diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/reactive/ReactiveRepresentationModelAssembler.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/reactive/ReactiveRepresentationModelAssembler.java
index 5b962bf5..399f7bac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/reactive/ReactiveRepresentationModelAssembler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/reactive/ReactiveRepresentationModelAssembler.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
  * @author Greg Turnquist
  * @author Oliver Drotbohm
  */
-public interface ReactiveRepresentationModelAssembler<T, D extends RepresentationModel<D>> {
+public interface ReactiveRepresentationModelAssembler<T, D extends RepresentationModel<?>> {
 
 	/**
 	 * Converts the given entity into a {@code D}, which extends {@link RepresentationModel}.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/reactive/ReactiveResourceAssemblerUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/reactive/ReactiveResourceAssemblerUnitTest.java
index afa61d7d..936ae661 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/reactive/ReactiveResourceAssemblerUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/reactive/ReactiveResourceAssemblerUnitTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
-
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import reactor.test.StepVerifier;
@@ -162,4 +161,18 @@ class ReactiveResourceAssemblerUnitTest {
 	class EmployeeResource extends RepresentationModel<EmployeeResource> {
 		private Employee employee;
 	}
+
+	// #1797 - Just to check that the implementation can be declared like that
+
+	class GenericAssembler implements ReactiveRepresentationModelAssembler<Employee, RepresentationModel<?>> {
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.hateoas.server.reactive.ReactiveRepresentationModelAssembler#toModel(java.lang.Object, org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public Mono<RepresentationModel<?>> toModel(Employee entity, ServerWebExchange exchange) {
+			return Mono.just(RepresentationModel.of(entity));
+		}
+	}
 }