diff --git a/utoipa-gen/src/component.rs b/utoipa-gen/src/component.rs
index 6a0b9b2c..4de5d4f0 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/src/component.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/src/component.rs
@@ -1255,8 +1255,18 @@ impl ComponentSchema {
 
                         schema.to_tokens(tokens);
                     } else {
-                        let index = container.generics.get_generic_type_param_index(type_tree);
-                        // only set schema references tokens for concrete non generic types
+                        let schema_type = SchemaType {
+                            path: Cow::Borrowed(&rewritten_path),
+                            nullable,
+                        };
+                        let index =
+                            if schema_type.is_primitive() || type_tree.generic_type.is_none() {
+                                container.generics.get_generic_type_param_index(type_tree)
+                            } else {
+                                None
+                            };
+
+                        // forcibly inline primitive type parameters, otherwise use references
                         if index.is_none() {
                             let reference_tokens = if let Some(children) = &type_tree.children {
                                 let composed_generics = Self::compose_generics(
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/tests/openapi_derive.rs b/utoipa-gen/tests/openapi_derive.rs
index e34dc570..8702b071 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/tests/openapi_derive.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/tests/openapi_derive.rs
@@ -553,6 +553,64 @@ fn derive_nest_openapi_with_tags() {
     )
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn openapi_schemas_resolve_generic_enum_schema() {
+    #![allow(dead_code)]
+    use utoipa::ToSchema;
+
+    #[derive(ToSchema)]
+    enum Element<T> {
+        One(T),
+        Many(Vec<T>),
+    }
+
+    #[derive(OpenApi)]
+    #[openapi(components(schemas(Element<String>)))]
+    struct ApiDoc;
+
+    let doc = ApiDoc::openapi();
+
+    let value = serde_json::to_value(&doc).expect("OpenAPI is JSON serializable");
+    let schemas = value.pointer("/components/schemas").unwrap();
+    let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&schemas).expect("OpenAPI is json serializable");
+    println!("{json}");
+
+    assert_json_eq!(
+        schemas,
+        json!({
+            "Element_String": {
+                "oneOf": [
+                    {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "One": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "required": [
+                        "One"
+                    ],
+                    "type": "object"
+                    },
+                    {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "Many": {
+                        "items": {
+                            "type": "string"
+                        },
+                        "type": "array"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "required": [
+                        "Many"
+                    ],
+                    "type": "object"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        })
+    )
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn openapi_schemas_resolve_schema_references() {
     #![allow(dead_code)]
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/tests/path_derive.rs b/utoipa-gen/tests/path_derive.rs
index ea5f9b22..6dca8c82 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/tests/path_derive.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/tests/path_derive.rs
@@ -2655,6 +2655,7 @@ fn derive_path_test_collect_generic_array_request_body() {
 
     #[derive(ToSchema)]
     struct CreateRequest<T> {
+        #[schema(inline)]
         value: T,
     }
 
@@ -2744,6 +2745,7 @@ fn derive_path_test_collect_generic_request_body() {
 
     #[derive(ToSchema)]
     struct CreateRequest<T> {
+        #[schema(inline)]
         value: T,
     }
 
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/tests/schema_generics.rs b/utoipa-gen/tests/schema_generics.rs
index cd49a2bd..9d838255 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/tests/schema_generics.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/tests/schema_generics.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ fn generic_schema_full_api() {
     #[derive(ToSchema)]
     #[schema(as = path::MyType<T>)]
     struct Type<T> {
+        #[schema(inline)]
         t: T,
     }
 
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ fn generic_schema_full_api() {
     struct Person<'p, T: Sized, P> {
         id: usize,
         name: Option<Cow<'p, str>>,
+        #[schema(inline)]
         field: T,
+        #[schema(inline)]
         t: P,
     }
 
@@ -47,14 +50,15 @@ fn generic_schema_full_api() {
         total: usize,
         page: usize,
         pages: usize,
+        #[schema(inline)]
         items: Vec<T>,
     }
 
     #[derive(ToSchema)]
     #[schema(as = path::to::Element<T>)]
     enum E<T> {
-        One(T),
-        Many(Vec<T>),
+        One(#[schema(inline)] T),
+        Many(#[schema(inline)] Vec<T>),
     }
 
     struct NoToSchema;
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ fn schema_with_non_generic_root() {
 
     #[derive(ToSchema)]
     struct Bar<T> {
+        #[schema(inline)]
         value: T,
     }
 
@@ -172,6 +177,7 @@ fn derive_generic_schema_collect_recursive_schema_not_inlined() {
 
     #[derive(ToSchema)]
     pub struct FooStruct<B> {
+        #[schema(inline)]
         pub foo: B,
     }
 
@@ -182,6 +188,7 @@ fn derive_generic_schema_collect_recursive_schema_not_inlined() {
     pub struct Person<T> {
         name: String,
         account: Account,
+        #[schema(inline)]
         t: T,
     }
 
@@ -192,6 +199,7 @@ fn derive_generic_schema_collect_recursive_schema_not_inlined() {
 
     #[derive(ToSchema, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
     pub struct Ty<T> {
+        #[schema(inline)]
         t: T,
     }
 
@@ -231,6 +239,7 @@ fn high_order_types() {
 
     #[derive(ToSchema)]
     pub struct High<T> {
+        #[schema(inline)]
         high: T,
     }
 
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/openapi_schemas_resolve_inner_schema_references b/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/openapi_schemas_resolve_inner_schema_references
index 7368bc5b..9e0cd742 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/openapi_schemas_resolve_inner_schema_references
+++ b/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/openapi_schemas_resolve_inner_schema_references
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
           "properties": {
             "Many": {
               "items": {
-                "type": "object"
+                "type": "string"
               },
               "type": "array"
             }
@@ -95,6 +95,32 @@
           "properties": {
             "Many": {
               "items": {
+                "properties": {
+                  "accounts": {
+                    "items": {
+                      "oneOf": [
+                        {
+                          "type": "null"
+                        },
+                        {
+                          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Account"
+                        }
+                      ]
+                    },
+                    "type": "array"
+                  },
+                  "foo_bar": {
+                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Foobar"
+                  },
+                  "name": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  }
+                },
+                "required": [
+                  "name",
+                  "foo_bar",
+                  "accounts"
+                ],
                 "type": "object"
               },
               "type": "array"
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/schema_generic_collect_non_inlined_schema b/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/schema_generic_collect_non_inlined_schema
index ea5021ab..1abb500f 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/schema_generic_collect_non_inlined_schema
+++ b/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/schema_generic_collect_non_inlined_schema
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
                 },
                 "t": {
                   "type": "integer",
-                  "format": "int32"
+                  "format": "int64"
                 }
               }
             },
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/schema_generics_openapi b/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/schema_generics_openapi
index 95c429ca..f69eda2f 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/schema_generics_openapi
+++ b/utoipa-gen/tests/testdata/schema_generics_openapi
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
               "Many": {
                 "type": "array",
                 "items": {
-                  "type": "object"
+                  "type": "string"
                 }
               }
             }