diff --git a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/DmfApiConfiguration.java b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/DmfApiConfiguration.java
index 5a017857e..0574565a0 100644
--- a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/DmfApiConfiguration.java
+++ b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/DmfApiConfiguration.java
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@
  */
 package org.eclipse.hawkbit.amqp;
 
+import static org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.DmfMessageConverter.DMF_JSON_MODEL_PACKAGE;
+
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import lombok.ToString;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.artifact.urlresolver.ArtifactUrlResolver;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.DmfMessageConverter;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.ConfirmationManagement;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.ControllerManagement;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.DeploymentManagement;
@@ -27,9 +31,6 @@ import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.TargetManagement;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.DistributionSet;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.SoftwareModule;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.model.Target;
-import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
-import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.amqp.listener.ConditionalRejectingErrorHandler;
 import org.springframework.amqp.listener.FatalExceptionStrategy;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.ConnectionFactory;
@@ -95,18 +96,20 @@ public class DmfApiConfiguration {
     }
 
     @Bean
-    @ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "amqpMessageConverter") // override it if needed to add / edit trusted packages or need other customization
-    public MessageConverter amqpMessageConverter(final JsonMapper jsonMapper) {
-        return DmfApiConfiguration.messageConverter(jsonMapper);
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "dmfMessageConverter") // override it if needed to add / edit trusted packages or need other customization
+    public MessageConverter dmfMessageConverter(
+            final JsonMapper jsonMapper,
+            @Value("${hawkbit.dmf.trusted-packages:" + DMF_JSON_MODEL_PACKAGE + "}") final String trustedPackages) {
+        return new DmfMessageConverter(jsonMapper, Arrays.stream(trustedPackages.split(",")).map(String::trim).toArray(String[]::new));
     }
 
     /**
      * @return {@link RabbitTemplate} with automatic retry, published confirms and {@link JacksonJsonMessageConverter}.
      */
     @Bean
-    public RabbitTemplate rabbitTemplate(@Qualifier("amqpMessageConverter") final MessageConverter amqpMessageConverter) {
+    public RabbitTemplate rabbitTemplate(@Qualifier("dmfMessageConverter") final MessageConverter dmfMessageConverter) {
         final RabbitTemplate rabbitTemplate = new RabbitTemplate(rabbitConnectionFactory);
-        rabbitTemplate.setMessageConverter(amqpMessageConverter);
+        rabbitTemplate.setMessageConverter(dmfMessageConverter);
 
         // the same policy the previously used default ExponentialBackOffPolicy applied
         rabbitTemplate.setRetryTemplate(new RetryTemplate(RetryPolicy.builder()
@@ -186,31 +189,6 @@ public class DmfApiConfiguration {
                 deploymentManagement);
     }
 
-    // since spring-amqp 4.0.4 not all packages are assumed trusted for type converter (only java.land and java.util)
-    // so e need to add hawkbit (and eventual extension packages as trusted
-    // also (again since spring-amqp 4.0.4) the conversion from empty payload fail (which probably is fine since it is JSON)
-    // however, (for backward compatibility, e.g. THING_REMOVED doesn't define payload and could be empty byte[]) we assume that
-    // empty payload is empty byte[] and not try to convert it to Object (which fail since it is not JSON)
-    static @NonNull JacksonJsonMessageConverter messageConverter(final JsonMapper jsonMapper) {
-        return messageConverter(jsonMapper, "org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.json.model");
-    }
-
-    public static @NonNull JacksonJsonMessageConverter messageConverter(final JsonMapper jsonMapper, final String... trustedPackages) {
-        return new JacksonJsonMessageConverter(jsonMapper, trustedPackages) {
-
-            @Override
-            public @NonNull Object fromMessage(@NonNull final Message message, final @Nullable Object conversionHint) {
-                // default converter tries to convert empty body payload to Object (since rabbit 4.0.4)
-                // which probably is correct since it has to be JSON - however, in this case we assume - empty byte[]
-                if (message.getBody().length == 0) {
-                    return message.getBody();
-                } else {
-                    return super.fromMessage(message, conversionHint);
-                }
-            }
-        };
-    }
-
     @ToString
     private static class SqlFatalExceptionStrategy implements FatalExceptionStrategy {
 
diff --git a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/AmqpMessageDispatcherServiceTest.java b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/AmqpMessageDispatcherServiceTest.java
index d1afe741e..fcf6d6483 100644
--- a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/AmqpMessageDispatcherServiceTest.java
+++ b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/AmqpMessageDispatcherServiceTest.java
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ import org.eclipse.hawkbit.artifact.model.ArtifactHashes;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.artifact.model.StoredArtifactInfo;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.artifact.urlresolver.ArtifactUrl;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.artifact.urlresolver.ArtifactUrlResolver;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.DmfMessageConverter;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.amqp.api.EventTopic;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.amqp.api.MessageHeaderKey;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.amqp.api.MessageType;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.json.model.DmfActionRequest;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.json.model.DmfDownloadAndUpdateRequest;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.json.model.DmfSoftwareModule;
-import org.eclipse.hawkbit.rabbitmq.test.AmqpTestConfiguration;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.SystemManagement;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.TargetManagement.Create;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.event.remote.CancelTargetAssignmentEvent;
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.DefaultJacksonJavaTypeMapper;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
-import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
 /**
  * Feature: Component Tests - Device Management Federation API<br/>
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ class AmqpMessageDispatcherServiceTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
                 Create.builder().controllerId(CONTROLLER_ID).securityToken(TEST_TOKEN).address(AMQP_URI.toString()).build());
 
         this.rabbitTemplate = Mockito.mock(RabbitTemplate.class);
-        when(rabbitTemplate.getMessageConverter()).thenReturn(AmqpTestConfiguration.messageConverter(new JsonMapper()));
+        when(rabbitTemplate.getMessageConverter()).thenReturn(new DmfMessageConverter());
 
         senderService = Mockito.mock(DefaultAmqpMessageSenderService.class);
 
diff --git a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/AmqpMessageHandlerServiceTest.java b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/AmqpMessageHandlerServiceTest.java
index bfa73103e..81cc7cd76 100644
--- a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/AmqpMessageHandlerServiceTest.java
+++ b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/AmqpMessageHandlerServiceTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.DmfMessageConverter;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.amqp.api.EventTopic;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.amqp.api.MessageHeaderKey;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.amqp.api.MessageType;
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ import org.springframework.amqp.core.MessageProperties;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.MessageConversionException;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.MessageConverter;
-import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
 /**
  * Feature: Component Tests - Device Management Federation API<br/>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class AmqpMessageHandlerServiceTest {
     @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
     void before() {
         TenantConfigHelper.setTenantConfigurationManagement(tenantConfigurationManagement);
-        messageConverter = DmfApiConfiguration.messageConverter(new JsonMapper());
+        messageConverter = new DmfMessageConverter();
         lenient().when(rabbitTemplate.getMessageConverter()).thenReturn(messageConverter);
 
         amqpMessageHandlerService = new AmqpMessageHandlerService(
diff --git a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/BaseAmqpServiceTest.java b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/BaseAmqpServiceTest.java
index bb1cb4067..1ea0d3bf8 100644
--- a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/BaseAmqpServiceTest.java
+++ b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-amqp/src/test/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/amqp/BaseAmqpServiceTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.DmfMessageConverter;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.json.model.DmfActionStatus;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.json.model.DmfActionUpdateStatus;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.event.remote.entity.TargetCreatedEvent;
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.amqp.core.MessageProperties;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.MessageConversionException;
-import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
 /**
  * Feature: Component Tests - Device Management Federation API<br/>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class BaseAmqpServiceTest {
     @Test
     void convertMessageTest() {
         final DmfActionUpdateStatus actionUpdateStatus = createActionStatus();
-        when(rabbitTemplate.getMessageConverter()).thenReturn(DmfApiConfiguration.messageConverter(new JsonMapper()));
+        when(rabbitTemplate.getMessageConverter()).thenReturn(new DmfMessageConverter());
 
         final Message message = rabbitTemplate.getMessageConverter().toMessage(actionUpdateStatus, createJsonProperties());
         final DmfActionUpdateStatus convertedActionUpdateStatus = baseAmqpService.convertMessage(message, DmfActionUpdateStatus.class);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class BaseAmqpServiceTest {
     @ExpectEvents({ @Expect(type = TargetCreatedEvent.class, count = 0) })
     void updateActionStatusWithInvalidJsonContent() {
         final Message message = createMessage("Invalid Json".getBytes());
-        when(rabbitTemplate.getMessageConverter()).thenReturn(DmfApiConfiguration.messageConverter(new JsonMapper()));
+        when(rabbitTemplate.getMessageConverter()).thenReturn(new DmfMessageConverter());
 
         assertThatExceptionOfType(MessageConversionException.class)
                 .as("Expected MessageConversionException for invalid JSON")
@@ -111,5 +111,4 @@ class BaseAmqpServiceTest {
     private DmfActionUpdateStatus createActionStatus() {
         return new DmfActionUpdateStatus(1L, DmfActionStatus.RUNNING, null, 2L, List.of("Message 1", "Message 2"), 2);
     }
-
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/pom.xml b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/pom.xml
index 2840c857f..78cd83a9c 100644
--- a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/pom.xml
@@ -30,5 +30,22 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- DmfMessageConverter dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-amqp</artifactId>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/dmf/DmfMessageConverter.java b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/dmf/DmfMessageConverter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c37b66f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/dmf/DmfMessageConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made
+ * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ */
+package org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf;
+
+import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
+import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.JacksonJsonMessageConverter;
+import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+
+// - since spring-amqp 4.0.4 not all packages are assumed trusted for type converter (only java.land and java.util)
+// so e need to add hawkbit DMF model package (and eventual extension packages) as trusted
+// - also (again since spring-amqp 4.0.4) the conversion from empty payload fail (which probably is fine since it is JSON)
+// however, (for backward compatibility, e.g. THING_REMOVED doesn't define payload and could be empty byte[]) we assume that
+// empty payload is empty byte[] and not try to convert it to Object (which fail since it is not JSON)
+public class DmfMessageConverter extends JacksonJsonMessageConverter {
+
+    public static final String DMF_JSON_MODEL_PACKAGE = "org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.json.model";
+
+    public DmfMessageConverter(final String... trustedPackages) {
+        this(new JsonMapper(), trustedPackages);
+    }
+
+    public DmfMessageConverter(final JsonMapper jsonMapper, final String... trustedPackages) {
+        super(jsonMapper, trustedPackages.length == 0 ? new String[] { DMF_JSON_MODEL_PACKAGE } : trustedPackages);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NonNull Object fromMessage(@NonNull final Message message, final @Nullable Object conversionHint) {
+        // default converter tries to convert empty body payload to Object (since rabbit 4.0.4)
+        // which probably is correct since it has to be JSON - however, in this case we assume - empty byte[]
+        if (message.getBody().length == 0) {
+            return message.getBody();
+        } else {
+            return super.fromMessage(message, conversionHint);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-rabbitmq-test/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rabbitmq/test/AbstractAmqpIntegrationTest.java b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-rabbitmq-test/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rabbitmq/test/AbstractAmqpIntegrationTest.java
index 26063579d..a6538f8db 100644
--- a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-rabbitmq-test/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rabbitmq/test/AbstractAmqpIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-rabbitmq-test/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rabbitmq/test/AbstractAmqpIntegrationTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
 import org.awaitility.core.ConditionFactory;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.DmfMessageConverter;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.jpa.JpaRepositoryConfiguration;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.test.TestConfiguration;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.test.util.AbstractIntegrationTest;
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext.ClassMode;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
-import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
 @Slf4j
 @RabbitAvailable
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAmqpIntegrationTest extends AbstractIntegrationTes
 
     private RabbitTemplate createDmfClient() {
         final RabbitTemplate template = new RabbitTemplate(connectionFactory);
-        template.setMessageConverter(AmqpTestConfiguration.messageConverter(new JsonMapper()));
+        template.setMessageConverter(new DmfMessageConverter());
         template.setReceiveTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(3));
         template.setReplyTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(3));
         template.setExchange(getExchange());
diff --git a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-rabbitmq-test/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rabbitmq/test/AmqpTestConfiguration.java b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-rabbitmq-test/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rabbitmq/test/AmqpTestConfiguration.java
index b346839ec..3ae35425c 100644
--- a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-rabbitmq-test/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rabbitmq/test/AmqpTestConfiguration.java
+++ b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-rabbitmq-test/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/rabbitmq/test/AmqpTestConfiguration.java
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
-import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.DmfMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.ConnectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate;
-import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.JacksonJsonMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Primary;
@@ -27,7 +24,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ConcurrentTaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskScheduler;
 import org.springframework.security.concurrent.DelegatingSecurityContextExecutorService;
-import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 
 @Configuration
 public class AmqpTestConfiguration {
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ public class AmqpTestConfiguration {
     @Primary
     public RabbitTemplate rabbitTemplateForTest(final ConnectionFactory connectionFactory) {
         final RabbitTemplate rabbitTemplate = new RabbitTemplate(connectionFactory);
-        rabbitTemplate.setMessageConverter(messageConverter(new JsonMapper()));
+        rabbitTemplate.setMessageConverter(new DmfMessageConverter());
         rabbitTemplate.setReplyTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(3));
         rabbitTemplate.setReceiveTimeout(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(3));
         return rabbitTemplate;
@@ -71,19 +67,4 @@ public class AmqpTestConfiguration {
     RabbitMqSetupService rabbitMqSetupService() {
         return new RabbitMqSetupService();
     }
-
-    // note - it MUST be the same as DmfApiConfiguration#messageConverter for the test to work properly (to test the real AMQP)
-    public static @NonNull JacksonJsonMessageConverter messageConverter(final JsonMapper jsonMapper) {
-        return new JacksonJsonMessageConverter(jsonMapper, "org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.json.model") {
-
-            @Override
-            public @NonNull Object fromMessage(@NonNull final Message message, final @Nullable Object conversionHint) {
-                if (message.getBody().length == 0) {
-                    return message.getBody();
-                } else {
-                    return super.fromMessage(message, conversionHint);
-                }
-            }
-        };
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hawkbit-sdk/hawkbit-sdk-dmf/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/sdk/dmf/amqp/VHost.java b/hawkbit-sdk/hawkbit-sdk-dmf/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/sdk/dmf/amqp/VHost.java
index 58449d33a..b5b1d5b7e 100644
--- a/hawkbit-sdk/hawkbit-sdk-dmf/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/sdk/dmf/amqp/VHost.java
+++ b/hawkbit-sdk/hawkbit-sdk-dmf/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/sdk/dmf/amqp/VHost.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.DmfMessageConverter;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.amqp.api.EventTopic;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.amqp.api.MessageHeaderKey;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.dmf.amqp.api.MessageType;
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitAdmin;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.listener.SimpleMessageListenerContainer;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.DefaultJacksonJavaTypeMapper;
-import org.springframework.amqp.support.converter.JacksonJsonMessageConverter;
 
 /**
  * Abstract class for sender and receiver service.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public final class VHost extends DmfSender implements MessageListener {
         // It is necessary to define rabbitTemplate as a Bean and set JacksonJsonMessageConverter explicitly here in order to convert only
         // OUTCOMING messages to JSON. In case of INCOMING messages, JacksonJsonMessageConverter can not handle messages with NULL
         // payload (e.g. REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES_UPDATE), so the SimpleMessageConverter is used instead per default.
-        rabbitTemplate.setMessageConverter(new JacksonJsonMessageConverter());
+        rabbitTemplate.setMessageConverter(new DmfMessageConverter());
 
         if (initVHost) {
             final RabbitAdmin rabbitAdmin = new RabbitAdmin(connectionFactory);
diff --git a/hawkbit-ui/.gitignore b/hawkbit-ui/.gitignore
index 50c593a1c..728572997 100644
--- a/hawkbit-ui/.gitignore
+++ b/hawkbit-ui/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ package-lock.json
 tsconfig.json
 types.d.ts
 vite.config.ts
-vite.generated.ts
\ No newline at end of file
+vite.generated.ts
+*.lock
\ No newline at end of file