diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09bebeb5b..225297442 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -276,6 +276,13 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.msgpack</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-msgpack</artifactId>
+			<version>0.9.8</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.umd.cs.mtc</groupId>
 			<artifactId>multithreadedtc</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer.java
index 7ecc89d18..9358f36a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer.java
@@ -32,13 +32,19 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo.As;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.TreeNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationConfig;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DefaultDeserializationContext;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.JsonNodeDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.PolymorphicTypeValidator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeSerializer;
@@ -179,7 +185,7 @@ public class GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer implements RedisSerializer<Objec
 		Lazy<String> lazyTypeHintPropertyName = typeHintPropertyName != null ? Lazy.of(typeHintPropertyName)
 				: newLazyTypeHintPropertyName(mapper, defaultTypingEnabled);
 
-		return new TypeResolver(lazyTypeFactory, lazyTypeHintPropertyName);
+		return new TypeResolver(mapper, lazyTypeFactory, lazyTypeHintPropertyName);
 	}
 
 	private static Lazy<String> newLazyTypeHintPropertyName(ObjectMapper mapper, Lazy<Boolean> defaultTypingEnabled) {
@@ -340,14 +346,13 @@ public class GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer implements RedisSerializer<Objec
 	 */
 	static class TypeResolver {
 
-		// need a separate instance to bypass class hint checks
-		private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-
+		private final ObjectMapper mapper;
 		private final Supplier<TypeFactory> typeFactory;
 		private final Supplier<String> hintName;
 
-		TypeResolver(Supplier<TypeFactory> typeFactory, Supplier<String> hintName) {
+		TypeResolver(ObjectMapper mapper, Supplier<TypeFactory> typeFactory, Supplier<String> hintName) {
 
+			this.mapper = mapper;
 			this.typeFactory = typeFactory;
 			this.hintName = hintName;
 		}
@@ -358,7 +363,7 @@ public class GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer implements RedisSerializer<Objec
 
 		protected JavaType resolveType(byte[] source, Class<?> type) throws IOException {
 
-			JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(source);
+			JsonNode root = readTree(source);
 			JsonNode jsonNode = root.get(hintName.get());
 
 			if (jsonNode instanceof TextNode && jsonNode.asText() != null) {
@@ -367,6 +372,42 @@ public class GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer implements RedisSerializer<Objec
 
 			return constructType(type);
 		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Lenient variant of ObjectMapper._readTreeAndClose using a strict {@link JsonNodeDeserializer}.
+		 *
+		 * @param source
+		 * @return
+		 * @throws IOException
+		 */
+		private JsonNode readTree(byte[] source) throws IOException {
+
+			JsonDeserializer<? extends JsonNode> deserializer = JsonNodeDeserializer.getDeserializer(JsonNode.class);
+			DeserializationConfig cfg = mapper.getDeserializationConfig();
+
+			try (JsonParser parser = mapper.createParser(source)) {
+
+				cfg.initialize(parser);
+				JsonToken t = parser.currentToken();
+				if (t == null) {
+					t = parser.nextToken();
+					if (t == null) {
+						return cfg.getNodeFactory().missingNode();
+					}
+				}
+
+				/*
+				 * Hokey pokey! Oh my.
+				 */
+				DefaultDeserializationContext ctxt = new DefaultDeserializationContext.Impl(BeanDeserializerFactory.instance)
+						.createInstance(cfg, parser, mapper.getInjectableValues());
+				if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
+					return cfg.getNodeFactory().nullNode();
+				} else {
+					return deserializer.deserialize(parser, ctxt);
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializerUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializerUnitTests.java
index 16daa677c..c91e6b46f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializerUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializerUnitTests.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.msgpack.jackson.dataformat.MessagePackFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.cache.support.NullValue;
@@ -449,6 +450,7 @@ class GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializerUnitTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void defaultSerializeAndDeserializeNullValueWithBuilderClass() {
+
 		GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer serializer = GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer.builder()
 				.objectMapper(new ObjectMapper().enableDefaultTyping(DefaultTyping.EVERYTHING, As.PROPERTY))
 				.build();
@@ -487,6 +489,31 @@ class GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializerUnitTests {
 		assertThat(deserializedValue).isNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-2981
+	void defaultSerializeAndDeserializeWithCustomJsonFactory() {
+
+		GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer serializer = GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer.builder()
+				.objectMapper(
+						new ObjectMapper(new MessagePackFactory()).enableDefaultTyping(DefaultTyping.EVERYTHING, As.PROPERTY))
+				.build();
+
+		byte[] serializedValue = serializer.serialize(COMPLEX_OBJECT);
+
+		Object deserializedValue = serializer.deserialize(serializedValue, Object.class);
+		assertThat(deserializedValue).isEqualTo(COMPLEX_OBJECT);
+	}
+
+	@Test // GH-2981
+	void defaultSerializeAndDeserializeNullValueWithBuilderClassAndCustomJsonFactory() {
+
+		GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer serializer = GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer.builder()
+				.objectMapper(
+						new ObjectMapper(new MessagePackFactory()).enableDefaultTyping(DefaultTyping.EVERYTHING, As.PROPERTY))
+				.build();
+
+		serializeAndDeserializeNullValue(serializer);
+	}
+
 	private static void serializeAndDeserializeNullValue(GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer serializer) {
 
 		NullValue nv = BeanUtils.instantiateClass(NullValue.class);