diff --git a/api/internal/wrappy/wnode.go b/api/internal/wrappy/wnode.go
index 901925d57..a74ef6308 100644
--- a/api/internal/wrappy/wnode.go
+++ b/api/internal/wrappy/wnode.go
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ func (wn *WNode) GetFieldValue(path string) (interface{}, error) {
 	// Return value as slice for SequenceNode kind
 	if yn.Kind == yaml.SequenceNode {
 		var result []interface{}
-		for _, node := range yn.Content {
-			result = append(result, node.Value)
+		if err := yn.Decode(&result); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		return result, nil
 	}
diff --git a/api/internal/wrappy/wnode_test.go b/api/internal/wrappy/wnode_test.go
index 45754977e..c3c7c29f1 100644
--- a/api/internal/wrappy/wnode_test.go
+++ b/api/internal/wrappy/wnode_test.go
@@ -377,6 +377,39 @@ func TestGetFieldValueReturnsSlice(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetFieldValueReturnsSliceOfMappings(t *testing.T) {
+	bytes, err := yaml.Marshal(makeBigMap())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected yaml.Marshal err: %v", err)
+	}
+	rNode, err := kyaml.Parse(string(bytes))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected yaml.Marshal err: %v", err)
+	}
+	wn := FromRNode(rNode)
+	expected := []interface{}{
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"field1": "idx0foo",
+			"field2": "idx0bar",
+		},
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"field1": "idx1foo",
+			"field2": "idx1bar",
+		},
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"field1": "idx2foo",
+			"field2": "idx2bar",
+		},
+	}
+	actual, err := wn.GetFieldValue("those")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error getting slice: %v", err)
+	}
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, actual); diff != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("actual slice does not deep equal expected slice:\n%v", diff)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetFieldValueReturnsString(t *testing.T) {
 	wn := NewWNode()
 	if err := wn.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(deploymentBiggerJson)); err != nil {