diff --git a/kubernetes/BUILD.bazel b/kubernetes/BUILD.bazel
index a35028756e..333d40ec4c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/kubernetes/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ java_library(
     srcs = glob(["src/main/java/**/*.java"]),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
-        "@maven//:com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_annotations",
-        "@maven//:com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_core",
-        "@maven//:com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_databind",
         "@maven//:com_google_code_gson_gson",
         "@maven//:com_squareup_okhttp3_logging_interceptor",
         "@maven//:com_squareup_okhttp3_okhttp_jvm",
@@ -28,8 +25,6 @@ java_test_suite(
     runner = "junit5",
     deps = [
         ":client-java-api",
-        "@maven//:com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_core",
-        "@maven//:com_fasterxml_jackson_core_jackson_databind",
         "@maven//:com_google_code_gson_gson",
         "@maven//:com_squareup_okhttp3_okhttp_jvm",
         "@maven//:com_squareup_okio_okio_jvm",
diff --git a/kubernetes/pom.xml b/kubernetes/pom.xml
index f250f2ce1a..8f0cc91d55 100644
--- a/kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@
       <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.gsonfire</groupId>
       <artifactId>gson-fire</artifactId>
diff --git a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrString.java b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrString.java
index ab9332c8c6..6a8b22675d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrString.java
+++ b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrString.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 */
 package io.kubernetes.client.custom;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
 import com.google.gson.TypeAdapter;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.JsonAdapter;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 @JsonAdapter(IntOrString.IntOrStringAdapter.class)
-@JsonSerialize(using = IntOrStringJacksonSerializer.class)
 public class IntOrString {
   private final boolean isInt;
   private final String strValue;
diff --git a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrStringJacksonSerializer.java b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrStringJacksonSerializer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 84536a5f65..0000000000
--- a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrStringJacksonSerializer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-package io.kubernetes.client.custom;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-public class IntOrStringJacksonSerializer extends StdSerializer<IntOrString> {
-
-  public IntOrStringJacksonSerializer() {
-    this(null);
-  }
-
-  public IntOrStringJacksonSerializer(Class<IntOrString> t) {
-    super(IntOrString.class);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void serialize(IntOrString value, JsonGenerator jg, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
-    if (value.isInteger()) {
-      jg.writeNumber(value.getIntValue());
-    } else {
-      jg.writeString(value.getStrValue());
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrStringTest.java b/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrStringTest.java
index 77afa6c520..f25f207028 100644
--- a/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrStringTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/IntOrStringTest.java
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.JSON;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 // Note: Do not use AssertJ .isEquqlTo to test .equals, as this doesn't necessarily invoke it!
@@ -116,12 +115,14 @@ void whenCreatedWithString_notEqualAnotherWithDifferentValue() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  void jacksonSerializer_writeValueAsString() throws JsonProcessingException {
-    IntOrString intOrString1 = new IntOrString(17);
-    IntOrString intOrString2 = new IntOrString("17");
+  void gsonAdapter_serializesAsIntOrString() {
+    assertThat(JSON.getGson().toJson(new IntOrString(17))).isEqualTo("17");
+    assertThat(JSON.getGson().toJson(new IntOrString("17"))).isEqualTo("\"17\"");
+  }
 
-    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-    mapper.writeValueAsString(intOrString1);
-    mapper.writeValueAsString(intOrString2);
+  @Test
+  void gsonAdapter_deserializesAsIntOrString() {
+    assertThat(JSON.getGson().fromJson("17", IntOrString.class).getIntValue()).isEqualTo(17);
+    assertThat(JSON.getGson().fromJson("\"17\"", IntOrString.class).getStrValue()).isEqualTo("17");
   }
 }