diff --git a/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.GeoJSON4STJ/Converters/StjParsedCoordinates.cs b/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.GeoJSON4STJ/Converters/StjParsedCoordinates.cs
index 4dbf652..c31b097 100644
--- a/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.GeoJSON4STJ/Converters/StjParsedCoordinates.cs
+++ b/src/NetTopologySuite.IO.GeoJSON4STJ/Converters/StjParsedCoordinates.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public static StjParsedCoordinates Parse(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, GeometryFact
                 reader.ReadOrThrow();
                 if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.EndArray)
                 {
-                    return default;
+                    return new StjParsedCoordinates(factory.CreateMultiPolygon(new Polygon[] { factory.CreatePolygon() }));
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.GeoJSON4STJ.Test/Converters/GeometryConverterTest.cs b/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.GeoJSON4STJ.Test/Converters/GeometryConverterTest.cs
index 73f713f..9fce938 100644
--- a/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.GeoJSON4STJ.Test/Converters/GeometryConverterTest.cs
+++ b/test/NetTopologySuite.IO.GeoJSON4STJ.Test/Converters/GeometryConverterTest.cs
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ public void TestReadWithEmptyCoordinatesArray(string type)
             Assert.That(geom.IsEmpty);
         }
 
-
-        [TestCase("MultiPolygon")]
-        public void TestReadWithArrayOfEmptyCoordinatesArray(string type)
+        [TestCase]
+        public void TestMultiPolygonReadWithArrayOfEmptyCoordinatesArray()
         {
-            string geoJson = @$"{{ ""type"" : ""{type}"", ""coordinates"": [ [] ] }}";
+            string geoJson = @"{ ""type"" : ""MultiPolygon"", ""coordinates"": [ [] ] }";
             var options = DefaultOptions;
             var geom = Deserialize(geoJson, options);
 
             Assert.That(geom != null);
+            Assert.That(new MultiPolygon(new Polygon[] { new Polygon(null) }) == geom);
             Assert.That(geom.IsEmpty);
         }