - "foo"
+                  - "bar"
+                required: true
+                (inherited): false
+              foobaz:
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  type: string
+                (builtinType): array
+                default: 
+                  - "foo"
+                required: true
+                (inherited): false
+              fooz:
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  type: string
+                (builtinType): array
+                default: 
+                  - "foo"
+                required: true
+                (inherited): false
+              baz:
+                type: string
+                (builtinType): string
+                default: "baz"
+                required: true
+                (inherited): false
+              foobar:
+                type: object
+                (builtinType): object
+                default: 
+                  test: 1
+                required: true
+                (inherited): false
+        """.trimIndent().trimStart())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testArrayAnnotationWithSingleElementRendersAsSequence() {
+        val generatorConfig = CodeGeneratorConfig(
+            basePackageName = "com/commercetools/importer",
+            outputFolder = Paths.get("build/gensrc")
+        )
+
+        val apiProvider = RamlApiProvider(Paths.get("src/test/resources/arrayannotation.raml"))
+
+        val generatorModule = RamlGeneratorModule(apiProvider, generatorConfig, RamldocBaseTypes)
+        val generatorComponent = RamlGeneratorComponent(generatorModule, RamldocModelModule)
+        generatorComponent.generateFiles()
+
+        val api = apiProvider.api
+        val t = api.getAnnotation("test").renderAnnotation()
+
+        // Guards against regressing renderAnnotation() (ArrayAnnotationType) into rendering a
+        // single-item array as a bare scalar - it must stay a YAML sequence, unlike the
+        // `default:` single-line rendering which intentionally unwraps single-item arrays.
+        Assertions.assertThat(t).isEqualTo("""
+            (test):
+              - "foo"
+        """.trimIndent().trimStart())
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun ramlRenderToRamlDoc() {
         val generatorConfig = CodeGeneratorConfig(
diff --git a/languages/ramldoc/src/test/resources/arrayannotation.raml b/languages/ramldoc/src/test/resources/arrayannotation.raml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a85ffc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/languages/ramldoc/src/test/resources/arrayannotation.raml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#%RAML 1.0
+---
+title: Array Annotation Example Test API
+annotationTypes:
+  test:
+    type: string[]
+baseUri: https://localhost
+(test): [ foo ]
diff --git a/languages/ramldoc/src/test/resources/arraydefault.raml b/languages/ramldoc/src/test/resources/arraydefault.raml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb631e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/languages/ramldoc/src/test/resources/arraydefault.raml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#%RAML 1.0
+---
+title: Array Default Example Test API
+version: 1.0
+baseUri: http://example.com/api
+types:
+  foo:
+    properties:
+      foo:
+        type: object
+        default: { test: 1 }
+      bar:
+        type: string[]
+        default: [ "foo", "bar" ]
+      foobaz:
+        type: string[]
+        default: [ "foo" ]
+      fooz:
+        type: string[]
+        default:
+          - "foo"
+      baz:
+        type: string
+        default: "baz"
+      foobar:
+        type: object
+        default:
+          test: 1