diff --git a/specs/search/paths/search/searchForFacetValues.yml b/specs/search/paths/search/searchForFacetValues.yml
index c5072779f7..5ecb238934 100644
--- a/specs/search/paths/search/searchForFacetValues.yml
+++ b/specs/search/paths/search/searchForFacetValues.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ post:
           additionalProperties: false
           properties:
             params:
-              $ref: '../../../common/schemas/SearchParams.yml#/paramsAsString'
+              $ref: '../../../common/schemas/SearchParams.yml#/searchParams'
             facetQuery:
               $ref: '../../common/schemas/SearchQuery.yml#/facetQuery'
             maxFacetHits:
diff --git a/tests/CTS/requests/search/searchForFacetValues.json b/tests/CTS/requests/search/searchForFacetValues.json
index 57b33bf3e8..df6056da8b 100644
--- a/tests/CTS/requests/search/searchForFacetValues.json
+++ b/tests/CTS/requests/search/searchForFacetValues.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     }
   },
   {
-    "testName": "get searchForFacetValues results with all parameters",
+    "testName": "get searchForFacetValues results with all parameters as string",
     "parameters": {
       "indexName": "indexName",
       "facetName": "facetName",
@@ -31,6 +31,31 @@
       }
     }
   },
+  {
+    "testName": "get searchForFacetValues results with all parameters as object",
+    "parameters": {
+      "indexName": "indexName",
+      "facetName": "facetName",
+      "searchForFacetValuesRequest": {
+        "params": {
+          "facetFilters": ["bar"]
+        },
+        "facetQuery": "foo",
+        "maxFacetHits": 42
+      }
+    },
+    "request": {
+      "path": "/1/indexes/indexName/facets/facetName/query",
+      "method": "POST",
+      "body": {
+        "params": {
+          "facetFilters": ["bar"]
+        },
+        "facetQuery": "foo",
+        "maxFacetHits": 42
+      }
+    }
+  },
   {
     "testName": "facetName and facetQuery",
     "parameters": {