diff --git a/spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/AbstractByteArraySerializer.java b/spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/AbstractByteArraySerializer.java
index 65d8ad7428..c91ae4339a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/AbstractByteArraySerializer.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/AbstractByteArraySerializer.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisherAware;
 import org.springframework.core.serializer.Deserializer;
 import org.springframework.core.serializer.Serializer;
-import org.springframework.integration.ip.tcp.connection.TcpDeserializationExceptionEvent;
 
 /**
  * Base class for (de)serializers that provide a mechanism to
diff --git a/spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/connection/TcpDeserializationExceptionEvent.java b/spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/TcpDeserializationExceptionEvent.java
similarity index 96%
rename from spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/connection/TcpDeserializationExceptionEvent.java
rename to spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/TcpDeserializationExceptionEvent.java
index 7e2d23a519..120404f1ab 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/connection/TcpDeserializationExceptionEvent.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ip/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/TcpDeserializationExceptionEvent.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package org.springframework.integration.ip.tcp.connection;
+package org.springframework.integration.ip.tcp.serializer;
 
 import org.springframework.integration.ip.event.IpIntegrationEvent;
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-ip/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/DeserializationTests.java b/spring-integration-ip/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/DeserializationTests.java
index 7e22122ca6..74df17d6d2 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ip/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/DeserializationTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ip/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ip/tcp/serializer/DeserializationTests.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
 import org.springframework.core.serializer.DefaultDeserializer;
-import org.springframework.integration.ip.tcp.connection.TcpDeserializationExceptionEvent;
 import org.springframework.integration.ip.util.SocketTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.integration.test.util.SocketUtils;