diff --git a/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/ObjectMapperFactory.java b/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/ObjectMapperFactory.java
index 3aa1b639ba5..d0a44545798 100644
--- a/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/ObjectMapperFactory.java
+++ b/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/ObjectMapperFactory.java
@@ -99,6 +99,24 @@ public JsonFactory jsonFactory(JacksonConfiguration jacksonConfiguration) {
         return jsonFactoryBuilder.build();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set additional serializers.
+     * @param serializers The serializers
+     * @since 4.0
+     */
+    public void setSerializers(JsonSerializer... serializers) {
+        this.serializers = serializers;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set additional deserializers.
+     * @param deserializers The deserializers
+     * @since 4.0
+     */
+    public void setDeserializers(JsonDeserializer... deserializers) {
+        this.deserializers = deserializers;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builds the core Jackson {@link ObjectMapper} from the optional configuration and {@link JsonFactory}.
      *
diff --git a/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/databind/JacksonDatabindMapper.java b/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/databind/JacksonDatabindMapper.java
index 5e84d5b621a..ae2b596d4b9 100644
--- a/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/databind/JacksonDatabindMapper.java
+++ b/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/databind/JacksonDatabindMapper.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 import io.micronaut.jackson.core.parser.JacksonCoreProcessor;
 import io.micronaut.jackson.core.tree.JsonNodeTreeCodec;
 import io.micronaut.jackson.core.tree.TreeGenerator;
+import io.micronaut.jackson.serialize.JsonNodeDeserializer;
+import io.micronaut.jackson.serialize.JsonNodeSerializer;
 import io.micronaut.json.JsonFeatures;
 import io.micronaut.json.JsonMapper;
 import io.micronaut.json.JsonStreamConfig;
@@ -79,7 +81,14 @@ public JacksonDatabindMapper(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
 
     @Internal
     public JacksonDatabindMapper() {
-        this(new ObjectMapperFactory().objectMapper(null, null));
+        this(createDefaultMapper());
+    }
+
+    private static ObjectMapper createDefaultMapper() {
+        ObjectMapperFactory objectMapperFactory = new ObjectMapperFactory();
+        objectMapperFactory.setDeserializers(new JsonNodeDeserializer());
+        objectMapperFactory.setSerializers(new JsonNodeSerializer());
+        return objectMapperFactory.objectMapper(null, null);
     }
 
     @Internal
diff --git a/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/serialize/JsonNodeDeserializer.java b/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/serialize/JsonNodeDeserializer.java
index 69ad58537af..41d2a305543 100644
--- a/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/serialize/JsonNodeDeserializer.java
+++ b/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/serialize/JsonNodeDeserializer.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * @since 3.1
  */
 @Singleton
-final class JsonNodeDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<JsonNode> {
+public final class JsonNodeDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<JsonNode> {
     @Override
     public JsonNode deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException {
         return JsonNodeTreeCodec.getInstance().readTree(p);
diff --git a/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/serialize/JsonNodeSerializer.java b/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/serialize/JsonNodeSerializer.java
index fa413a82e65..9a391aae546 100644
--- a/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/serialize/JsonNodeSerializer.java
+++ b/jackson-databind/src/main/java/io/micronaut/jackson/serialize/JsonNodeSerializer.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * @since 3.1
  */
 @Singleton
-final class JsonNodeSerializer extends JsonSerializer<JsonNode> {
+public final class JsonNodeSerializer extends JsonSerializer<JsonNode> {
     @Override
     public void serialize(JsonNode value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException {
         if (value == null) {
diff --git a/jackson-databind/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/jackson/databind/JacksonDatabindMapperSpec.groovy b/jackson-databind/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/jackson/databind/JacksonDatabindMapperSpec.groovy
index a15a432a38e..ae6cb258d2b 100644
--- a/jackson-databind/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/jackson/databind/JacksonDatabindMapperSpec.groovy
+++ b/jackson-databind/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/jackson/databind/JacksonDatabindMapperSpec.groovy
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ import io.micronaut.json.tree.JsonNode
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 class JacksonDatabindMapperSpec extends Specification {
+    def "test default parsing to JsonNode"() {
+        given:
+        def mapper = JsonMapper.createDefault()
+
+        expect:
+        mapper.readValue('{}', Argument.of(JsonNode)) == JsonNode.createObjectNode([:])
+    }
+
     def 'parsing to JsonNode'() {
         given:
         def ctx = ApplicationContext.run()