diff --git a/scrplugin/annotations/changelog.txt b/scrplugin/annotations/changelog.txt
index b9e0179..b1df35c 100644
--- a/scrplugin/annotations/changelog.txt
+++ b/scrplugin/annotations/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ Changes from 1.9.2 to 1.9.0
+----------------------------
+** Bug
+    * [FELIX-3977] -  @Property: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException empty array default value  
+
+
  Changes from 1.9.0 to 1.8.0
 ----------------------------
 ** Bug
diff --git a/scrplugin/annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/processing/SCRAnnotationProcessor.java b/scrplugin/annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/processing/SCRAnnotationProcessor.java
index e3a1c88..e318311 100644
--- a/scrplugin/annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/processing/SCRAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/scrplugin/annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/processing/SCRAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
                                 newValues[i] = Array.get(value, i).toString();
                             }
                             prop.setMultiValue(newValues);
-                            prop.setType(PropertyType.from(Array.get(value, 0).getClass()));
+                            prop.setType(PropertyType.from(fieldAnnotation.getAnnotatedField().getType().getComponentType()));
                         } else {
                             prop.setType(PropertyType.from(value.getClass()));
                             prop.setValue(value.toString());