diff --git a/src/main/java/io/swagger/oas/inflector/controllers/OpenAPIOperationController.java b/src/main/java/io/swagger/oas/inflector/controllers/OpenAPIOperationController.java
index 46f5348a..097aa8b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/swagger/oas/inflector/controllers/OpenAPIOperationController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/swagger/oas/inflector/controllers/OpenAPIOperationController.java
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public Response apply(ContainerRequestContext ctx) {
                     missingParams.add(e.getError());
                 }
 
-            } else if (operation.getRequestBody().getRequired()) {
+            } else if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(operation.getRequestBody().getRequired())) {
                 ValidationException e = new ValidationException();
                 e.message(new ValidationMessage()
                         .message("The input body `" + operation.getRequestBody() + "` is required"));
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/swagger/oas/test/integration/RequestTestIT.java b/src/test/java/io/swagger/oas/test/integration/RequestTestIT.java
index e2c0b0ae..bc12060e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/swagger/oas/test/integration/RequestTestIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/swagger/oas/test/integration/RequestTestIT.java
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@
 public class RequestTestIT {
     ApiClient client = new ApiClient();
 
+    @Test
+    public void verifyUpdatePet() throws Exception {
+        String path = "/pets";
+        String str = client.invokeAPI(path, "POST", new HashMap<String, String>(), null, new HashMap<String, String>(), null, "application/json", null, new String[0]);
+        assertEquals(str, "OK!");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void verifyValidDateTimeInput() throws Exception {
         String path = "/withDate/" + new DateTime().toString();