diff --git a/packages/core/src/Serialization/TransactionBody/TransactionBody.ts b/packages/core/src/Serialization/TransactionBody/TransactionBody.ts
index 8e8ef86da54..3edaae847b0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Serialization/TransactionBody/TransactionBody.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Serialization/TransactionBody/TransactionBody.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class TransactionBody {
       writer.writeEncodedValue(hexToBytes(this.#inputs.toCbor()));
     }
 
-    if (this.#outputs !== undefined && this.#outputs.length > 0) {
+    if (this.#outputs !== undefined) {
       writer.writeInt(1n);
       writer.writeStartArray(this.#outputs.length);
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export class TransactionBody {
       treasuryValue: this.#currentTreasuryValue,
       update: this.#update ? this.#update.toCore() : undefined,
       validityInterval:
-        this.#ttl || this.#validityStartInterval !== undefined
+        this.#ttl !== undefined || this.#validityStartInterval !== undefined
           ? {
               invalidBefore: this.#validityStartInterval,
               invalidHereafter: this.#ttl
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ export class TransactionBody {
     let mapSize = 0;
 
     if (this.#inputs !== undefined && this.#inputs.size() > 0) ++mapSize;
-    if (this.#outputs !== undefined && this.#outputs.length > 0) ++mapSize;
+    if (this.#outputs !== undefined) ++mapSize;
     if (this.#fee !== undefined) ++mapSize;
     if (this.#ttl !== undefined) ++mapSize;
     if (this.#certs !== undefined && this.#certs.size() > 0) ++mapSize;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/Serialization/Transaction.test.ts b/packages/core/test/Serialization/Transaction.test.ts
index 41360ac32e7..0a22eb7802b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/Serialization/Transaction.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/Serialization/Transaction.test.ts
@@ -143,4 +143,13 @@ describe('Transaction', () => {
       '2d7f290c815e061fb7c27e91d2a898bd7b454a71c9b7a26660e2257ac31ebe32'
     );
   });
+
+  it('can roundtrip tx with ttl 0 and no outputs', () => {
+    const cbor = TxCBOR(
+      '84a700818258200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000180020003000758203f5c96d4e519a27e7e62d3e19c05aa352431fccc60fc2255e7d479a2bf1a01110e81581cf120862e979a660a8a068485a930e78de8a5804aff7612895b1f77250f01a0f5a10075544f444f3a2046494c4c20494e204d455353414745'
+    );
+    const tx = Transaction.fromCbor(cbor).toCore();
+
+    expect(Transaction.fromCore(tx).toCbor()).toBe(cbor);
+  });
 });