diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfiguration.java
index 8ec120ac42d..9500605a03c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.couchbase.client.java.ClusterOptions;
 import com.couchbase.client.java.codec.JacksonJsonSerializer;
 import com.couchbase.client.java.env.ClusterEnvironment;
 import com.couchbase.client.java.env.ClusterEnvironment.Builder;
+import com.couchbase.client.java.json.JsonValueModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
@@ -128,7 +129,8 @@ public class CouchbaseAutoConfiguration {
 		@Bean
 		@ConditionalOnSingleCandidate(ObjectMapper.class)
 		ClusterEnvironmentBuilderCustomizer jacksonClusterEnvironmentBuilderCustomizer(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
-			return new JacksonClusterEnvironmentBuilderCustomizer(objectMapper);
+			return new JacksonClusterEnvironmentBuilderCustomizer(
+					objectMapper.copy().registerModule(new JsonValueModule()));
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests.java
index ac8c9a00543..9fc637c2d42 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import com.couchbase.client.core.diagnostics.ClusterState;
 import com.couchbase.client.core.diagnostics.DiagnosticsResult;
 import com.couchbase.client.java.Bucket;
 import com.couchbase.client.java.Cluster;
+import com.couchbase.client.java.Collection;
 import com.couchbase.client.java.env.ClusterEnvironment;
+import com.couchbase.client.java.json.JsonObject;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.testcontainers.couchbase.BucketDefinition;
 import org.testcontainers.couchbase.CouchbaseContainer;
@@ -69,4 +72,16 @@ class CouchbaseAutoConfigurationIntegrationTests {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void whenCouchbaseIsUsingCustomObjectMapperThenJsonCanBeRoundTripped() {
+		this.contextRunner.withBean(ObjectMapper.class, ObjectMapper::new).run((context) -> {
+			Cluster cluster = context.getBean(Cluster.class);
+			Bucket bucket = cluster.bucket(BUCKET_NAME);
+			bucket.waitUntilReady(Duration.ofMinutes(5));
+			Collection collection = bucket.defaultCollection();
+			collection.insert("test-document", JsonObject.create().put("a", "alpha"));
+			assertThat(collection.get("test-document").contentAsObject().get("a")).isEqualTo("alpha");
+		});
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfigurationTests.java
index a7f0914f097..d43a5188c9f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/couchbase/CouchbaseAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.couchbase;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import com.couchbase.client.core.env.IoConfig;
@@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ import com.couchbase.client.java.Cluster;
 import com.couchbase.client.java.codec.JacksonJsonSerializer;
 import com.couchbase.client.java.codec.JsonSerializer;
 import com.couchbase.client.java.env.ClusterEnvironment;
+import com.couchbase.client.java.json.JsonValueModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
@@ -66,14 +70,18 @@ class CouchbaseAutoConfigurationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void environmentUseObjectMapperByDefault() {
+	void whenObjectMapperBeanIsDefinedThenClusterEnvironmentObjectMapperIsDerivedFromIt() {
 		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(CouchbaseTestConfiguration.class)
 				.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(JacksonAutoConfiguration.class))
 				.withPropertyValues("spring.couchbase.connection-string=localhost").run((context) -> {
 					ClusterEnvironment env = context.getBean(ClusterEnvironment.class);
+					Set<Object> expectedModuleIds = new HashSet<>(
+							context.getBean(ObjectMapper.class).getRegisteredModuleIds());
+					expectedModuleIds.add(new JsonValueModule().getTypeId());
 					JsonSerializer serializer = env.jsonSerializer();
-					assertThat(serializer).isInstanceOf(JacksonJsonSerializer.class)
-							.hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("mapper", context.getBean(ObjectMapper.class));
+					assertThat(serializer).isInstanceOf(JacksonJsonSerializer.class).extracting("mapper")
+							.asInstanceOf(InstanceOfAssertFactories.type(ObjectMapper.class))
+							.extracting(ObjectMapper::getRegisteredModuleIds).isEqualTo(expectedModuleIds);
 				});
 	}