diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/JsonObject.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/JsonObject.cs
index a5440ce29b7..b7c04b1e58b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/JsonObject.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/JsonObject.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,22 @@ public static object ConvertFromJson(string input, bool returnHashtable, out Err
             error = null;
             try
             {
+                // JsonConvert.DeserializeObject does not throw an exception when an invalid Json array is passed.
+                // This issue is being tracked by https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/issues/1321.
+                // To work around this, we need to identify when input is a Json array, and then try to parse it via JArray.Parse().
+
+                // If input starts with '[' (ignoring white spaces).
+                if (Regex.Match(input, @"^\s*\[").Success)
+                {
+                    // JArray.Parse() will throw a JsonException if the array is invalid.
+                    // This will be caught by the catch block below, and then throw an
+                    // ArgumentException - this is done to have same behavior as the JavaScriptSerializer.
+                    JArray.Parse(input);
+
+                    // Please note that if the Json array is valid, we don't do anything,
+                    // we just continue the deserialization.
+                }
+
                 var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(
                     input,
                     new JsonSerializerSettings
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Json.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Json.Tests.ps1
index 39aa655b71e..e4a32a5ee88 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Json.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/ConvertFrom-Json.Tests.ps1
@@ -52,10 +52,4 @@ Describe 'ConvertFrom-Json' -tags "CI" {
             $json | Should -BeOfType Hashtable
         }
     }
-
-    It 'Throws an ArgumentException with an incomplete array with AsHashtable switch set to <AsHashtable>' -TestCase $testCasesWithAndWithoutAsHashtableSwitch {
-        Param($AsHashtable)
-        { ConvertFrom-Json '["1",' -AsHashtable:$AsHashtable } |
-            Should -Throw -ErrorId "System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertFromJsonCommand"
-    }
 }