diff --git a/search-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/search/util/GeoQueryBuilder.java b/search-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/search/util/GeoQueryBuilder.java
index 29bacdac31bac62e27de7209114ed208aad8a812..021f673dfba67586c72c431f06d5059481312f35 100644
--- a/search-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/search/util/GeoQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/search-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/search/util/GeoQueryBuilder.java
@@ -141,15 +141,13 @@ public final class GeoQueryBuilder {
   }
 
   private static Map<String, Object> createMultiPolygon(List<Polygon> polygons) {
-    Map<String, Object> geometryCollection = new HashMap<>();
-    geometryCollection.put("type", "GeometryCollection");
+    Map<String, Object> multiPolygon = new HashMap<>();
+    multiPolygon.put("type", "MultiPolygon");
 
-    List<Map<String, Object>> geometriesList = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<Object> multiPolygonCoordinates = new ArrayList<>();
 
     for (Polygon polygon : polygons) {
       checkPolygon(polygon);
-      Map<String, Object> multiPolygon = new HashMap<>();
-      multiPolygon.put("type", "MultiPolygon");
 
       List<List<List<Double>>> polygonCoordinates = new ArrayList<>();
       List<List<Double>> coordinates = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -160,14 +158,12 @@ public final class GeoQueryBuilder {
 
       polygonCoordinates.add(coordinates);
 
-      multiPolygon.put("coordinates", polygonCoordinates);
-
-      geometriesList.add(multiPolygon);
+      multiPolygonCoordinates.add(polygonCoordinates);
     }
 
-    geometryCollection.put("geometries", geometriesList);
+    multiPolygon.put("coordinates", multiPolygonCoordinates);
 
-    return geometryCollection;
+    return multiPolygon;
   }
 
   private Query getIntersectionQuery(SpatialFilter spatialFilter) {
diff --git a/search-core/src/test/resources/testqueries/expected/intersection-query.json b/search-core/src/test/resources/testqueries/expected/intersection-query.json
index d09a13955e87ea0ecae039605e285e4183879c29..2531cfae1170131dcd4fd80bd0ea815b53f9a777 100644
--- a/search-core/src/test/resources/testqueries/expected/intersection-query.json
+++ b/search-core/src/test/resources/testqueries/expected/intersection-query.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "geo_shape":{
     "data.SpatialLocation.Wgs84Coordinates":{
-      "shape":"{geometries=[{coordinates=[[[-8.61, 1.02], [-2.48, 1.02], [-2.48, 10.74], [-8.61, 10.74], [-8.61, 1.02]]], type=MultiPolygon}], type=GeometryCollection}",
+      "shape":"{coordinates=[[[[-8.61, 1.02], [-2.48, 1.02], [-2.48, 10.74], [-8.61, 10.74], [-8.61, 1.02]]]], type=MultiPolygon}",
       "relation":"intersects"
     },
     "ignore_unmapped":true
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}