Unable to generate AVRO classes with Java source generated from OpenAPI Yaml file

I was unable to generate AVRO classes when using OpenAPI yaml file to generate the source code for avro-maven-plugin

[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time:  9.450 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2023-07-19T14:16:26-04:00
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.avro:avro-maven-plugin:1.11.2:schema (default) on project demo: Execution default of goal org.apache.avro:avro-maven-plugin:1.11.2:schema failed: Undefined name: "model.DocumentInfo" -> 

This occurs when an array is specified In the OpenAPI yaml file as a property of an object, for example
documents:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentInfo'
 
If that was commented out, then proper AVRO classes will be generated.