diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7db96303..985fc00d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ microsoft-kiota-authentication-azure==1.9.3
 
 microsoft-kiota-http==1.9.3
 
+microsoft-kiota-serialization-json==1.9.3
+
 multidict==6.5.1 ; python_version >= '3.7'
 
 uritemplate==4.2.0 ; python_version >= '3.6'
diff --git a/src/msgraph_core/requests/batch_request_item.py b/src/msgraph_core/requests/batch_request_item.py
index d7818736..716a8a22 100644
--- a/src/msgraph_core/requests/batch_request_item.py
+++ b/src/msgraph_core/requests/batch_request_item.py
@@ -258,19 +258,16 @@ def serialize(self, writer: SerializationWriter) -> None:
         writer.write_str_value('method', self.method)
         writer.write_str_value('url', self.url)
         writer.write_collection_of_primitive_values('depends_on', self._depends_on)
-        writer.write_collection_of_object_values(
-            'headers',
-            self._headers  # type: ignore # need method to serialize dicts
+        writer.write_additional_data_value(
+            {'headers': self._headers}  # need proper method to serialize dicts
         )
         if self._body:
             json_object = json.loads(self._body)
             is_json_string = json_object and isinstance(json_object, dict)
             # /$batch API expects JSON object or base 64 encoded value for the body
             if is_json_string:
-                writer.write_collection_of_object_values(   # type: ignore
-                    # need method to serialize dicts
-                    'body',
-                    json_object
+                writer.write_additional_data_value(
+                    {'body': json_object}  # need proper method to serialize dicts
                 )
             else:
                 writer.write_str_value('body', base64.b64encode(self._body).decode('utf-8'))
diff --git a/tests/requests/test_batch_request_item.py b/tests/requests/test_batch_request_item.py
index 1f3dd971..433cce09 100644
--- a/tests/requests/test_batch_request_item.py
+++ b/tests/requests/test_batch_request_item.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import pytest
+import json
 from io import BytesIO
+from unittest.mock import Mock
 from urllib.request import Request
 from kiota_abstractions.request_information import RequestInformation
+from kiota_abstractions.serialization.serialization_writer import SerializationWriter
 from kiota_abstractions.method import Method
 from kiota_abstractions.headers_collection import HeadersCollection as RequestHeaders
+from kiota_serialization_json.json_serialization_writer_factory import JsonSerializationWriterFactory
 from msgraph_core.requests.batch_request_item import BatchRequestItem
 
 base_url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me"
@@ -11,23 +15,26 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def request_info():
-    request_info = RequestInformation()
+    request_info = RequestInformation() 
     request_info.http_method = "GET"
-    request_info.url = "f{base_url}/me"
+    request_info.url = base_url
     request_info.headers = RequestHeaders()
-    request_info.content = BytesIO(b'{"key": "value"}')
+    request_info.headers.add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+    request_info.content = b'{"key": "value"}'
     return request_info
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def batch_request_item(request_info):
-    return BatchRequestItem(request_information=request_info)
+    return BatchRequestItem(request_information=request_info, id="123")
 
 
 def test_initialization(batch_request_item, request_info):
+    assert batch_request_item.id == "123"
     assert batch_request_item.method == "GET"
-    assert batch_request_item.url == "f{base_url}/me"
-    assert batch_request_item.body.read() == b'{"key": "value"}'
+    assert batch_request_item.url == base_url
+    assert batch_request_item.headers == {"content-type": "application/json"}
+    assert batch_request_item.body == b'{"key": "value"}'
 
 
 def test_create_with_urllib_request():
@@ -123,3 +130,15 @@ def test_batch_request_item_method_enum():
 def test_depends_on_property(batch_request_item):
     batch_request_item.set_depends_on(["request1", "request2"])
     assert batch_request_item.depends_on == ["request1", "request2"]
+
+
+def test_serialize_json(batch_request_item):
+    writer = JsonSerializationWriterFactory().get_serialization_writer('application/json')
+    batch_request_item.serialize(writer)
+    content = json.loads(writer.get_serialized_content())
+    assert content["id"] == "123"
+    assert content["method"] == "GET"
+    assert content["url"] == base_url
+    assert content["headers"] == {"content-type": "application/json"}
+    assert content["body"] == {"key": "value"}
+