diff --git a/core/src/main/java/it/extared/dpp/validator/json/JsonSchemaMetadataExtractor.java b/core/src/main/java/it/extared/dpp/validator/json/JsonSchemaMetadataExtractor.java
index 4ff22a5..f970cbe 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/it/extared/dpp/validator/json/JsonSchemaMetadataExtractor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/it/extared/dpp/validator/json/JsonSchemaMetadataExtractor.java
@@ -222,9 +222,38 @@ private Set<String> recurseIntoProperty(
                     if (itemResolved != null) {
                         JsonNode itemFlat = flattenAllOf(itemResolved, root, visited);
                         JsonNode itemType = itemFlat.get(TYPE_KEY);
-                        if (itemType != null && itemType.asText().equals(OBJECT_KEY)) {
+                        boolean isObjectLike =
+                                (itemType != null && itemType.asText().equals(OBJECT_KEY))
+                                        || (itemType == null
+                                                && (itemFlat.has(PROPERTIES_KEY)
+                                                        || itemFlat.has(REQUIRED_KEY)));
+                        if (isObjectLike) {
                             paths.addAll(
                                     extractRequiredPaths(itemFlat, root, fullPath + "[]", visited));
+                        } else {
+                            // oneOf/anyOf into items
+                            String choiceKey =
+                                    itemFlat.has(ONE_OF_KEY)
+                                            ? ONE_OF_KEY
+                                            : itemFlat.has(ANY_OF_KEY) ? ANY_OF_KEY : null;
+                            if (choiceKey != null) {
+                                for (JsonNode variant : itemFlat.get(choiceKey)) {
+                                    Set<JsonNode> variantVisited =
+                                            Collections.newSetFromMap(new IdentityHashMap<>());
+                                    variantVisited.addAll(visited);
+                                    JsonNode varResolved =
+                                            resolveRefSafe(variant, root, variantVisited);
+                                    if (varResolved == null) continue;
+                                    JsonNode varFlat =
+                                            flattenAllOf(varResolved, root, variantVisited);
+                                    paths.addAll(
+                                            extractRequiredPaths(
+                                                    varFlat,
+                                                    root,
+                                                    fullPath + "[]",
+                                                    variantVisited));
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/it/extrared/dpp/validator/json/JsonSchemaMetadataExtractorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/it/extrared/dpp/validator/json/JsonSchemaMetadataExtractorTest.java
index 74250b0..1ced68b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/it/extrared/dpp/validator/json/JsonSchemaMetadataExtractorTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/it/extrared/dpp/validator/json/JsonSchemaMetadataExtractorTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public void testExtraction3() {
     public void testExtraction4() {
         SchemaMetadata schema =
                 extractor.extractMetadata(CommonUtils.readJsonSchemaNode("test-aas-schema.json"));
-        assertEquals(111, schema.getRequiredPaths().size());
+        assertEquals(166, schema.getRequiredPaths().size());
         assertFalse(schema.isHasVariants());
         assertEquals(0, schema.getPatternProperties().size());
     }