diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml
index bfb32c401..0718852d3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
 		    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		  <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+		  <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</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 80496d5cf..2fb21e056 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
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.joda.JodaModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import io.cloudevents.spring.messaging.CloudEventMessageConverter;
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ public class ContextFunctionCatalogAutoConfiguration {
 				mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 				mapper.registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
 			}
-
+			mapper.registerModule(new JodaModule());
 			if (KotlinDetector.isKotlinPresent()) {
 				try {
 					if (!mapper.getRegisteredModuleIds().contains("com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule")) {