diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml
index bc60ac48a..c60f077cf 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
index 39732daed..5ca2f97b2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/config/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import io.cloudevents.spring.messaging.CloudEventMessageConverter;
 
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ public class ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration {
 
 		private JsonMapper jackson(ApplicationContext context) {
 			ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+			mapper.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
 			mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS, false);
 			mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_TRAILING_TOKENS, true);
 			return new JacksonMapper(mapper);