diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 981727ba..6d3e8172 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 			<id>spring5-next</id>
 			<properties>
 				<spring.version>5.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring.version>
+				<jackson.version>2.9.0.pr3</jackson.version>
 			</properties>
 			<repositories>
 				<repository>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
index a9af12fc..729933c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ public class Jackson2HalModule extends SimpleModule {
 		}
 
 		public HalResourcesDeserializer(JavaType vc) {
-			this(null, vc);
+			this(TypeFactory.defaultInstance().constructCollectionLikeType(List.class, vc), vc);
 		}
 
 		private HalResourcesDeserializer(JavaType type, JavaType contentType) {