diff --git a/index/extract_refs.go b/index/extract_refs.go
index ba8477e..0ede27b 100644
--- a/index/extract_refs.go
+++ b/index/extract_refs.go
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ func (index *SpecIndex) ExtractRefs(node, parent *yaml.Node, seenPath []string,
 					if !utils.IsNodeStringValue(node.Content[i+1]) {
 						continue
 					}
+					// issue #481, don't look at refs in arrays, the next node isn't the value.
+					if utils.IsNodeArray(node)  {
+						continue
+					}
 				}
 
 				index.linesWithRefs[n.Line] = true
diff --git a/index/resolver.go b/index/resolver.go
index 04afc84..022d80c 100644
--- a/index/resolver.go
+++ b/index/resolver.go
@@ -516,6 +516,11 @@ func (resolver *Resolver) extractRelatives(ref *Reference, node, parent *yaml.No
 				if !utils.IsNodeStringValue(node.Content[i+1]) {
 					continue
 				}
+				// issue #481 cannot look at an array value, the next not is not the value!
+				if utils.IsNodeArray(node) {
+					continue
+				}
+
 
 				value := node.Content[i+1].Value
 				value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, "\\\\", "\\")