diff --git a/sdk-core/src/main/java/io/milvus/v2/utils/DataUtils.java b/sdk-core/src/main/java/io/milvus/v2/utils/DataUtils.java
index 44dd80e92..50ad53162 100644
--- a/sdk-core/src/main/java/io/milvus/v2/utils/DataUtils.java
+++ b/sdk-core/src/main/java/io/milvus/v2/utils/DataUtils.java
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ private static FieldData genStructSubFieldData(CreateCollectionReq.FieldSchema f
         FieldData.Builder builder = FieldData.newBuilder().setFieldName(fieldName);
 
         if (ParamUtils.isVectorDataType(dataType)) {
-            VectorArray vectorArr = genVectorArray(dataType, objects);
+            VectorArray vectorArr = genVectorArray(dataType, objects, fieldSchema.getDimension());
             if (vectorArr.getDim() > 0 && vectorArr.getDim() != fieldSchema.getDimension()) {
                 String msg = String.format("Dimension mismatch for field %s, expected: %d, actual: %d",
                         fieldName, fieldSchema.getDimension(), vectorArr.getDim());
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ private static FieldData genStructSubFieldData(CreateCollectionReq.FieldSchema f
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static VectorArray genVectorArray(DataType dataType, List<?> objects) {
-        VectorArray.Builder builder = VectorArray.newBuilder().setElementType(dataType);
+    public static VectorArray genVectorArray(DataType dataType, List<?> objects, int dim) {
+        VectorArray.Builder builder = VectorArray.newBuilder().setElementType(dataType).setDim(dim);
         switch (dataType) {
             case FloatVector:
             case BinaryVector:
@@ -398,19 +398,21 @@ public static VectorArray genVectorArray(DataType dataType, List<?> objects) {
                     List<?> listOfList = (List<?>) object;
                     if (listOfList.isEmpty()) {
                         // struct field value is empty, fill the VectorArray with zero-dim vectors?
-                        builder.addData(VectorField.newBuilder().build());
+                        VectorField.Builder vfBuilder = VectorField.newBuilder().setDim(dim);
+                        if (dataType == DataType.FloatVector) {
+                            vfBuilder.setFloatVector(FloatArray.newBuilder().build());
+                        } else {
+                            // not supported yet
+                            throw new MilvusClientException(ErrorCode.INVALID_PARAMS, "Unsupported type: " + dataType.name());
+                        }
+                        builder.addData(vfBuilder.build());
                         continue;
                     }
 
                     VectorField vf = ParamUtils.genVectorField(dataType, listOfList);
-                    if (vf.getDim() == 0) {
-                        throw new MilvusClientException(ErrorCode.INVALID_PARAMS, "Vector cannot be empty list");
-                    }
-                    if (builder.getDataCount() == 0) {
-                        builder.setDim(vf.getDim());
-                    } else if (builder.getDim() != vf.getDim()) {
-                        String msg = String.format("Dimension mismatch for vector field, the first dimension: %d, mismatched: %d",
-                                builder.getDim(), vf.getDim());
+                    if (vf.getDim() != dim) {
+                        String msg = String.format("Dimension mismatch for vector field, schema dimension: %d, actual dimension: %d",
+                                dim, vf.getDim());
                         throw new MilvusClientException(ErrorCode.INVALID_PARAMS, msg);
                     }
                     builder.addData(vf);
diff --git a/sdk-core/src/test/java/io/milvus/v2/client/MilvusClientV2DockerTest.java b/sdk-core/src/test/java/io/milvus/v2/client/MilvusClientV2DockerTest.java
index e2be98293..7faac012e 100644
--- a/sdk-core/src/test/java/io/milvus/v2/client/MilvusClientV2DockerTest.java
+++ b/sdk-core/src/test/java/io/milvus/v2/client/MilvusClientV2DockerTest.java
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ void testStruct() {
             row.add(normalVectorField, JsonUtils.toJsonTree(utils.generateFloatVector()));
             JsonArray structArr1 = new JsonArray();
             JsonArray structArr2 = new JsonArray();
-            for (int k = 0; k < 8; k++) {
+            for (int k = 0; k < i; k++) {
                 if (k < 5) {
                     JsonObject struct = new JsonObject();
                     struct.addProperty("aaa", "No." + k);
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ void testStruct() {
 
         // upsert
         JsonObject row = new JsonObject();
-        row.addProperty(pkField, 6);
+        row.addProperty(pkField, 0);
         row.addProperty(normalScalarField, "update_text");
         row.add(normalVectorField, JsonUtils.toJsonTree(utils.generateFloatVector()));
         JsonArray structArr1 = new JsonArray();
@@ -1318,11 +1318,6 @@ void testStruct() {
             struct1.addProperty("aaa", "updated_No." + k);
             struct1.add("vector", JsonUtils.toJsonTree(utils.generateFloatVector(32)));
             structArr1.add(struct1);
-
-            JsonObject struct2 = new JsonObject();
-            struct2.addProperty("bbb", "updated_No." + k);
-            struct2.add("vector", JsonUtils.toJsonTree(utils.generateFloatVector(64)));
-            structArr2.add(struct2);
         }
         row.add("st1", structArr1);
         row.add("st2", structArr2);
@@ -1336,7 +1331,7 @@ void testStruct() {
         // query
         QueryResp queryResp = client.query(QueryReq.builder()
                 .collectionName(randomCollectionName)
-                .filter(String.format("%s == 6 or %s == 9", pkField, pkField))
+                .filter(String.format("%s == 0 or %s == 9", pkField, pkField))
                 .limit(3)
                 .consistencyLevel(ConsistencyLevel.STRONG)
                 .outputFields(Collections.singletonList("*"))
@@ -1376,7 +1371,7 @@ void testStruct() {
         for (List<SearchResp.SearchResult> oneResults : searchResults) {
             Assertions.assertEquals(topK, oneResults.size());
         }
-        Assertions.assertEquals(6L, (long) searchResults.get(0).get(0).getId());
+        Assertions.assertEquals(0L, (long) searchResults.get(0).get(0).getId());
         Assertions.assertEquals(9L, (long) searchResults.get(1).get(0).getId());
     }