diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/AggregateReferenceResolvingModule.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/AggregateReferenceResolvingModule.java
index c02f91411..18c1f1539 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/AggregateReferenceResolvingModule.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/AggregateReferenceResolvingModule.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBuilder;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerModifier;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.SettableBeanProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.CollectionDeserializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.BeanPropertyDefinition;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.CollectionLikeType;
 
@@ -89,23 +90,28 @@ public class AggregateReferenceResolvingModule extends SimpleModule {
 		 * @see com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerModifier#updateBuilder(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationConfig, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanDescription, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BeanDeserializerBuilder)
 		 */
 		@Override
-		public BeanDeserializerBuilder updateBuilder(DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription beanDesc,
+		public BeanDeserializerBuilder updateBuilder(DeserializationConfig config, BeanDescription description,
 				BeanDeserializerBuilder builder) {
 
 			// Type is aggregate itself, already handled by AssociationUriResolvingDeserializerModifier
-			if (mappings.hasMappingFor(beanDesc.getBeanClass())) {
+			if (mappings.hasMappingFor(description.getBeanClass())) {
 				return builder;
 			}
 
-			TypeInformation<?> type = ClassTypeInformation.from(beanDesc.getBeanClass());
+			TypeInformation<?> type = ClassTypeInformation.from(description.getBeanClass());
 			ValueInstantiatorCustomizer customizer = new ValueInstantiatorCustomizer(builder.getValueInstantiator(), config);
 			Iterator<SettableBeanProperty> properties = builder.getProperties();
 
 			while (properties.hasNext()) {
 
 				SettableBeanProperty property = properties.next();
+				String originalPropertyName = coerceOriginalPropertyName(property, description);
+				TypeInformation<?> propertyType = type.getProperty(originalPropertyName);
+
+				if (propertyType == null) {
+					continue;
+				}
 
-				TypeInformation<?> propertyType = type.getProperty(property.getName());
 				TypeInformation<?> actualType = propertyType.getActualType();
 
 				if (!mappings.exportsMappingFor(actualType.getType())) {
@@ -134,5 +140,24 @@ public class AggregateReferenceResolvingModule extends SimpleModule {
 
 			return new CollectionDeserializer(collectionType, elementDeserializer, null, instantiator);
 		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Tries to find the internal property name for a {@link SettableBeanProperty} that unfortunately does not allow
+		 * accessing the original name anymore.
+		 *
+		 * @param property must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param description must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		private static String coerceOriginalPropertyName(SettableBeanProperty property, BeanDescription description) {
+
+			for (BeanPropertyDefinition properties : description.findProperties()) {
+				if (properties.hasName(property.getFullName())) {
+					return properties.getInternalName();
+				}
+			}
+
+			return property.getName();
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/AggregateReferenceResolvingModuleUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/AggregateReferenceResolvingModuleUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51c66d390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/AggregateReferenceResolvingModuleUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.json;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.core.mapping.context.KeyValueMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.PersistentEntities;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.UriToEntityConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RestResource;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.mapping.PersistentEntitiesResourceMappings;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link AggregateReferenceResolvingModule}.
+ *
+ * @author Oliver Drotbohm
+ */
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+public class AggregateReferenceResolvingModuleUnitTests {
+
+	@Mock UriToEntityConverter uriToEntityConverter;
+
+	@Test // GH-2033
+	void processesArtificialPropertiesCorrectly() {
+
+		KeyValueMappingContext<?, ?> context = new KeyValueMappingContext<>();
+		context.getPersistentEntity(Other.class);
+
+		PersistentEntities entities = PersistentEntities.of(context);
+		PersistentEntitiesResourceMappings mappings = new PersistentEntitiesResourceMappings(entities);
+
+		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper()
+				.addMixIn(SomeType.class, SomeTypeMixin.class)
+				.registerModule(new AggregateReferenceResolvingModule(uriToEntityConverter, mappings));
+
+		assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(() -> {
+			mapper.readValue("{}", SomeType.class);
+		});
+	}
+
+	public static class SomeType {
+
+		public void setSomeProperty(Other other) {}
+	}
+
+	@RestResource
+	public static class Other {}
+
+	public abstract static class SomeTypeMixin {
+
+		// Rename property to expose a property that's not named like the actual member
+		@JsonProperty("foo")
+		public abstract void setSomeProperty(Other other);
+	}
+}