diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
index aa3e77ba3..fa0a50cc4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ abstract class ProxyWrapper<T> {
 	}
 
 	public Object fromJson(String value) {
+		if (getType().equals(String.class)) {
+			return value;
+		}
 		try {
 			return mapper.readValue(value, getType());
 		}