diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3763c25..b5751ad 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       - node/install:
           node-version: << pipeline.parameters.node-version >>
       - setup_remote_docker:
-          version: 19.03.13
+          version: default
           docker_layer_caching: true
       # build and push Docker image
       - run:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a4a5b50..41b4b2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 1.2.10 (November 21, 2024)
+* Fixed issue when you have `$ref` in generated metadata
+
 # 1.2.9 (April 8, 2022)
 * Added possibility to handle WSDL files where the "message" doesn't contain an element
 * Updated the Sailor version to 3.3.9
diff --git a/component.json b/component.json
index e614165..b3e2a96 100644
--- a/component.json
+++ b/component.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "title": "SOAP V2",
   "service": "request-reply",
-  "version": "1.2.9",
+  "version": "1.2.10",
   "description": "Generic SOAP / WebServices integration Component",
   "docsUrl": "https://docs.elastic.io/components/soap/",
   "credentials": {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/elastic/soap/providers/BodyMetaProvider.java b/src/main/java/io/elastic/soap/providers/BodyMetaProvider.java
index b2883ea..4e769c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/elastic/soap/providers/BodyMetaProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/elastic/soap/providers/BodyMetaProvider.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.json.Json;
 import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
+import javax.json.JsonValue;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
 
@@ -82,6 +84,21 @@ private JsonObject generateSchema(final Message message, final String operationN
             throw new ComponentException("Could not parse xml, SAXE exception caught", e);
         }
     }
+    public static JsonObject removeRefKeys(JsonObject jsonObject) {
+        JsonObjectBuilder builder = Json.createObjectBuilder();
+
+        for (String key : jsonObject.keySet()) {
+            if (!"$ref".equals(key)) {
+                JsonValue value = jsonObject.get(key);
+                if (value instanceof JsonObject) {
+                    value = removeRefKeys((JsonObject) value);
+                }
+                builder.add(key, value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return builder.build();
+    }
 
     @Override
     public JsonObject getMetaModel(final JsonObject configuration) {
@@ -105,8 +122,9 @@ public JsonObject getMetaModel(final JsonObject configuration) {
                     .add("in", in)
                     .add("out", out)
                     .build();
+            JsonObject cleanedResult = removeRefKeys(result);
             LOGGER.info("Successfully generated component metadata");
-            return result;
+            return cleanedResult;
         } catch (ComponentException e) {
             throw e;
         } catch (Exception e) {