diff --git a/packages/http-specs/package.json b/packages/http-specs/package.json
index 988f9f9849..bc52c7a785 100644
--- a/packages/http-specs/package.json
+++ b/packages/http-specs/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@typespec/http-specs",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.37.2",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "Spec scenarios and mock apis",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/packages/http-specs/specs/encode/bytes/mockapi.ts b/packages/http-specs/specs/encode/bytes/mockapi.ts
index f267462203..52da7ad126 100644
--- a/packages/http-specs/specs/encode/bytes/mockapi.ts
+++ b/packages/http-specs/specs/encode/bytes/mockapi.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { resolvePath } from "@typespec/compiler";
-import { CollectionFormat, MockRequest, passOnSuccess, ScenarioMockApi } from "@typespec/spec-api";
+import {
+  CollectionFormat,
+  json,
+  MockRequest,
+  passOnSuccess,
+  ScenarioMockApi,
+} from "@typespec/spec-api";
 import { readFileSync } from "fs";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 
@@ -71,6 +77,7 @@ function createPropertyServerTests(uri: string, data: any, value: any) {
     },
     response: {
       status: 200,
+      body: json({ value: value }),
     },
     kind: "MockApiDefinition",
   });
diff --git a/packages/http-specs/specs/payload/json-merge-patch/mockapi.ts b/packages/http-specs/specs/payload/json-merge-patch/mockapi.ts
index 6fa60ba349..707cd4c302 100644
--- a/packages/http-specs/specs/payload/json-merge-patch/mockapi.ts
+++ b/packages/http-specs/specs/payload/json-merge-patch/mockapi.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ export const expectedCreateBody = {
 };
 
 export const expectedUpdateBody = {
-  name: "Madge",
   description: null,
   map: {
     key: {
-      name: "InnerMadge",
       description: null,
     },
     key2: null,
diff --git a/packages/http-specs/specs/payload/xml/mockapi.ts b/packages/http-specs/specs/payload/xml/mockapi.ts
index d6273feec8..b97a07bdb5 100644
--- a/packages/http-specs/specs/payload/xml/mockapi.ts
+++ b/packages/http-specs/specs/payload/xml/mockapi.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { passOnSuccess, ScenarioMockApi, xml } from "@typespec/spec-api";
+import { MockRequest, passOnSuccess, ScenarioMockApi, xml } from "@typespec/spec-api";
 
 export const Scenarios: Record<string, ScenarioMockApi> = {};
 
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ function createServerTests(uri: string, data?: any) {
           "content-type": "application/xml",
         },
       },
+      handler: (req: MockRequest) => {
+        req.expect.containsHeader("content-type", "application/xml");
+        req.expect.xmlBodyEquals(data);
+        return {
+          status: 204,
+        };
+      },
       response: {
         status: 204,
       },
diff --git a/packages/spector/src/app/app.ts b/packages/spector/src/app/app.ts
index dc5072a867..7430a33f21 100644
--- a/packages/spector/src/app/app.ts
+++ b/packages/spector/src/app/app.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ export class MockApiApp {
   }
 }
 
+function isObject(value: any): boolean {
+  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
+}
+
 function createHandler(apiDefinition: MockApiDefinition) {
   return (req: MockRequest) => {
     // Validate body if present in the request
@@ -84,16 +88,27 @@ function createHandler(apiDefinition: MockApiDefinition) {
         apiDefinition.request.headers &&
         apiDefinition.request.headers["Content-Type"] === "application/xml"
       ) {
-        req.expect.xmlBodyEquals(apiDefinition.request.body);
+        req.expect.xmlBodyEquals(
+          apiDefinition.request.body.rawContent.replace(
+            `<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>`,
+            "",
+          ),
+        );
       } else {
-        req.expect.coercedBodyEquals(apiDefinition.request.body);
+        if (isObject(apiDefinition.request.body)) {
+          Object.entries(apiDefinition.request.body).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+            req.expect.deepEqual(req.body[key], value);
+          });
+        } else {
+          req.expect.coercedBodyEquals(apiDefinition.request.body);
+        }
       }
     }
 
     // Validate headers if present in the request
     if (apiDefinition.request.headers) {
       Object.entries(apiDefinition.request.headers).forEach(([key, value]) => {
-        if (key !== "Content-Type") {
+        if (key.toLowerCase() !== "content-type") {
           if (Array.isArray(value)) {
             req.expect.deepEqual(req.headers[key], value);
           } else {
@@ -106,10 +121,18 @@ function createHandler(apiDefinition: MockApiDefinition) {
     // Validate query params if present in the request
     if (apiDefinition.request.params) {
       Object.entries(apiDefinition.request.params).forEach(([key, value]) => {
-        if (Array.isArray(value)) {
-          req.expect.deepEqual(req.query[key], value);
+        if (!req.query[key]) {
+          if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+            req.expect.deepEqual(req.params[key], value);
+          } else {
+            req.expect.deepEqual(req.params[key], String(value));
+          }
         } else {
-          req.expect.containsQueryParam(key, String(value));
+          if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+            req.expect.deepEqual(req.query[key], value);
+          } else {
+            req.expect.containsQueryParam(key, String(value));
+          }
         }
       });
     }