diff --git a/lib/schemaUtils.js b/lib/schemaUtils.js
index b6bce77..4e3e0e8 100644
--- a/lib/schemaUtils.js
+++ b/lib/schemaUtils.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
  * utils.js contains other util functions
  */
 
-const { formatDataPath, checkIsCorrectType, isKnownType } = require('./common/schemaUtilsCommon.js'),
+const { formatDataPath, checkIsCorrectType, isKnownType,
+    formatSchemaPathFromAJVErrorToConvertToDataPath } = require('./common/schemaUtilsCommon.js'),
   { getConcreteSchemaUtils } = require('./common/versionUtils.js'),
   async = require('async'),
   sdk = require('postman-collection'),
@@ -1360,6 +1361,28 @@ module.exports = {
     return example;
   },
 
+  useExampleValueAsValue(schema, example, components) {
+    let isCandidate = true,
+      schemaProperties = [],
+      schemaObject,
+      schemaDataPath = '',
+      exampleProperties = [];
+    if (!schema) {
+      return isCandidate;
+    }
+    if (schema.$ref) {
+      schemaDataPath = formatDataPath(formatSchemaPathFromAJVErrorToConvertToDataPath(schema.$ref));
+      schemaObject = _.get(components, schemaDataPath);
+    }
+    else {
+      schemaObject = schema;
+    }
+
+    schemaProperties = Object.keys(schemaObject.properties).sort();
+    exampleProperties = Object.keys(example.value).sort();
+    return JSON.stringify(schemaProperties) === JSON.stringify(exampleProperties);
+  },
+
   /**
    * converts one of the eamples or schema in Media Type object to postman data
    * @param {*} bodyObj is MediaTypeObject
@@ -1410,7 +1433,8 @@ module.exports = {
       }
       bodyData = bodyObj.example;
       // return example value if present else example is returned
-      if (bodyData.hasOwnProperty('value')) {
+      if (bodyData.hasOwnProperty('value') &&
+        this.useExampleValueAsValue(bodyObj.schema, bodyObj.example, components)) {
         bodyData = bodyData.value;
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/data/valid_openapi/deepObjectLengthProperty.yaml b/test/data/valid_openapi/deepObjectLengthProperty.yaml
index dd33402..d3d682c 100644
--- a/test/data/valid_openapi/deepObjectLengthProperty.yaml
+++ b/test/data/valid_openapi/deepObjectLengthProperty.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ paths:
     get:
       operationId: someRequest
       parameters:
-        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeepObjectNestedList'
         - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DeepObjectLengthParameter'
       responses:
         '200':
diff --git a/test/data/valid_openapi/valuePropInExample.yaml b/test/data/valid_openapi/valuePropInExample.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc1d05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/valid_openapi/valuePropInExample.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+openapi: 3.0.0
+info:
+  version: '1.1.1'
+  title: 'ExampleYaml'
+  license:
+    name: MIT
+servers:
+  - url: 'localhost:3000'
+paths:
+  /user:
+    get:
+      summary: 'Sample endpoint: Returns details about a particular user'
+      operationId: listUser
+      tags:
+        - user
+      parameters:
+        - name: id
+          in: query
+          description: ID of the user
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: integer
+            format: int32
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: 'Sample response: Details about a user by ID'
+          headers:
+            x-next:
+              description: A link to the next page of responses
+              schema:
+                type: string
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
+              example:
+                id: "5789-6378-6372-6372"
+                name: Vani
+                tag: true
+                value: QA
+                lastmodifieddate: "2022-03-30T07:01:46"
+                lastmodifiedBy: VM
+        default:
+          description: Unexpected error
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
+components:
+  schemas:
+    User:
+      type: object
+      required:
+        - id
+        - name
+        - tag
+        - value
+        - lastmodifieddate
+        - lastmodifiedBy
+      properties:
+        id:
+          type: integer
+          format: int64
+        name:
+          type: string
+        tag:
+          type: string
+        value:
+          type: string
+        lastmodifieddate:
+          type: integer
+          format: int64
+        lastmodifiedBy:
+          type: string
+    Error:
+      type: object
+      required:
+        - code
+        - message
+      properties:
+        code:
+          type: integer
+          format: int32
+        message:
+          type: string
+  securitySchemes:
+    BasicAuth:
+      type: http
+      scheme: basic
+security:
+  - BasicAuth: []