diff --git a/spring-boot-starter-camunda/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/spring/client/configuration/JsonMapperConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-starter-camunda/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/spring/client/configuration/JsonMapperConfiguration.java
index c7b853ec7..b6e0a0a0d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starter-camunda/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/spring/client/configuration/JsonMapperConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-starter-camunda/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/spring/client/configuration/JsonMapperConfiguration.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public JsonMapper jsonMapper() {
     if (objectMapper == null) {
       return new ZeebeObjectMapper();
     }
-    return new ZeebeObjectMapper(objectMapper);
+    return new ZeebeObjectMapper(objectMapper.copy());
   }
 
   @Bean(name = "commonJsonMapper")
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ public io.camunda.common.json.JsonMapper commonJsonMapper() {
     if (objectMapper == null) {
       return new SdkObjectMapper();
     }
-    return new SdkObjectMapper(objectMapper);
+    return new SdkObjectMapper(objectMapper.copy());
   }
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-starter-camunda/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/spring/client/config/JsonMapperConfigurationTest.java b/spring-boot-starter-camunda/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/spring/client/config/JsonMapperConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a419157d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-starter-camunda/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/spring/client/config/JsonMapperConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package io.camunda.zeebe.spring.client.config;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import io.camunda.common.json.JsonMapper;
+import io.camunda.zeebe.spring.client.configuration.JsonMapperConfiguration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jackson.JacksonAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = {JacksonAutoConfiguration.class, JsonMapperConfiguration.class})
+public class JsonMapperConfigurationTest {
+
+  @Autowired private io.camunda.zeebe.client.api.JsonMapper zeebeJsonMapper;
+
+  @Autowired private JsonMapper commonJsonMapper;
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldSerializeNullValuesInJson() throws JsonProcessingException {
+    // given
+    final Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
+    map.put("key", null);
+    map.put("key2", "value2");
+    // when
+    final JsonNode zeebeJsonNode = new ObjectMapper().readTree(zeebeJsonMapper.toJson(map));
+    final JsonNode commonJsonNode = new ObjectMapper().readTree(commonJsonMapper.toJson(map));
+
+    // then
+    assertThat(zeebeJsonNode.get("key")).isNotNull();
+    assertThat(commonJsonNode.get("key")).isNull();
+
+    assertThat(zeebeJsonNode.get("key2").asText()).isEqualTo("value2");
+    assertThat(commonJsonNode.get("key2").asText()).isEqualTo("value2");
+  }
+}