diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6364caf..96388f6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    testImplementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.16.0'
     testImplementation platform('org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.1')
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter'
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/labelzoom/api/DeepCopyTests.java b/src/test/java/com/labelzoom/api/DeepCopyTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0717e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/labelzoom/api/DeepCopyTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.labelzoom.api;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.labelzoom.api.model.components.CLabel;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+/**
+ * TODO: This test was succeeding when I ran it, but since I don't think the ordering of fields can be guaranteed, I
+ *  disabled the test so that it won't interrupt CI/CD. But this is something we should expand on in the future. The
+ *  goal is to ensure that if a developer adds a new field to a component, that they also update the cloning / deep copy
+ *  logic. May look to use reflection to randomize the data in each field of the component.
+ */
+public class DeepCopyTests
+{
+    final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    @Test
+    @Disabled
+    void testSimpleClone()
+    {
+        final CLabel label = new CLabel();
+        final CLabel clone = label.clone();
+        final String labelSerialized = assertDoesNotThrow(() -> objectMapper.writeValueAsString(label));
+        final String cloneSerialized = assertDoesNotThrow(() -> objectMapper.writeValueAsString(clone));
+        assertEquals(labelSerialized, cloneSerialized);
+    }
+}