diff --git a/CHANGES/plugin_api/9307.bugfix b/CHANGES/plugin_api/9307.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6e90c4544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/plugin_api/9307.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Set the default widget type to ``JSONWidget`` for ``JSONFields`` for Model Resources to fix
+django-import-export bug where ``django.db.models.JSONFields`` weren't properly handled.
diff --git a/pulpcore/plugin/importexport.py b/pulpcore/plugin/importexport.py
index 88a4a7b73a..37b2402af4 100644
--- a/pulpcore/plugin/importexport.py
+++ b/pulpcore/plugin/importexport.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from import_export import resources
+from import_export.resources import widgets
 
 
 class QueryModelResource(resources.ModelResource):
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ class QueryModelResource(resources.ModelResource):
             (driven by repo_version)
     """
 
+    # TODO: remove this when https://git.io/JEgMp is released
+    # This forces JSONField to map to JSONWidget as django-import-export does not properly handle
+    # JSONField from django.db.models in django-import-export 2.5.0
+    WIDGETS_MAP = {**resources.ModelResource.WIDGETS_MAP, **{"JSONField": widgets.JSONWidget}}
+
     def set_up_queryset(self):
         return None