diff --git a/arangodb-net-standard/Serialization/JsonNetApiClientSerialization.cs b/arangodb-net-standard/Serialization/JsonNetApiClientSerialization.cs
index c03543f0..5c05638f 100644
--- a/arangodb-net-standard/Serialization/JsonNetApiClientSerialization.cs
+++ b/arangodb-net-standard/Serialization/JsonNetApiClientSerialization.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ public override T DeserializeFromStream<T>(Stream stream)
             using (var sr = new StreamReader(stream))
             using (var jtr = new JsonTextReader(sr))
             {
-                var js = new JsonSerializer();
+                var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
+                {
+                    ObjectCreationHandling = ObjectCreationHandling.Replace,
+                };
+                var js = JsonSerializer.Create(settings);
 
                 T result = js.Deserialize<T>(jtr);