diff --git a/rust/pact_consumer/src/patterns/special_rules.rs b/rust/pact_consumer/src/patterns/special_rules.rs
index 64329669e..13a611f60 100644
--- a/rust/pact_consumer/src/patterns/special_rules.rs
+++ b/rust/pact_consumer/src/patterns/special_rules.rs
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ fn object_matching_test() {
       MatchingRule::EachKey(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("key1".to_string(), ValueType::String,
         MatchingRule::Regex("[a-z]{3}[0-9]".to_string()), None)),
       MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("\"value1\"".to_string(),
-        ValueType::Unknown, MatchingRule::Type, None))
+        ValueType::String, MatchingRule::Type, None))
     ]
   }, rules);
 }
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ fn each_value_is_pattern() {
   matchable.extract_matching_rules(DocPath::root(), &mut rules);
   expect!(rules).to(be_equal_to(matchingrules_list! {
     "body"; "$" => [
-      MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("100".to_string(), ValueType::String,
+      MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("\"100\"".to_string(), ValueType::String,
         MatchingRule::Regex("\\d+".to_string()), None))
     ]
   }));
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ fn each_value_test() {
   result.extract_matching_rules(DocPath::root(), &mut rules);
   expect!(rules).to(be_equal_to(matchingrules_list! {
     "body"; "$" => [
-      MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("value1".to_string(), ValueType::Unknown,
+      MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("\"value1\"".to_string(), ValueType::String,
         MatchingRule::Regex("[a-z]{5}[0-9]".to_string()), None))
     ]
   }));
diff --git a/rust/pact_models/src/matchingrules/expressions.rs b/rust/pact_models/src/matchingrules/expressions.rs
index 80f39cc66..aae5c1fcb 100644
--- a/rust/pact_models/src/matchingrules/expressions.rs
+++ b/rust/pact_models/src/matchingrules/expressions.rs
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ mod test {
         value_type: ValueType::Unknown,
         rules: vec![
           Either::Left(MatchingRule::EachKey(MatchingRuleDefinition { value: "$.test.one".to_string(), value_type: ValueType::String, rules: vec![Either::Left(MatchingRule::Regex("\\$(\\.\\w+)+".to_string()))], generator: None } )),
-          Either::Left(MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition { value: "".to_string(), value_type: ValueType::Unknown, rules: vec![Either::Left(MatchingRule::Type)], generator: None } ))
+          Either::Left(MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition { value: "".to_string(), value_type: ValueType::String, rules: vec![Either::Left(MatchingRule::Type)], generator: None } ))
         ],
         generator: None
       }));
diff --git a/rust/pact_models/src/matchingrules/mod.rs b/rust/pact_models/src/matchingrules/mod.rs
index 81b03d687..21c0bed24 100644
--- a/rust/pact_models/src/matchingrules/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/pact_models/src/matchingrules/mod.rs
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ mod tests {
       ]
     });
     expect!(MatchingRule::from_json(&json)).to(be_ok().value(
-      MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("{\"price\": 1.23}".to_string(),
+      MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("{\"price\":1.23}".to_string(),
         ValueType::Unknown, MatchingRule::Decimal, None)))
     );
   }
@@ -2635,4 +2635,22 @@ mod tests {
       }
     )
   }
+
+  #[test]
+  #[should_panic]
+  fn each_value_matching_rule_comparation_test() {
+    assert_eq!(
+      matchingrules_list!{"body"; "$.array_values" => [MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("[\"string value\"]".to_string(), ValueType::Unknown, MatchingRule::Type, None))]},
+      matchingrules_list!{"body"; "$.array_values" => [MatchingRule::EachValue(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("[\"something else\"]".to_string(), ValueType::Unknown, MatchingRule::Type, None))]}
+    )
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  #[should_panic]
+  fn each_key_matching_rule_comparation_test() {
+    assert_eq!(
+      matchingrules_list!{"body"; "$.array_values" => [MatchingRule::EachKey(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("a_key".to_string(), ValueType::Unknown, MatchingRule::Type, None))]},
+      matchingrules_list!{"body"; "$.array_values" => [MatchingRule::EachKey(MatchingRuleDefinition::new("another_key".to_string(), ValueType::Unknown, MatchingRule::Type, None))]}
+    )
+  }
 }