diff --git a/geowebcache/wmts/src/main/java/org/geowebcache/service/wmts/WMTSTileJSON.java b/geowebcache/wmts/src/main/java/org/geowebcache/service/wmts/WMTSTileJSON.java
index 8fe8353fb..c8f5bb89f 100644
--- a/geowebcache/wmts/src/main/java/org/geowebcache/service/wmts/WMTSTileJSON.java
+++ b/geowebcache/wmts/src/main/java/org/geowebcache/service/wmts/WMTSTileJSON.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -76,8 +77,11 @@ public void writeResponse(TileLayer layer) {
             @SuppressWarnings("PMD.CloseResource") // managed by servlet container
             OutputStream os = convTile.servletResp.getOutputStream();
 
-            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL);
+            ObjectMapper mapper = JsonMapper.builder()
+                    .defaultPropertyInclusion(
+                            JsonInclude.Value.construct(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL, JsonInclude.Include.USE_DEFAULTS))
+                    .build();
+
             mapper.writeValue(os, json);
             os.flush();
         } catch (IOException ioe) {