diff --git a/src/EFCore.Sqlite.Core/Query/Internal/SqliteQuerySqlGenerator.cs b/src/EFCore.Sqlite.Core/Query/Internal/SqliteQuerySqlGenerator.cs
index 0fa1e853271..656d144b856 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Sqlite.Core/Query/Internal/SqliteQuerySqlGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Sqlite.Core/Query/Internal/SqliteQuerySqlGenerator.cs
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ protected virtual void GenerateJsonEach(JsonEachExpression jsonEachExpression)
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            Sql.Append("' + ");
+                            Sql.Append("' || ");
                             Visit(arrayIndex);
-                            Sql.Append(" + '");
+                            Sql.Append(" || '");
                         }
 
                         Sql.Append("]");
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Relational.Specification.Tests/Query/JsonQueryTestBase.cs b/test/EFCore.Relational.Specification.Tests/Query/JsonQueryTestBase.cs
index 26ba6f29b4f..9c6f4625630 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Relational.Specification.Tests/Query/JsonQueryTestBase.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Relational.Specification.Tests/Query/JsonQueryTestBase.cs
@@ -968,8 +968,8 @@ public virtual Task Json_collection_Where_ElementAt(bool async)
             async,
             ss => ss.Set<JsonEntityBasic>().Where(j =>
                 j.OwnedReferenceRoot.OwnedCollectionBranch
-                    .Where(o => o.Date == new DateTime(2102, 1, 1))
-                    .ElementAt(0).Fraction == 10.2M),
+                    .Where(o => o.Enum == JsonEnum.Three)
+                    .ElementAt(0).OwnedReferenceLeaf.SomethingSomething == "e1_r_c2_r"),
             entryCount: 40);
 
     [ConditionalTheory]
diff --git a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/JsonQuerySqlServerTest.cs b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/JsonQuerySqlServerTest.cs
index e3dadfa10d2..f520582ca59 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/JsonQuerySqlServerTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/JsonQuerySqlServerTest.cs
@@ -944,11 +944,11 @@ public override async Task Json_collection_Where_ElementAt(bool async)
 SELECT [j].[Id], [j].[EntityBasicId], [j].[Name], [j].[OwnedCollectionRoot], [j].[OwnedReferenceRoot]
 FROM [JsonEntitiesBasic] AS [j]
 WHERE (
-    SELECT CAST(JSON_VALUE([o].[value], '$.Fraction') AS decimal(18,2))
+    SELECT JSON_VALUE([o].[value], '$.OwnedReferenceLeaf.SomethingSomething')
     FROM OPENJSON([j].[OwnedReferenceRoot], '$.OwnedCollectionBranch') AS [o]
-    WHERE CAST(JSON_VALUE([o].[value], '$.Date') AS datetime2) = '2102-01-01T00:00:00.0000000'
+    WHERE JSON_VALUE([o].[value], '$.Enum') = N'Three'
     ORDER BY CAST([o].[key] AS int)
-    OFFSET 0 ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY) = 10.2
+    OFFSET 0 ROWS FETCH NEXT 1 ROWS ONLY) = N'e1_r_c2_r'
 """);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Sqlite.FunctionalTests/Query/JsonQuerySqliteTest.cs b/test/EFCore.Sqlite.FunctionalTests/Query/JsonQuerySqliteTest.cs
index 2964f93c76c..07777fcc77f 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Sqlite.FunctionalTests/Query/JsonQuerySqliteTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Sqlite.FunctionalTests/Query/JsonQuerySqliteTest.cs
@@ -85,6 +85,26 @@ FROM json_each("j"."OwnedReferenceRoot", '$.OwnedCollectionBranch') AS "o"
 """);
     }
 
+    public override async Task Json_collection_Where_ElementAt(bool async)
+    {
+        await base.Json_collection_Where_ElementAt(async);
+
+        AssertSql(
+"""
+SELECT "j"."Id", "j"."EntityBasicId", "j"."Name", "j"."OwnedCollectionRoot", "j"."OwnedReferenceRoot"
+FROM "JsonEntitiesBasic" AS "j"
+WHERE (
+    SELECT "t"."OwnedReferenceLeaf" ->> 'SomethingSomething'
+    FROM (
+        SELECT "o"."value" ->> 'Date' AS "Date", "o"."value" ->> 'Enum' AS "Enum", "o"."value" ->> 'Fraction' AS "Fraction", "o"."value" ->> 'NullableEnum' AS "NullableEnum", "o"."value" ->> 'OwnedCollectionLeaf' AS "OwnedCollectionLeaf", "o"."value" ->> 'OwnedReferenceLeaf' AS "OwnedReferenceLeaf", "j"."Id", "o"."key"
+        FROM json_each("j"."OwnedReferenceRoot", '$.OwnedCollectionBranch') AS "o"
+    ) AS "t"
+    WHERE "t"."Enum" = 'Three'
+    ORDER BY "t"."key"
+    LIMIT 1 OFFSET 0) = 'e1_r_c2_r'
+""");
+    }
+
     public override async Task Json_collection_Skip(bool async)
     {
         await base.Json_collection_Skip(async);
@@ -156,6 +176,13 @@ FROM json_each("t"."OwnedCollectionBranch", '$') AS "o0"
 """);
     }
 
+    public override async Task Json_collection_Select_entity_with_initializer_ElementAt(bool async)
+        => Assert.Equal(
+            SqliteStrings.ApplyNotSupported,
+            (await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(
+                () => base.Project_json_entity_FirstOrDefault_subquery_deduplication_outer_reference_and_pruning(async)))
+            .Message);
+
     [ConditionalTheory]
     [MemberData(nameof(IsAsyncData))]
     public virtual async Task FromSqlInterpolated_on_entity_with_json_with_predicate(bool async)