diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 259d7da2..4953da7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 * support `components.pathItems` so `$ref`s into it resolve, unblocking OpenAPI 3.1 documents that use reusable path items
 * support array-form `type` (3.1) in value validation
 * support root-level `jsonSchemaDialect` (OpenAPI 3.1) in the parse layer
+* support `prefixItems` (OpenAPI 3.1) with positional tuple validation
 * add `SpecValidator` with `strict_specification_version` config (`:silent` / `:warn` / `:raise`) to detect version mismatches between declared OpenAPI version and actual field usage
+  * `PrefixItemsIn30`: detect `prefixItems` usage in 3.0 documents (3.1 addition)
   * `JsonSchemaDialectIn30`: detect root-level `jsonSchemaDialect` usage in 3.0 documents (3.1 addition)
   * `TypeArrayIn30`: detect array-form `type` usage in 3.0 documents (3.1 form)
   * `NullableDeprecation`: detect `nullable` usage in 3.1 documents (removed in 3.1)
diff --git a/lib/openapi_parser/schema_validator/array_validator.rb b/lib/openapi_parser/schema_validator/array_validator.rb
index 71df3901..1b16862e 100644
--- a/lib/openapi_parser/schema_validator/array_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/openapi_parser/schema_validator/array_validator.rb
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ def coerce_and_validate(value, schema, **_keyword_args)
       value, err = validate_unique_items(value, schema)
       return [nil, err] if err
 
-      # array type have an schema in items property
+      # 3.1: prefixItems positionally validates the leading N elements.
+      # Elements past the prefix fall back to schema.items, matching how
+      # JSON Schema 2020-12 layers the two keywords.
+      prefix_schemas = schema.prefix_items || []
       items_schema = schema.items
-      coerced_values = value.map do |v|
-        coerced, err = validatable.validate_schema(v, items_schema)
+      coerced_values = value.each_with_index.map do |v, idx|
+        sub_schema = prefix_schemas[idx] || items_schema
+        coerced, err = validatable.validate_schema(v, sub_schema)
         return [nil, err] if err
 
         coerced
diff --git a/lib/openapi_parser/schemas/schema.rb b/lib/openapi_parser/schemas/schema.rb
index 17e57da7..5436a3fb 100644
--- a/lib/openapi_parser/schemas/schema.rb
+++ b/lib/openapi_parser/schemas/schema.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ class Schema < Base
     #   @return [Schema, nil]
     openapi_attr_object :items, Schema, reference: true
 
+    # @!attribute [r] prefix_items
+    #   @return [Array<Schema>, nil] tuple-style positional schemas (OpenAPI 3.1+)
+    openapi_attr_list_object :prefix_items, Schema, reference: true, schema_key: :prefixItems
+
     # @!attribute [r] properties
     #   @return [Hash{String => Schema}, nil]
     openapi_attr_hash_object :properties, Schema, reference: true
diff --git a/lib/openapi_parser/spec_validator.rb b/lib/openapi_parser/spec_validator.rb
index 9a8e7c67..fe7a8f2c 100644
--- a/lib/openapi_parser/spec_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/openapi_parser/spec_validator.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require_relative 'spec_validator/rule'
 require_relative 'spec_validator/rules/exclusive_minimum'
 require_relative 'spec_validator/rules/exclusive_maximum'
+require_relative 'spec_validator/rules/prefix_items_in_30'
 require_relative 'spec_validator/rules/json_schema_dialect_in_30'
 require_relative 'spec_validator/rules/type_array_in_30'
 require_relative 'spec_validator/rules/path_items_in_30'
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ def rules
         [
           Rules::ExclusiveMinimum,
           Rules::ExclusiveMaximum,
+          Rules::PrefixItemsIn30,
           Rules::JsonSchemaDialectIn30,
           Rules::TypeArrayIn30,
           Rules::PathItemsIn30,
diff --git a/lib/openapi_parser/spec_validator/rules/prefix_items_in_30.rb b/lib/openapi_parser/spec_validator/rules/prefix_items_in_30.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0791c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/openapi_parser/spec_validator/rules/prefix_items_in_30.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module OpenAPIParser
+  class SpecValidator
+    module Rules
+      # `prefixItems` is JSON Schema 2020-12's positional tuple keyword.
+      # 3.1 adopts it; 3.0 has no equivalent and parsing it is a spec
+      # mismatch the validator should report.
+      class PrefixItemsIn30 < Rule
+        def check(root)
+          return [] unless version == :v3_0
+
+          violations = []
+          each_schema(root) do |schema|
+            next unless schema.raw_schema.is_a?(Hash) && schema.raw_schema.key?('prefixItems')
+
+            violations << violation(
+              path: schema.object_reference,
+              message: '`prefixItems` is a 3.1 addition (from JSON Schema 2020-12); 3.0 has no equivalent',
+            )
+          end
+          violations
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/sig/openapi_parser/spec_validator.rbs b/sig/openapi_parser/spec_validator.rbs
index 10250d1a..e01ac6d5 100644
--- a/sig/openapi_parser/spec_validator.rbs
+++ b/sig/openapi_parser/spec_validator.rbs
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ module OpenAPIParser
         def check: (OpenAPIParser::Schemas::OpenAPI root) -> Array[SpecValidator::SpecViolation]
       end
 
+      class PrefixItemsIn30 < Rule
+        def check: (OpenAPIParser::Schemas::OpenAPI root) -> Array[SpecValidator::SpecViolation]
+      end
+
       class JsonSchemaDialectIn30 < Rule
         def check: (OpenAPIParser::Schemas::OpenAPI root) -> Array[SpecValidator::SpecViolation]
       end
diff --git a/spec/data/openapi_3_1/prefix_items_30.yaml b/spec/data/openapi_3_1/prefix_items_30.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfb7ea28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/data/openapi_3_1/prefix_items_30.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+openapi: 3.0.3
+info:
+  title: Geo API
+  version: '1.0'
+paths:
+  /points:
+    post:
+      summary: Submit a coordinate
+      requestBody:
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Coordinate'
+      responses:
+        '201':
+          description: Created
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Coordinate:
+      # `prefixItems` is JSON Schema 2020-12's positional tuple keyword,
+      # adopted by 3.1. 3.0 has no equivalent, so this is a spec violation.
+      type: array
+      prefixItems:
+        - type: number
+        - type: number
diff --git a/spec/data/openapi_3_1/prefix_items_31.yaml b/spec/data/openapi_3_1/prefix_items_31.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e73d53a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/data/openapi_3_1/prefix_items_31.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+openapi: 3.1.0
+info:
+  title: Geo API
+  version: '1.0'
+paths:
+  /points:
+    post:
+      summary: Submit a coordinate
+      requestBody:
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Coordinate'
+      responses:
+        '201':
+          description: Created
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Coordinate:
+      # `prefixItems` is legitimate under 3.1 (JSON Schema 2020-12), so no
+      # violation is expected here.
+      type: array
+      prefixItems:
+        - type: number
+        - type: number
diff --git a/spec/openapi_parser/schema_validator/array_validator_spec.rb b/spec/openapi_parser/schema_validator/array_validator_spec.rb
index b44a2341..8ef47fd2 100644
--- a/spec/openapi_parser/schema_validator/array_validator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/openapi_parser/schema_validator/array_validator_spec.rb
@@ -68,4 +68,55 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'prefixItems tuple validation (3.1)' do
+    let(:tuple_schema) do
+      raw = {
+        'openapi' => '3.1.0',
+        'info' => { 'title' => 'test', 'version' => '1.0' },
+        'paths' => {},
+        'components' => {
+          'schemas' => {
+            'Tuple' => {
+              'type' => 'array',
+              'prefixItems' => [
+                { 'type' => 'string' },
+                { 'type' => 'integer' },
+              ],
+              'items' => { 'type' => 'boolean' },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      }
+      OpenAPIParser.parse(raw, strict_reference_validation: false).components.schemas['Tuple']
+    end
+
+    context 'when the array obeys prefixItems exactly' do
+      it 'passes validation' do
+        expect(OpenAPIParser::SchemaValidator.validate(['a', 1], tuple_schema, options)).to eq(['a', 1])
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when an element fails its prefixItems schema' do
+      it 'raises a validation error' do
+        expect do
+          OpenAPIParser::SchemaValidator.validate(['a', 'not_an_integer'], tuple_schema, options)
+        end.to raise_error(OpenAPIParser::ValidateError)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when extra elements are validated against items' do
+      it 'passes when extras conform to items' do
+        expect(OpenAPIParser::SchemaValidator.validate(['a', 1, true, false], tuple_schema, options)).to eq(['a', 1, true, false])
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when extra elements violate items' do
+      it 'raises a validation error' do
+        expect do
+          OpenAPIParser::SchemaValidator.validate(['a', 1, 'not_boolean'], tuple_schema, options)
+        end.to raise_error(OpenAPIParser::ValidateError)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/openapi_parser/spec_validator/integration_3_1_spec.rb b/spec/openapi_parser/spec_validator/integration_3_1_spec.rb
index 78e6c14d..6b7ed5e4 100644
--- a/spec/openapi_parser/spec_validator/integration_3_1_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/openapi_parser/spec_validator/integration_3_1_spec.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ def expect_clean(file)
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'prefixItems (JSON Schema tuple keyword new in 3.1)' do
+    it 'warns on the version-mismatched document under :warn' do
+      expect_mismatch_warns('prefix_items_30.yaml', [:prefix_items_in30])
+    end
+
+    it 'raises SpecViolationError on the version-mismatched document under :raise' do
+      expect_mismatch_raises('prefix_items_30.yaml', [:prefix_items_in30])
+    end
+
+    it 'stays clean on the correctly-versioned document' do
+      expect_clean('prefix_items_31.yaml')
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'jsonSchemaDialect (3.1 root-level addition)' do
     it 'warns on the version-mismatched document under :warn' do
       expect_mismatch_warns('json_schema_dialect_30.yaml', [:json_schema_dialect_in30])
diff --git a/spec/openapi_parser/spec_validator/rules/prefix_items_in_30_spec.rb b/spec/openapi_parser/spec_validator/rules/prefix_items_in_30_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98d23f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/openapi_parser/spec_validator/rules/prefix_items_in_30_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+require_relative '../../../spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe 'OpenAPIParser::SpecValidator::Rules::PrefixItemsIn30' do
+  def base_doc(openapi_version_string, sample_schema)
+    {
+      'openapi' => openapi_version_string,
+      'info' => { 'title' => 'test', 'version' => '1.0' },
+      'paths' => {},
+      'components' => { 'schemas' => { 'Tuple' => sample_schema } },
+    }
+  end
+
+  def doc_with_prefix_items(openapi_version_string)
+    raw = base_doc(
+      openapi_version_string,
+      {
+        'type' => 'array',
+        'prefixItems' => [
+          { 'type' => 'string' },
+          { 'type' => 'integer' },
+        ],
+      },
+    )
+    OpenAPIParser.parse(raw, strict_reference_validation: false)
+  end
+
+  def doc_without_prefix_items(openapi_version_string)
+    raw = base_doc(openapi_version_string, { 'type' => 'array', 'items' => { 'type' => 'integer' } })
+    OpenAPIParser.parse(raw, strict_reference_validation: false)
+  end
+
+  def run_rule_for(root)
+    OpenAPIParser::SpecValidator::Rules::PrefixItemsIn30.new(root.openapi_version).check(root)
+  end
+
+  context 'with a 3.1 document using prefixItems' do
+    it 'reports no violation' do
+      root = doc_with_prefix_items('3.1.0')
+      expect(run_rule_for(root)).to eq []
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with a 3.1 document without prefixItems' do
+    it 'reports no violation' do
+      root = doc_without_prefix_items('3.1.0')
+      expect(run_rule_for(root)).to eq []
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with a 3.0 document using prefixItems' do
+    it 'reports one violation pointing at the offending schema' do
+      root = doc_with_prefix_items('3.0.0')
+      violations = run_rule_for(root)
+      expect(violations.size).to eq 1
+      expect(violations.first.path).to eq '#/components/schemas/Tuple'
+      expect(violations.first.rule_name).to eq :prefix_items_in30
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with a 3.0 document without prefixItems' do
+    it 'reports no violation' do
+      root = doc_without_prefix_items('3.0.0')
+      expect(run_rule_for(root)).to eq []
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with an :unknown version document' do
+    it 'reports no violation (rule skipped)' do
+      root = doc_with_prefix_items('4.0.0')
+      expect(run_rule_for(root)).to eq []
+    end
+  end
+end