diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Json/Nodes/JArray.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Json/Nodes/JArray.cs
index 828b9503892..b354a393311 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Json/Nodes/JArray.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Json/Nodes/JArray.cs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public static bool ContainsValue(this JsonArray? jsonArray, JsonValue? value)
 
         settings ??= new JsonMergeSettings();
 
-        switch (settings?.MergeArrayHandling ?? MergeArrayHandling.Concat)
+        switch (settings.MergeArrayHandling)
         {
             case MergeArrayHandling.Concat:
 
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/OrchardCore.Abstractions.csproj b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/OrchardCore.Abstractions.csproj
index c39dcada174..3f580b270c1 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/OrchardCore.Abstractions.csproj
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/OrchardCore.Abstractions.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
+    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="OrchardCore.Tests" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Abstractions/Json/Nodes/JArrayTests.cs b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Abstractions/Json/Nodes/JArrayTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..740d12441bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Abstractions/Json/Nodes/JArrayTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using System.Text.Json.Settings;
+
+namespace OrchardCore.Json.Nodes.Test;
+
+public class JArrayTests
+{
+    public static IEnumerable<object[]> MergeArrayEntries => [
+        ["[1, 2, 3, 4]", "[4, 5, 6]", null, "[1,2,3,4,4,5,6]"],
+        ["[1, 2, 3, 4]", "[4, 5, 6]", new JsonMergeSettings() { MergeArrayHandling = MergeArrayHandling.Concat }, "[1,2,3,4,4,5,6]"],
+        ["[1, 2, 3, 4]", "[4, 5, 6]", new JsonMergeSettings() { MergeArrayHandling = MergeArrayHandling.Union }, "[1,2,3,4,5,6]"],
+        ["[1, 2, 3, 4]", "[4, 5, 6]", new JsonMergeSettings() { MergeArrayHandling = MergeArrayHandling.Replace }, "[4,5,6]"]
+    ];
+
+    [Theory]
+    [MemberData(nameof(MergeArrayEntries))]
+    public void MergeArrayShouldRespectJsonMergeSettings(string jsonArrayContent1, string jsonArrayContent2, JsonMergeSettings mergeSettings, string expectedJsonString)
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var array = JsonNode.Parse(jsonArrayContent1) as JsonArray;
+        var content = JsonNode.Parse(jsonArrayContent2);
+
+        // Act
+        var result = array.Merge(content, mergeSettings);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedJsonString, result.ToJsonString());
+    }
+}