diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/config/JsonPatchHandler.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/config/JsonPatchHandler.java
index fe222bb3f..c730460d3 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/config/JsonPatchHandler.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/config/JsonPatchHandler.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class JsonPatchHandler {
 	private Patch getPatchOperations(InputStream source) {
 
 		try {
-			return new JsonPatchPatchConverter().convert(mapper.readTree(source));
+			return new JsonPatchPatchConverter(mapper).convert(mapper.readTree(source));
 		} catch (Exception o_O) {
 			throw new HttpMessageNotReadableException(
 					String.format("Could not read PATCH operations! Expected %s!", RestMediaTypes.JSON_PATCH_JSON), o_O);
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonLateObjectEvaluator.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonLateObjectEvaluator.java
index 55de8965e..6322a2d0e 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonLateObjectEvaluator.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonLateObjectEvaluator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
  * {@link LateObjectEvaluator} implementation that assumes values represented as JSON objects.
  * 
  * @author Craig Walls
+ * @author Mathias Düsterhöft
  */
 class JsonLateObjectEvaluator implements LateObjectEvaluator {
 
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonPatchPatchConverter.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonPatchPatchConverter.java
index d56bf9789..63d8fb4c8 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonPatchPatchConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonPatchPatchConverter.java
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
  */
 public class JsonPatchPatchConverter implements PatchConverter<JsonNode> {
 
-	private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+	private final ObjectMapper mapper;
 
-	/**
+    public JsonPatchPatchConverter(ObjectMapper mapper) {
+    	this.mapper = mapper;
+    }
+
+    /**
 	 * Constructs a {@link Patch} object given a JsonNode.
 	 * 
 	 * @param jsonNode a JsonNode containing the JSON Patch
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ public class JsonPatchPatchConverter implements PatchConverter<JsonNode> {
 			}
 			Object value = operation.getValue();
 			if (value != null) {
-				opNode.set("value", MAPPER.valueToTree(value));
+				opNode.set("value", mapper.valueToTree(value));
 			}
 			patchNode.add(opNode);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonPatchTest.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonPatchTest.java
index 25af34a18..de1bd7e95 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonPatchTest.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/patch/JsonPatchTest.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class JsonPatchTest {
 		ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource(jsonPatchFile, getClass());
 		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 		JsonNode node = mapper.readValue(resource.getInputStream(), JsonNode.class);
-		Patch patch = new JsonPatchPatchConverter().convert(node);
+		Patch patch = new JsonPatchPatchConverter(mapper).convert(node);
 		return patch;
 	}