diff --git a/src/dotnet/APIView/APIView/Model/V2/ReviewToken.cs b/src/dotnet/APIView/APIView/Model/V2/ReviewToken.cs
index fb45f0929eb..94e878f9b48 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/APIView/APIView/Model/V2/ReviewToken.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/APIView/APIView/Model/V2/ReviewToken.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public ReviewToken(string value, TokenKind kind)
         /// <summary>
         /// Language specific style css class names
         /// </summary>
-        public List<string> RenderClasses = [];
+        public List<string> RenderClasses { get; set; } = [];
 
         public static ReviewToken CreateTextToken(string value, string navigateToId = null, bool hasSuffixSpace = true)
         {
diff --git a/tools/apiview/parsers/csharp-api-parser/CSharpAPIParserTests/CodeFileTests.cs b/tools/apiview/parsers/csharp-api-parser/CSharpAPIParserTests/CodeFileTests.cs
index 59aea555c7d..40fa294b3d9 100644
--- a/tools/apiview/parsers/csharp-api-parser/CSharpAPIParserTests/CodeFileTests.cs
+++ b/tools/apiview/parsers/csharp-api-parser/CSharpAPIParserTests/CodeFileTests.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Schema;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using APIView.Model.V2;
 
 
 namespace CSharpAPIParserTests
@@ -126,5 +127,25 @@ private bool validateSchema(CodeFile codeFile)
             }
             return isValid;
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestNavigatonNodeHasRenderingClass()
+        {
+            var jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(codeFile);
+            var parsedCodeFile = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<CodeFile>(jsonString);
+            Assert.Equal(8, CountNavigationNodes(parsedCodeFile.ReviewLines));
+        }
+
+        private int  CountNavigationNodes(List<ReviewLine> lines)
+        {
+            int count = 0;
+            foreach (var line in lines)
+            {
+                var navTokens = line.Tokens.Where(x=> x.NavigationDisplayName != null);
+                count += navTokens.Count(x => x.RenderClasses.Any());
+                count += CountNavigationNodes(line.Children);
+            }
+            return count;
+        }
     }
 }