diff --git a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Json/JOptions.cs b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Json/JOptions.cs
index 7fdb2854208..b7fe56c2c1e 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Json/JOptions.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Abstractions/Json/JOptions.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ public static class JOptions
     public static readonly JsonSerializerOptions Base = new()
     {
         DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull,
-        ReferenceHandler = ReferenceHandler.IgnoreCycles,
+        PreferredObjectCreationHandling = JsonObjectCreationHandling.Populate,
+        ReferenceHandler = null, // Needed by JsonObjectCreationHandling.Populate.
         ReadCommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip,
         PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true,
         AllowTrailingCommas = true,
diff --git a/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Data/ContentItemTests.cs b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Data/ContentItemTests.cs
index c91f2ae3ea2..989e0603478 100644
--- a/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Data/ContentItemTests.cs
+++ b/test/OrchardCore.Tests/Data/ContentItemTests.cs
@@ -101,6 +101,23 @@ public void ContentShouldStoreFields()
 
             Assert.Contains(@"""MyPart"":{""Text"":""test"",""myField"":{""Value"":123}}", json);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldDeserializeListContentPart()
+        {
+            var contentItem = new ContentItem();
+            contentItem.GetOrCreate<GetOnlyListPart>();
+            contentItem.Alter<MyPart>(x => x.Text = "test");
+            contentItem.Alter<MyPart>(x =>
+            {
+                x.GetOrCreate<MyField>("myField");
+                x.Alter<MyField>("myField", f => f.Value = 123);
+            });
+
+            var json = JConvert.SerializeObject(contentItem);
+
+            Assert.Contains(@"""MyPart"":{""Text"":""test"",""myField"":{""Value"":123}}", json);
+        }
     }
 
     public class MyPart : ContentPart
@@ -112,4 +129,9 @@ public class MyField : ContentField
     {
         public int Value { get; set; }
     }
+
+    public class GetOnlyListPart : ContentPart
+    {
+        public IList<string> Texts { get; } = new List<string>();
+    }
 }