diff --git a/spring-cloud-aws-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/awspring/cloud/autoconfigure/sqs/SqsAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-aws-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/awspring/cloud/autoconfigure/sqs/SqsAutoConfiguration.java
index 1f6496fb9..bf66b2a76 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-aws-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/awspring/cloud/autoconfigure/sqs/SqsAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-aws-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/awspring/cloud/autoconfigure/sqs/SqsAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import io.awspring.cloud.sqs.listener.interceptor.MessageInterceptor;
 import io.awspring.cloud.sqs.operations.SqsTemplate;
 import io.awspring.cloud.sqs.operations.SqsTemplateBuilder;
+import io.awspring.cloud.sqs.support.converter.SqsMessagingMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ public SqsMessageListenerContainerFactory<Object> defaultSqsListenerContainerFac
 			ObjectProvider<SqsAsyncClient> sqsAsyncClient, ObjectProvider<AsyncErrorHandler<Object>> asyncErrorHandler,
 			ObjectProvider<ErrorHandler<Object>> errorHandler,
 			ObjectProvider<AsyncMessageInterceptor<Object>> asyncInterceptors,
-			ObjectProvider<MessageInterceptor<Object>> interceptors) {
+			ObjectProvider<MessageInterceptor<Object>> interceptors,
+			ObjectProvider<ObjectMapper> objectMapperProvider) {
 
 		SqsMessageListenerContainerFactory<Object> factory = new SqsMessageListenerContainerFactory<>();
 		factory.configure(this::configureContainerOptions);
@@ -97,6 +99,11 @@ public SqsMessageListenerContainerFactory<Object> defaultSqsListenerContainerFac
 		errorHandler.ifAvailable(factory::setErrorHandler);
 		interceptors.forEach(factory::addMessageInterceptor);
 		asyncInterceptors.forEach(factory::addMessageInterceptor);
+		objectMapperProvider.ifAvailable(objectMapper -> {
+			var messageConverter = new SqsMessagingMessageConverter();
+			messageConverter.setObjectMapper(objectMapper);
+			factory.configure(options -> options.messageConverter(messageConverter));
+		});
 		return factory;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-aws-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/awspring/cloud/autoconfigure/sqs/SqsAutoConfigurationTest.java b/spring-cloud-aws-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/awspring/cloud/autoconfigure/sqs/SqsAutoConfigurationTest.java
index 2fc84e180..1de7ec63b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-aws-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/awspring/cloud/autoconfigure/sqs/SqsAutoConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-aws-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/awspring/cloud/autoconfigure/sqs/SqsAutoConfigurationTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories.type;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import io.awspring.cloud.autoconfigure.ConfiguredAwsClient;
 import io.awspring.cloud.autoconfigure.core.AwsAutoConfiguration;
 import io.awspring.cloud.autoconfigure.core.AwsClientCustomizer;
@@ -34,8 +35,10 @@
 import io.awspring.cloud.sqs.listener.errorhandler.AsyncErrorHandler;
 import io.awspring.cloud.sqs.listener.interceptor.AsyncMessageInterceptor;
 import io.awspring.cloud.sqs.operations.SqsTemplate;
+import io.awspring.cloud.sqs.support.converter.SqsMessagingMessageConverter;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+import org.springframework.messaging.converter.CompositeMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.messaging.converter.MappingJackson2MessageConverter;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.client.config.ClientOverrideConfiguration;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.client.config.SdkClientOption;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.http.async.SdkAsyncHttpClient;
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ void configuresFactoryComponentsAndOptions() {
 						"spring.cloud.aws.sqs.listener.max-concurrent-messages:19",
 						"spring.cloud.aws.sqs.listener.max-messages-per-poll:8",
 						"spring.cloud.aws.sqs.listener.poll-timeout:6s")
-				.withUserConfiguration(CustomComponentsConfiguration.class).run(context -> {
+				.withUserConfiguration(CustomComponentsConfiguration.class, ObjectMapperConfiguration.class).run(context -> {
 					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(SqsMessageListenerContainerFactory.class);
 					SqsMessageListenerContainerFactory<?> factory = context
 							.getBean(SqsMessageListenerContainerFactory.class);
@@ -146,9 +151,46 @@ void configuresFactoryComponentsAndOptions() {
 						assertThat(options.getMaxConcurrentMessages()).isEqualTo(19);
 						assertThat(options.getMaxMessagesPerPoll()).isEqualTo(8);
 						assertThat(options.getPollTimeout()).isEqualTo(Duration.ofSeconds(6));
-					});
+					})
+					.extracting("messageConverter")
+					.asInstanceOf(type(SqsMessagingMessageConverter.class))
+					.extracting("payloadMessageConverter")
+					.asInstanceOf(type(CompositeMessageConverter.class))
+					.extracting(CompositeMessageConverter::getConverters)
+					.isInstanceOfSatisfying(List.class, converters ->
+						assertThat(converters.get(1)).isInstanceOfSatisfying(
+							MappingJackson2MessageConverter.class,
+							jackson2MessageConverter ->
+								assertThat(jackson2MessageConverter.getObjectMapper().getRegisteredModuleIds()).contains("jackson-datatype-jsr310")));
 				});
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	void configuresFactoryComponentsAndOptionsWithDefaults() {
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.cloud.aws.sqs.enabled:true").run(context -> {
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(SqsMessageListenerContainerFactory.class);
+			var factory = context.getBean(SqsMessageListenerContainerFactory.class);
+			assertThat(factory).hasFieldOrProperty("errorHandler").extracting("asyncMessageInterceptors").asList()
+				.isEmpty();
+			assertThat(factory).extracting("containerOptionsBuilder").asInstanceOf(type(ContainerOptionsBuilder.class))
+				.extracting(ContainerOptionsBuilder::build)
+				.isInstanceOfSatisfying(ContainerOptions.class, options -> {
+					assertThat(options.getMaxConcurrentMessages()).isEqualTo(10);
+					assertThat(options.getMaxMessagesPerPoll()).isEqualTo(10);
+					assertThat(options.getPollTimeout()).isEqualTo(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+				})
+				.extracting("messageConverter")
+				.asInstanceOf(type(SqsMessagingMessageConverter.class))
+				.extracting("payloadMessageConverter")
+				.asInstanceOf(type(CompositeMessageConverter.class))
+				.extracting(CompositeMessageConverter::getConverters)
+				.isInstanceOfSatisfying(List.class, converters ->
+					assertThat(converters.get(1)).isInstanceOfSatisfying(
+						MappingJackson2MessageConverter.class,
+						jackson2MessageConverter ->
+							assertThat(jackson2MessageConverter.getObjectMapper().getRegisteredModuleIds()).isEmpty()));
+		});
+	}
 	// @formatter:on
 
 	@Test
@@ -185,7 +227,7 @@ static class ObjectMapperConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean(name = CUSTOM_OBJECT_MAPPER_BEAN_NAME)
 		ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
-			return new ObjectMapper();
+			return new ObjectMapper().registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
 		}
 
 	}