diff --git a/datamodel_code_generator/parser/base.py b/datamodel_code_generator/parser/base.py
index 318582946..1e1b8db1c 100644
--- a/datamodel_code_generator/parser/base.py
+++ b/datamodel_code_generator/parser/base.py
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 inflect_engine = inflect.engine()
 
 
-def get_singular_name(name: str) -> str:
+def get_singular_name(name: str, suffix: str = 'Item') -> str:
     singular_name = inflect_engine.singular_noun(name)
     if singular_name is False:
-        singular_name = f'{name}Item'
+        singular_name = f'{name}{suffix}'
     return singular_name
 
 
diff --git a/datamodel_code_generator/parser/jsonschema.py b/datamodel_code_generator/parser/jsonschema.py
index 9c0943f14..0dc15af75 100644
--- a/datamodel_code_generator/parser/jsonschema.py
+++ b/datamodel_code_generator/parser/jsonschema.py
@@ -395,6 +395,13 @@ def parse_array_fields(
             elif item.allOf:
                 singular_name = get_singular_name(name)
                 item_obj_data_types.extend(self.parse_all_of(singular_name, item))
+            elif item.enum:
+                singular_name = get_singular_name(name, 'Enum')
+                enum = self.parse_enum(singular_name, item)
+                item_obj_data_types.append(
+                    self.data_type(type=enum.name, ref=True, version_compatible=True)
+                )
+
             else:
                 item_obj_data_types.extend(self.get_data_type(item))
 
diff --git a/tests/data/openapi/array_enum.yaml b/tests/data/openapi/array_enum.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2ab6d7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/openapi/array_enum.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+openapi: 3.0.0
+info:
+  title: datamodel-code-generator bug example
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Type1:
+      type: array
+      items:
+        type: string
+        enum:
+          - enumOne
+          - enumTwo
+
+    Type2:
+      type: string
+      enum:
+        - enumFour
+        - enumFive
diff --git a/tests/parser/test_openapi.py b/tests/parser/test_openapi.py
index 0350877c2..c4f7110b9 100644
--- a/tests/parser/test_openapi.py
+++ b/tests/parser/test_openapi.py
@@ -1558,3 +1558,44 @@ def test_openapi_parser_parse_additional_properties(
         base_class=base_class,
     )
     assert parser.parse(with_import=with_import, format_=format_) == result
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'with_import, format_, base_class, result',
+    [
+        (
+            True,
+            True,
+            None,
+            '''from __future__ import annotations
+
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import List
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class Type1Enum(Enum):
+    enumOne = 'enumOne'
+    enumTwo = 'enumTwo'
+
+
+class Type1(BaseModel):
+    __root__: List[Type1Enum]
+
+
+class Type2(Enum):
+    enumFour = 'enumFour'
+    enumFive = 'enumFive'
+''',
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_openapi_parser_parse_array_enum(with_import, format_, base_class, result):
+    parser = OpenAPIParser(
+        BaseModel,
+        CustomRootType,
+        text=Path(DATA_PATH / 'array_enum.yaml').read_text(),
+        base_class=base_class,
+    )
+    assert parser.parse(with_import=with_import, format_=format_) == result