diff --git a/platform-core/platform-common/src/main/java/org/sunbird/common/JsonUtils.java b/platform-core/platform-common/src/main/java/org/sunbird/common/JsonUtils.java
index fe24a3872..fdce2f763 100644
--- a/platform-core/platform-common/src/main/java/org/sunbird/common/JsonUtils.java
+++ b/platform-core/platform-common/src/main/java/org/sunbird/common/JsonUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.sunbird.common;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ public class JsonUtils {
     private static ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
     static {
         mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+        mapper.configure(JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_BACKSLASH_ESCAPING_ANY_CHARACTER, true);
     }
 
     public static String serialize(Object obj) throws Exception {