diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java
index e6e29ff..09187bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java
@@ -57,17 +57,20 @@ public class JdkMongoSessionConverter extends AbstractMongoSessionConverter {
 	private final Converter<Object, byte[]> serializer;
 	private final Converter<byte[], Object> deserializer;
 
-	public JdkMongoSessionConverter() {
-		this(new SerializingConverter(), new DeserializingConverter());
+	private Duration maxInactiveInterval;
+
+	public JdkMongoSessionConverter(Duration maxInactiveInterval) {
+		this(new SerializingConverter(), new DeserializingConverter(), maxInactiveInterval);
 	}
 
 	public JdkMongoSessionConverter(Converter<Object, byte[]> serializer,
-			Converter<byte[], Object> deserializer) {
-
+			Converter<byte[], Object> deserializer, Duration maxInactiveInterval) {
 		Assert.notNull(serializer, "serializer cannot be null");
 		Assert.notNull(deserializer, "deserializer cannot be null");
+		Assert.notNull(maxInactiveInterval, "maxInactiveInterval cannot be null");
 		this.serializer = serializer;
 		this.deserializer = deserializer;
+		this.maxInactiveInterval = maxInactiveInterval;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ public class JdkMongoSessionConverter extends AbstractMongoSessionConverter {
 	@Override
 	protected MongoSession convert(Document sessionWrapper) {
 
-		Object maxInterval = sessionWrapper.get(MAX_INTERVAL);
+		Object maxInterval = sessionWrapper.getOrDefault(MAX_INTERVAL, this.maxInactiveInterval);
 
 		Duration maxIntervalDuration = (maxInterval instanceof Duration)
 			? (Duration) maxInterval
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
index b5b4eef..2cbbf4d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ public class MongoOperationsSessionRepository
 
 	private final MongoOperations mongoOperations;
 
-	private AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter = new JdkMongoSessionConverter();
 	private Integer maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds = DEFAULT_INACTIVE_INTERVAL;
 	private String collectionName = DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME;
+	private AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter = new JdkMongoSessionConverter(
+		Duration.ofSeconds(this.maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds));
 
 	public MongoOperationsSessionRepository(MongoOperations mongoOperations) {
 		this.mongoOperations = mongoOperations;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/ReactiveMongoOperationsSessionRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/ReactiveMongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
index d20e94a..3e5ca6f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/ReactiveMongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/ReactiveMongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package org.springframework.session.data.mongo;
 
 import static org.springframework.session.data.mongo.MongoSessionUtils.*;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 
 import org.bson.Document;
@@ -43,9 +45,10 @@ public class ReactiveMongoOperationsSessionRepository implements ReactorSessionR
 
 	private final ReactiveMongoOperations mongoOperations;
 
-	private AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter = new JdkMongoSessionConverter();
 	private Integer maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds = DEFAULT_INACTIVE_INTERVAL;
 	private String collectionName = DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME;
+	private AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter = new JdkMongoSessionConverter(
+		Duration.ofSeconds(this.maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds));
 
 	private MongoOperations blockingMongoOperations;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverterTest.java
index 7a9a86d..54b0fde 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverterTest.java
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ package org.springframework.session.data.mongo;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
+import java.time.Duration;
 
+import org.bson.Document;
+import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.serializer.support.DeserializingConverter;
 import org.springframework.core.serializer.support.SerializingConverter;
@@ -35,16 +37,17 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  */
 public class JdkMongoSessionConverterTest {
 
-	JdkMongoSessionConverter sut = new JdkMongoSessionConverter();
+	Duration inactiveInterval = Duration.ofMinutes(30);
+	JdkMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter = new JdkMongoSessionConverter(inactiveInterval);
 
 	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void constructorNullSerializer() {
-		new JdkMongoSessionConverter(null, new DeserializingConverter());
+		new JdkMongoSessionConverter(null, new DeserializingConverter(), inactiveInterval);
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void constructorNullDeserializer() {
-		new JdkMongoSessionConverter(new SerializingConverter(), null);
+		new JdkMongoSessionConverter(new SerializingConverter(), null, inactiveInterval);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -97,14 +100,30 @@ public class JdkMongoSessionConverterTest {
 		assertThat(dbObject.get("principal")).isEqualTo(principalName);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void sessionWrapperWithNoMaxIntervalShouldFallbackToDefaultValues() {
+
+		// given
+		MongoSession toSerialize = new MongoSession();
+		DBObject dbObject = convertToDBObject(toSerialize);
+		Document document = new Document(dbObject.toMap());
+		document.remove("interval");
+
+		// when
+		MongoSession convertedSession = this.mongoSessionConverter.convert(document);
+
+		// then
+		assertThat(convertedSession.getMaxInactiveInterval()).isEqualTo(Duration.ofMinutes(30));
+	}
+
 	MongoSession convertToSession(DBObject session) {
-		return (MongoSession) this.sut.convert(session,
+		return (MongoSession) this.mongoSessionConverter.convert(session,
 				TypeDescriptor.valueOf(DBObject.class),
 				TypeDescriptor.valueOf(MongoSession.class));
 	}
 
 	DBObject convertToDBObject(MongoSession session) {
-		return (DBObject) this.sut.convert(session,
+		return (DBObject) this.mongoSessionConverter.convert(session,
 				TypeDescriptor.valueOf(MongoSession.class),
 				TypeDescriptor.valueOf(DBObject.class));
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/integration/MongoRepositoryJdkSerializationITest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/integration/MongoRepositoryJdkSerializationITest.java
index 7ccfd2d..b361667 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/integration/MongoRepositoryJdkSerializationITest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/integration/MongoRepositoryJdkSerializationITest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.session.data.mongo.integration;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ public class MongoRepositoryJdkSerializationITest extends AbstractMongoRepositor
 
 		@Bean
 		public AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter() {
-			return new JdkMongoSessionConverter();
+			return new JdkMongoSessionConverter(Duration.ofMinutes(30));
 		}
 	}
 	// end::sample[]