diff --git a/src/HL7/Message.php b/src/HL7/Message.php
index 11cc51b..da6c07a 100644
--- a/src/HL7/Message.php
+++ b/src/HL7/Message.php
@@ -343,6 +343,15 @@ public function reindexSegments(): void
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * After removing segments from the middle of the message, $msg->getSemgnets() returns an array with gaps in the
+     * keys. This method can be used to re-key the segments array
+     */
+    public function rekeySegmentsInArray(): void
+    {
+        $this->segments = array_values($this->segments);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return a string representation of this message.
      *
diff --git a/tests/MessageTest.php b/tests/MessageTest.php
index dc601ec..a1d19c0 100644
--- a/tests/MessageTest.php
+++ b/tests/MessageTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Exception;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use DMS\PHPUnitExtensions\ArraySubset\Assert;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
 
 class MessageTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -679,4 +680,16 @@ public function reindex_message_segments(): void
         self::assertSame(2, $OBXs[1]->getId());
         self::assertSame("CWE", $OBXs[1]->getValueType());
     }
+
+    #[Test] public function it_can_reset_segment_array_keys_after_segments_are_removed(): void
+    {
+        $msgObj = new Message("MSH|^~\&|||||||ORU^01||P|2.3.1|\nABC|1|||\nABC|2|||\nABC|3|||");
+        $segments = $msgObj->getSegmentsByName('ABC');
+        $msgObj->removeSegment($segments[1]);
+        self::assertSame([0, 1, 3], array_keys($msgObj->getSegments()));
+
+        $msgObj->rekeySegmentsInArray();
+
+        self::assertSame([0, 1, 2], array_keys($msgObj->getSegments()));
+    }
 }