diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java
index e74e377465b8..7179f45b6825 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.DefaultBatchConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.explore.JobExplorer;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobLauncher;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.ExecutionContextSerializer;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRepository;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.dao.DefaultExecutionContextSerializer;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.ExitCodeGenerator;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration;
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@
  * @author Eddú Meléndez
  * @author Kazuki Shimizu
  * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ * @author Lars Uffmann
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
 @AutoConfiguration(after = { HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class, TransactionAutoConfiguration.class })
@@ -102,13 +105,18 @@ static class SpringBootBatchConfiguration extends DefaultBatchConfiguration {
 
 		private final List<BatchConversionServiceCustomizer> batchConversionServiceCustomizers;
 
+		private final ExecutionContextSerializer executionContextSerializer;
+
 		SpringBootBatchConfiguration(DataSource dataSource, @BatchDataSource ObjectProvider<DataSource> batchDataSource,
 				PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager, BatchProperties properties,
-				ObjectProvider<BatchConversionServiceCustomizer> batchConversionServiceCustomizers) {
+				ObjectProvider<BatchConversionServiceCustomizer> batchConversionServiceCustomizers,
+				ObjectProvider<ExecutionContextSerializer> executionContextSerializer) {
 			this.dataSource = batchDataSource.getIfAvailable(() -> dataSource);
 			this.transactionManager = transactionManager;
 			this.properties = properties;
 			this.batchConversionServiceCustomizers = batchConversionServiceCustomizers.orderedStream().toList();
+			this.executionContextSerializer = executionContextSerializer
+				.getIfAvailable(DefaultExecutionContextSerializer::new);
 		}
 
 		@Override
@@ -142,6 +150,11 @@ protected ConfigurableConversionService getConversionService() {
 			return conversionService;
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		protected ExecutionContextSerializer getExecutionContextSerializer() {
+			return this.executionContextSerializer;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 3c2c63d781a0..13da2af2361a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/batch/BatchAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@
 import org.springframework.batch.core.job.AbstractJob;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobLauncher;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobOperator;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.ExecutionContextSerializer;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRepository;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.dao.DefaultExecutionContextSerializer;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.dao.Jackson2ExecutionContextStringSerializer;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@
  * @author Vedran Pavic
  * @author Kazuki Shimizu
  * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
+ * @author Lars Uffmann
  */
 @ExtendWith(OutputCaptureExtension.class)
 class BatchAutoConfigurationTests {
@@ -462,6 +466,27 @@ void whenTheUserDefinesAJobNameThatDoesNotExistWithRegisteredJobFailsFast() {
 			.withMessage("No job found with name 'three'");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void customExecutionContextSerializerIsUsed() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(TestConfiguration.class, EmbeddedDataSourceConfiguration.class)
+			.withUserConfiguration(CustomExecutionContextConfiguration.class)
+			.run((context) -> {
+				assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(Jackson2ExecutionContextStringSerializer.class);
+				assertThat(context.getBean(SpringBootBatchConfiguration.class).getExecutionContextSerializer())
+					.isInstanceOf(Jackson2ExecutionContextStringSerializer.class);
+			});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void defaultExecutionContextSerializerIsUsed() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(TestConfiguration.class, EmbeddedDataSourceConfiguration.class)
+			.run((context) -> {
+				assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(ExecutionContextSerializer.class);
+				assertThat(context.getBean(SpringBootBatchConfiguration.class).getExecutionContextSerializer())
+					.isInstanceOf(DefaultExecutionContextSerializer.class);
+			});
+	}
+
 	private JobLauncherApplicationRunner createInstance(String... registeredJobNames) {
 		JobLauncherApplicationRunner runner = new JobLauncherApplicationRunner(mock(JobLauncher.class),
 				mock(JobExplorer.class), mock(JobRepository.class));
@@ -777,4 +802,14 @@ BatchConversionServiceCustomizer anotherBatchConversionServiceCustomizer() {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+	static class CustomExecutionContextConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		ExecutionContextSerializer executionContextSerializer() {
+			return new Jackson2ExecutionContextStringSerializer();
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }