diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/components-schemas/dereferenced.json b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/components-schemas/dereferenced.json
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index 000000000..ee374767e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/components-schemas/dereferenced.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[
+  {
+    "asyncapi": "3.0.0",
+    "components": {
+      "schemas": {
+        "multiFormatSchema1": {
+          "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+          "schema": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "property1": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "multiFormatSchema2": {
+          "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+          "schema": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "property1": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/components-schemas/root.json b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/components-schemas/root.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24a801f57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/components-schemas/root.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "asyncapi": "3.0.0",
+  "components": {
+    "schemas": {
+      "multiFormatSchema1": {
+        "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+        "schema": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "properties": {
+            "property1": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "multiFormatSchema2": {
+        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/multiFormatSchema1"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-object/dereferenced.json b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-object/dereferenced.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b395c4fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-object/dereferenced.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+[
+  {
+    "asyncapi": "3.0.0",
+    "components": {
+      "schemas": {
+        "multiFormatSchema1": {
+          "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+          "schema": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "property1": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "multiFormatSchema2": {
+          "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+          "schema": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "messages": {
+        "message1": {
+          "headers": {
+            "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "property1": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "payload": {
+            "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-object/root.json b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-object/root.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a2726619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-object/root.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "asyncapi": "3.0.0",
+  "components": {
+    "schemas": {
+      "multiFormatSchema1": {
+        "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+        "schema": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "properties": {
+            "property1": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "multiFormatSchema2": {
+        "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+        "schema": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "messages": {
+      "message1": {
+        "headers": {
+          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/multiFormatSchema1"
+        },
+        "payload": {
+          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/multiFormatSchema2"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-trait-object/dereferenced.json b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-trait-object/dereferenced.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b362dafd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-trait-object/dereferenced.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[
+  {
+    "asyncapi": "3.0.0",
+    "components": {
+      "schemas": {
+        "multiFormatSchema1": {
+          "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+          "schema": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "property1": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "messageTraits": {
+        "messageTrait1": {
+          "headers": {
+            "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+            "schema": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "property1": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-trait-object/root.json b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-trait-object/root.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..507285f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/fixtures/message-trait-object/root.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "asyncapi": "3.0.0",
+  "components": {
+    "schemas": {
+      "multiFormatSchema1": {
+        "schemaFormat": "application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=3.0.0",
+        "schema": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "properties": {
+            "property1": {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "messageTraits": {
+      "messageTrait1": {
+        "headers": {
+          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/multiFormatSchema1"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/index.ts b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/index.ts
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index 000000000..ae1c92f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apidom-reference/test/dereference/strategies/asyncapi-3/multi-format-schema-object/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { toValue } from '@swagger-api/apidom-core';
+import { mediaTypes } from '@swagger-api/apidom-ns-asyncapi-3';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+import { loadJsonFile } from '../../../../helpers.ts';
+import { dereference } from '../../../../../src/index.ts';
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const rootFixturePath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
+
+describe('dereference', function () {
+  context('strategies', function () {
+    context('asyncapi-3', function () {
+      context('Multi Format Schema Object', function () {
+        context('given in Message Object', function () {
+          const fixturePath = path.join(rootFixturePath, 'message-object');
+
+          specify('should dereference', async function () {
+            const rootFilePath = path.join(fixturePath, 'root.json');
+            const actual = await dereference(rootFilePath, {
+              parse: { mediaType: mediaTypes.latest('json') },
+            });
+            const expected = loadJsonFile(path.join(fixturePath, 'dereferenced.json'));
+
+            assert.deepEqual(toValue(actual), expected);
+          });
+        });
+
+        context('given in Message Trait Object', function () {
+          const fixturePath = path.join(rootFixturePath, 'message-trait-object');
+
+          specify('should dereference', async function () {
+            const rootFilePath = path.join(fixturePath, 'root.json');
+            const actual = await dereference(rootFilePath, {
+              parse: { mediaType: mediaTypes.latest('json') },
+            });
+            const expected = loadJsonFile(path.join(fixturePath, 'dereferenced.json'));
+
+            assert.deepEqual(toValue(actual), expected);
+          });
+        });
+
+        context('given in components/schemas field', function () {
+          const fixturePath = path.join(rootFixturePath, 'components-schemas');
+
+          specify('should dereference', async function () {
+            const rootFilePath = path.join(fixturePath, 'root.json');
+            const actual = await dereference(rootFilePath, {
+              parse: { mediaType: mediaTypes.latest('json') },
+            });
+            const expected = loadJsonFile(path.join(fixturePath, 'dereferenced.json'));
+
+            assert.deepEqual(toValue(actual), expected);
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});