diff --git a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/JsonHolder.java b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/JsonHolder.java
index 92ea7188c..f747eda08 100644
--- a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/JsonHolder.java
+++ b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/JsonHolder.java
@@ -19,19 +19,33 @@
 
 public class JsonHolder
 {
-	private final String dataClassName;
-	private final byte[] data;
-
 	/**
 	 * @param dataClassName
 	 *            not <code>null</code>
 	 * @param data
 	 *            not <code>null</code>
+	 * @return
 	 */
-	public JsonHolder(String dataClassName, byte[] data)
+	public static JsonHolder of(String dataClassName, byte[] data)
+	{
+		Objects.requireNonNull(dataClassName, "dataClassName");
+		Objects.requireNonNull(data, "data");
+
+		return new JsonHolder(dataClassName, data);
+	}
+
+	public static JsonHolder empty()
+	{
+		return new JsonHolder(null, null);
+	}
+
+	private final String dataClassName;
+	private final byte[] data;
+
+	private JsonHolder(String dataClassName, byte[] data)
 	{
-		this.dataClassName = Objects.requireNonNull(dataClassName, "dataClassName");
-		this.data = Objects.requireNonNull(data, "data");
+		this.dataClassName = dataClassName;
+		this.data = data;
 	}
 
 	public String getDataClassName()
@@ -43,4 +57,9 @@ public byte[] getData()
 	{
 		return data;
 	}
+
+	public boolean isEmpty()
+	{
+		return dataClassName == null || data == null;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/JsonHolderSerializer.java b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/JsonHolderSerializer.java
index 12e55449f..45caed302 100644
--- a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/JsonHolderSerializer.java
+++ b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/JsonHolderSerializer.java
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ public JsonHolderValue readValue(ValueFields valueFields, boolean asTransientVal
 		String dataClassName = valueFields.getTextValue();
 		byte[] data = valueFields.getByteArrayValue();
 
-		return JsonHolderValues.create(new JsonHolder(dataClassName, data));
+		return JsonHolderValues.create(
+				dataClassName == null || data == null ? JsonHolder.empty() : JsonHolder.of(dataClassName, data));
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/VariablesImpl.java b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/VariablesImpl.java
index 65278619f..06a0e0e2b 100644
--- a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/VariablesImpl.java
+++ b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-process-api-v2-impl/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/v2/variables/VariablesImpl.java
@@ -107,12 +107,15 @@ public VariablesImpl(DelegateExecution execution, ObjectMapper objectMapper, Dsf
 
 	private JsonHolder toJsonHolder(Object json)
 	{
+		if (json == null)
+			return JsonHolder.empty();
+
 		try
 		{
 			byte[] data = objectMapper.writeValueAsBytes(json);
 			String dataClassName = json.getClass().getName();
 
-			return new JsonHolder(dataClassName, data);
+			return JsonHolder.of(dataClassName, data);
 		}
 		catch (JsonProcessingException e)
 		{
@@ -123,11 +126,15 @@ private JsonHolder toJsonHolder(Object json)
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private <T> T fromJsonHolder(JsonHolder holder)
 	{
+		if (holder.isEmpty())
+			return null;
+
 		try
 		{
 			byte[] data = holder.getData();
-			Class<?> dataClass = getClassLoader().loadClass(holder.getDataClassName());
+			String dataClassName = holder.getDataClassName();
 
+			Class<?> dataClass = getClassLoader().loadClass(dataClassName);
 			return (T) objectMapper.readValue(data, dataClass);
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException | IOException e)
diff --git a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-test-plugin-v2/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/test/service/JsonVariableTestGet.java b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-test-plugin-v2/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/test/service/JsonVariableTestGet.java
index 638db9972..7514efebc 100644
--- a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-test-plugin-v2/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/test/service/JsonVariableTestGet.java
+++ b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-test-plugin-v2/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/test/service/JsonVariableTestGet.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package dev.dsf.bpe.test.service;
 
 import static dev.dsf.bpe.test.PluginTestExecutor.expectNotNull;
+import static dev.dsf.bpe.test.PluginTestExecutor.expectNull;
 import static dev.dsf.bpe.test.PluginTestExecutor.expectSame;
 
 import dev.dsf.bpe.test.AbstractTest;
@@ -62,4 +63,12 @@ public void getIntegerVariable(Variables variables) throws Exception
 		expectNotNull(variable);
 		expectSame(JsonVariableTestSet.TEST_INTEGER, variable);
 	}
+
+	@PluginTest
+	public void getJsonNullVariable(Variables variables) throws Exception
+	{
+		JsonPojo variable = variables.getVariable(JsonVariableTestSet.JSON_NULL_VARIABLE);
+
+		expectNull(variable);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-test-plugin-v2/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/test/service/JsonVariableTestSet.java b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-test-plugin-v2/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/test/service/JsonVariableTestSet.java
index fe0564455..82d2668f6 100644
--- a/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-test-plugin-v2/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/test/service/JsonVariableTestSet.java
+++ b/dsf-bpe/dsf-bpe-test-plugin-v2/src/main/java/dev/dsf/bpe/test/service/JsonVariableTestSet.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 public class JsonVariableTestSet implements ServiceTask
 {
 	public static final String JSON_VARIABLE = "json-variable";
+	public static final String JSON_NULL_VARIABLE = "json-null-variable";
 	public static final String STRING_VARIABLE = "string-variable";
 	public static final String INTEGER_VARIABLE = "integer-variable";
 
@@ -41,5 +42,6 @@ public void execute(ProcessPluginApi api, Variables variables) throws ErrorBound
 		variables.setJsonVariable(JSON_VARIABLE, new JsonPojo(TEST_VALUE_1, TEST_VALUE_2, TEST_ZONED_DATE_TIME_VALUE));
 		variables.setString(STRING_VARIABLE, TEST_STRING);
 		variables.setInteger(INTEGER_VARIABLE, TEST_INTEGER);
+		variables.setJsonVariable(JSON_NULL_VARIABLE, null);
 	}
 }