diff --git a/sdk-actors/src/test/java/io/dapr/actors/client/ActorProxyImplTest.java b/sdk-actors/src/test/java/io/dapr/actors/client/ActorProxyImplTest.java
index d60388858..2855e0cd9 100644
--- a/sdk-actors/src/test/java/io/dapr/actors/client/ActorProxyImplTest.java
+++ b/sdk-actors/src/test/java/io/dapr/actors/client/ActorProxyImplTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -467,6 +469,8 @@ static class MyData {
 
     private MyData myData;
 
+    private ZonedDateTime date;
+
 
     public String getPropertyB() {
       return propertyB;
@@ -499,6 +503,14 @@ public MyData getMyData() {
     public void setMyData(MyData myData) {
       this.myData = myData;
     }
+
+    public ZonedDateTime getDate() {
+      return date;
+    }
+
+    public void setDate(ZonedDateTime date) {
+      this.date = date;
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index 5f876e836..e53d3fb5a 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@
       <artifactId>grpc-inprocess</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/ObjectSerializer.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/ObjectSerializer.java
index a131060b9..b1b69155e 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/ObjectSerializer.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/ObjectSerializer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import com.google.protobuf.MessageLite;
 import io.dapr.client.domain.CloudEvent;
 import io.dapr.utils.TypeRef;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ public class ObjectSerializer {
    */
   protected static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper()
       .configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false)
+          .registerModule(new JavaTimeModule())
       .setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL);
 
   /**