diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c678ff4..27fead4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+## [0.9.2] - 2024-01-06
+
+### Changed
+
+- Fix setting the root element and don't return empty values
+
 ## [0.9.1] - 2023-08-18
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/lib/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json/json_serialization_writer.rb b/lib/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json/json_serialization_writer.rb
index c4aeacb..7b735c6 100644
--- a/lib/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json/json_serialization_writer.rb
+++ b/lib/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json/json_serialization_writer.rb
@@ -152,16 +152,17 @@ def write_collection_of_object_values(key, values)
           end
         end
         @writer[key] = values.map do |v|
-          self.write_object_value(nil, v).writer
+          self.write_object_value(nil, v, true).writer
         end
       end
     end
 
-    def write_object_value(key, value)
+    def write_object_value(key, value, array = false)
       if value
         if !key
           temp = JsonSerializationWriter.new()
           value.serialize(temp)
+          @writer = @writer.merge(temp.writer) unless array
           return temp
         end
         begin
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def write_enum_value(key, values)
     end
 
     def get_serialized_content()
-      return @writer.to_json #TODO encode to byte array to stay content type agnostic
+      return @writer.compact.to_json #TODO encode to byte array to stay content type agnostic
     end
 
     def write_additional_data(value)
diff --git a/lib/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json/version.rb b/lib/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json/version.rb
index baf2b51..af7b529 100644
--- a/lib/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json/version.rb
+++ b/lib/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module MicrosoftKiotaSerializationJson
-  VERSION = "0.9.1"
+  VERSION = "0.9.2"
 end