diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/model/definition/Standard.java b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/model/definition/Standard.java
index 5d02514e3..d082c7007 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/model/definition/Standard.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/model/definition/Standard.java
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ public void setRequirements(final List<Requirement> requirements) {
     this.requirements = requirements;
   }
 
+  @JacksonXmlElementWrapper(localName = "levels")
+  @JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "level")
   public List<Level> getLevels() {
     return levels;
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomXmlGeneratorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomXmlGeneratorTest.java
index f04e1f0d4..b529ce2c2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomXmlGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomXmlGeneratorTest.java
@@ -1335,6 +1335,16 @@ private File writeToFile(String xmlString) throws Exception {
         return tempFile;
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void schema16StandardLevelsGenerationTest() throws Exception {
+        BomXmlGenerator generator = BomGeneratorFactory.createXml(Version.VERSION_16, createCommonBomXml("/1.6/valid-standard-1.6.xml"));
+        String xml = generator.toXmlString();
+        assertTrue(xml.contains("<level bom-ref=\"level-1\">"), xml);
+        File file = writeToFile(xml);
+        XmlParser parser = new XmlParser();
+        assertTrue(parser.isValid(file, Version.VERSION_16));
+    }
+
     private Bom createCommonBomXml(String resource) throws Exception {
         final byte[] bomBytes = Objects.requireNonNull(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(resource)).readAllBytes();
         XmlParser parser = new XmlParser();