diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/DefaultExecutionContextSerializer.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/DefaultExecutionContextSerializer.java
index cd537bb40..5569bce03 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/DefaultExecutionContextSerializer.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/DefaultExecutionContextSerializer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 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.
@@ -22,27 +22,21 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.ExecutionContextSerializer;
-import org.springframework.core.serializer.DefaultDeserializer;
-import org.springframework.core.serializer.DefaultSerializer;
-import org.springframework.core.serializer.Deserializer;
-import org.springframework.core.serializer.Serializer;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.Base64Utils;
+import org.springframework.util.SerializationUtils;
 
 /**
- * An implementation of the {@link ExecutionContextSerializer} using the default
- * serialization implementations from Spring ({@link DefaultSerializer} and
- * {@link DefaultDeserializer}).
+ * An implementation of the {@link ExecutionContextSerializer} that produces/consumes
+ * Base64 content.
  *
  * @author Michael Minella
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  * @since 2.2
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 public class DefaultExecutionContextSerializer implements ExecutionContextSerializer {
 
-	private Serializer serializer = new DefaultSerializer();
-
-	private Deserializer deserializer = new DefaultDeserializer();
-
 	/**
 	 * Serializes an execution context to the provided {@link OutputStream}. The stream is
 	 * not closed prior to it's return.
@@ -64,7 +58,9 @@ public class DefaultExecutionContextSerializer implements ExecutionContextSerial
 								+ value.getClass().getName() + "] must be an instance of " + Serializable.class);
 			}
 		}
-		serializer.serialize(context, out);
+		byte[] serializedContext = SerializationUtils.serialize(context);
+		String base64EncodedContext = Base64Utils.encodeToString(serializedContext);
+		out.write(base64EncodedContext.getBytes());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -76,7 +72,10 @@ public class DefaultExecutionContextSerializer implements ExecutionContextSerial
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Override
 	public Map<String, Object> deserialize(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
-		return (Map<String, Object>) deserializer.deserialize(inputStream);
+		String base64EncodedContext = new String(inputStream.readAllBytes());
+		byte[] decodedContext = Base64Utils.decodeFromString(base64EncodedContext);
+		// FIXME use replacement of the following SerializationUtils.deserialize
+		return (Map<String, Object>) SerializationUtils.deserialize(decodedContext);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractExecutionContextSerializerTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractExecutionContextSerializerTests.java
index 6c8cdc319..31e231a5c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractExecutionContextSerializerTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/AbstractExecutionContextSerializerTests.java
@@ -180,9 +180,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractExecutionContextSerializerTests {
 		ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 		getSerializer().serialize(m1, out);
 
-		byte[] buf = out.toByteArray();
-		System.out.println(new String(buf));
-		InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(buf);
+		InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray());
 		Map<String, Object> m2 = getSerializer().deserialize(in);
 		return m2;
 	}