diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
index 6a6fa2950d..2a9eff1822 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
       <version>11.35-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
 
-   <properties>
-      <dependency.jackson-databind.version>2.7.9.1</dependency.jackson-databind.version> <!-- this should not be overridden - fixes 2 tests -->
-   </properties>
 
    <build>
       <plugins>
@@ -50,10 +47,6 @@
          <groupId>org.alfresco.tas</groupId>
          <artifactId>restapi</artifactId>
          <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-               <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-               <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
             <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.alfresco.tas</groupId>
                <artifactId>utility</artifactId>
@@ -91,9 +84,5 @@
          <artifactId>docker-java</artifactId>
          <version>3.0.14</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/util/PojoUtility.java b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/util/PojoUtility.java
index f7ce46c21c..e52cd12bf4 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/util/PojoUtility.java
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/util/PojoUtility.java
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ public class PojoUtility
             mapper.addMixIn(target, mixinSource);
         }
 
-        //include only values that differ from default settings to be included
-        mapper.setSerializationInclusion(Include.NON_DEFAULT);
+        //include only non null values
+        mapper.setSerializationInclusion(Include.NON_NULL);
 
         //return the json object
         try