diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
index 562f9c3d9..e5b89b313 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         php-version:
           - "7.2"
           - "8.0"
+          - "8.1"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yaml b/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yaml
index 3df7a81dc..921b360ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Run a static analysis with phpstan/phpstan"
         run: "vendor/bin/phpstan analyse -c phpstan-7-4.neon.dist --error-format=checkstyle | cs2pr"
-  static-analysis-phpstan:
+
+  static-analysis-phpstan-8-0:
     name: "Static Analysis with PHPStan"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
 
@@ -41,6 +42,32 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         php-version:
           - "8.0"
+
+    steps:
+      - name: "Checkout code"
+        uses: "actions/checkout@v2"
+
+      - name: "Install PHP"
+        uses: "shivammathur/setup-php@v2"
+        with:
+          coverage: "none"
+          php-version: "${{ matrix.php-version }}"
+          tools: "cs2pr"
+          extensions: pdo_sqlite
+
+      - name: "Install dependencies with Composer"
+        uses: "ramsey/composer-install@v1"
+
+      - name: "Run a static analysis with phpstan/phpstan"
+        run: "vendor/bin/phpstan analyse -c phpstan-8-0.neon.dist --error-format=checkstyle | cs2pr"
+
+  static-analysis-phpstan-8-1:
+    name: "Static Analysis with PHPStan"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        php-version:
           - "8.1"
         include:
           - { php-version: '8.2', composer-options: '--ignore-platform-req=php' }
diff --git a/phpstan-7-4.neon.dist b/phpstan-7-4.neon.dist
index ec226c59d..8c4c3f59d 100644
--- a/phpstan-7-4.neon.dist
+++ b/phpstan-7-4.neon.dist
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ parameters:
         - %currentWorkingDirectory%/tests
     excludePaths:
         - %currentWorkingDirectory%/tests/Fixtures/TypedProperties/UnionTypedProperties.php
+        - %currentWorkingDirectory%/tests/Fixtures/TypedProperties/ConstructorPromotion/Vase.php
         - %currentWorkingDirectory%/tests/Fixtures/TypedProperties/UnionTypedProperties.php
         - %currentWorkingDirectory%/tests/Metadata/Driver/UnionTypedPropertiesDriverTest.php
         - %currentWorkingDirectory%/tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php
diff --git a/phpstan-8-0.neon.dist b/phpstan-8-0.neon.dist
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d08cd164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpstan-8-0.neon.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+parameters:
+    level: 1
+
+    ignoreErrors:
+        - '~Class Doctrine\\Common\\Persistence\\Proxy not found~'
+        - '~Class Doctrine\\ODM\\MongoDB\\PersistentCollection not found~'
+        - '~Class Symfony\\(Contracts|Component)\\Translation\\TranslatorInterface not found~'
+        - '#Constructor of class JMS\\Serializer\\Annotation\\.*? has an unused parameter#'
+        - '#Class JMS\\Serializer\\Annotation\\DeprecatedReadOnly extends @final class JMS\\Serializer\\Annotation\\ReadOnlyProperty.#'
+
+    paths:
+        - %currentWorkingDirectory%/src
+        - %currentWorkingDirectory%/tests
+        - %currentWorkingDirectory%/tests/Fixtures/TypedProperties/ConstructorPromotion/Vase.php
diff --git a/src/Builder/DefaultDriverFactory.php b/src/Builder/DefaultDriverFactory.php
index e0240b6ba..49081dd24 100644
--- a/src/Builder/DefaultDriverFactory.php
+++ b/src/Builder/DefaultDriverFactory.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use JMS\Serializer\Expression\CompilableExpressionEvaluatorInterface;
 use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
 use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\Driver\AttributeDriver;
+use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\Driver\DefaultValuePropertyDriver;
 use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\Driver\TypedPropertiesDriver;
 use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\Driver\XmlDriver;
 use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\Driver\YamlDriver;
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ public function createDriver(array $metadataDirs, Reader $annotationReader): Dri
             $driver = new TypedPropertiesDriver($driver, $this->typeParser);
         }
 
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 80000) {
+            $driver = new DefaultValuePropertyDriver($driver);
+        }
+
         return $driver;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/GraphNavigator/DeserializationGraphNavigator.php b/src/GraphNavigator/DeserializationGraphNavigator.php
index ab8c9bace..eaf236240 100644
--- a/src/GraphNavigator/DeserializationGraphNavigator.php
+++ b/src/GraphNavigator/DeserializationGraphNavigator.php
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ public function accept($data, ?array $type = null)
                         $v = $this->visitor->visitProperty($propertyMetadata, $data);
                         $this->accessor->setValue($object, $v, $propertyMetadata, $this->context);
                     } catch (NotAcceptableException $e) {
+                        if (true === $propertyMetadata->hasDefault) {
+                            $this->accessor->setValue($object, $propertyMetadata->defaultValue, $propertyMetadata, $this->context);
+                        }
                     }
 
                     $this->context->popPropertyMetadata();
diff --git a/src/Metadata/Driver/DefaultValuePropertyDriver.php b/src/Metadata/Driver/DefaultValuePropertyDriver.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dedec2e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Metadata/Driver/DefaultValuePropertyDriver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace JMS\Serializer\Metadata\Driver;
+
+use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\ClassMetadata as SerializerClassMetadata;
+use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\PropertyMetadata;
+use Metadata\ClassMetadata;
+use Metadata\Driver\DriverInterface;
+use ReflectionClass;
+use ReflectionException;
+use ReflectionProperty;
+
+class DefaultValuePropertyDriver implements DriverInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @var DriverInterface
+     */
+    protected $delegate;
+
+    public function __construct(DriverInterface $delegate)
+    {
+        $this->delegate = $delegate;
+    }
+
+    public function loadMetadataForClass(ReflectionClass $class): ?ClassMetadata
+    {
+        $classMetadata = $this->delegate->loadMetadataForClass($class);
+        \assert($classMetadata instanceof SerializerClassMetadata);
+
+        if (null === $classMetadata) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($classMetadata->propertyMetadata as $key => $propertyMetadata) {
+            \assert($propertyMetadata instanceof PropertyMetadata);
+            if (null !== $propertyMetadata->hasDefault) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try {
+                $propertyReflection = $this->getPropertyReflection($propertyMetadata);
+                $propertyMetadata->hasDefault = false;
+                if ($propertyReflection->hasDefaultValue() && $propertyReflection->hasType()) {
+                    $propertyMetadata->hasDefault = true;
+                    $propertyMetadata->defaultValue = $propertyReflection->getDefaultValue();
+                } elseif ($propertyReflection->isPromoted()) {
+                    // need to get the parameter in the constructor to check for default values
+                    $classReflection = $this->getClassReflection($propertyMetadata);
+                    $params = $classReflection->getConstructor()->getParameters();
+                    foreach ($params as $parameter) {
+                        if ($parameter->getName() === $propertyMetadata->name) {
+                            if ($parameter->isDefaultValueAvailable()) {
+                                $propertyMetadata->hasDefault = true;
+                                $propertyMetadata->defaultValue = $parameter->getDefaultValue();
+                            }
+
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (ReflectionException $e) {
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $classMetadata;
+    }
+
+    private function getPropertyReflection(PropertyMetadata $propertyMetadata): ReflectionProperty
+    {
+        return new ReflectionProperty($propertyMetadata->class, $propertyMetadata->name);
+    }
+
+    private function getClassReflection(PropertyMetadata $propertyMetadata): ReflectionClass
+    {
+        return new ReflectionClass($propertyMetadata->class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Metadata/PropertyMetadata.php b/src/Metadata/PropertyMetadata.php
index b945f8269..ff41c949f 100644
--- a/src/Metadata/PropertyMetadata.php
+++ b/src/Metadata/PropertyMetadata.php
@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ class PropertyMetadata extends BasePropertyMetadata
      */
     public $excludeIf = null;
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool|null
+     */
+    public $hasDefault;
+
+    /**
+     * @var mixed|null
+     */
+    public $defaultValue;
+
     /**
      * @internal
      *
@@ -235,6 +245,8 @@ protected function serializeToArray(): array
             $this->excludeIf,
             $this->skipWhenEmpty,
             $this->forceReflectionAccess,
+            $this->hasDefault,
+            $this->defaultValue,
             parent::serializeToArray(),
         ];
     }
@@ -267,6 +279,8 @@ protected function unserializeFromArray(array $data): void
             $this->excludeIf,
             $this->skipWhenEmpty,
             $this->forceReflectionAccess,
+            $this->hasDefault,
+            $this->defaultValue,
             $parentData,
         ] = $data;
 
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/TypedProperties/ConstructorPromotion/Vase.php b/tests/Fixtures/TypedProperties/ConstructorPromotion/Vase.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d8e5c96d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/TypedProperties/ConstructorPromotion/Vase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace JMS\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\TypedProperties\ConstructorPromotion;
+
+class Vase
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        public string $color,
+        public ?string $plant = null,
+        public string $typeOfSoil = 'potting mix',
+        public int $daysSincePotting = -1,
+    ) {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php b/tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php
index 58fbe4b75..8a5ad2a73 100644
--- a/tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Serializer/BaseSerializationTest.php
@@ -1485,6 +1485,28 @@ public function testTypedProperties()
         }
     }
 
+    public function testConstructorPromotionWithDefaultValues()
+    {
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped(sprintf('%s requires PHP 8.0', __METHOD__));
+        }
+
+        $builder = SerializerBuilder::create($this->handlerRegistry, $this->dispatcher);
+        $builder->includeInterfaceMetadata(true);
+        $this->serializer = $builder->build();
+
+        $vase = new TypedProperties\ConstructorPromotion\Vase('blue');
+        $result = $this->serialize($vase);
+        self::assertEquals($this->getContent('typed_props_constructor_promotion_with_default_values'), $result);
+        if ($this->hasDeserializer()) {
+            $deserialized = $this->deserialize($this->getContent('typed_props_constructor_promotion_with_default_values'), get_class($vase));
+            self::assertEquals($vase->color, $deserialized->color);
+            self::assertEquals($vase->plant, $deserialized->plant);
+            self::assertEquals($vase->typeOfSoil, $deserialized->typeOfSoil);
+            self::assertEquals($vase->daysSincePotting, $deserialized->daysSincePotting);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testUninitializedTypedProperties()
     {
         if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70400) {
diff --git a/tests/Serializer/JsonSerializationTest.php b/tests/Serializer/JsonSerializationTest.php
index c4e684027..a04292b05 100644
--- a/tests/Serializer/JsonSerializationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Serializer/JsonSerializationTest.php
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ protected function getContent($key)
             $outputs['user_discriminator'] = '{"entityName":"User"}';
             $outputs['user_discriminator_extended'] = '{"entityName":"ExtendedUser"}';
             $outputs['typed_props'] = '{"id":1,"role":{"id":5},"vehicle":{"type":"car"},"created":"2010-10-01T00:00:00+00:00","updated":"2011-10-01T00:00:00+00:00","tags":["a","b"]}';
+            $outputs['typed_props_constructor_promotion_with_default_values'] = '{"color":"blue","type_of_soil":"potting mix","days_since_potting":-1}';
             $outputs['uninitialized_typed_props'] = '{"id":1,"role":{},"tags":[]}';
             $outputs['custom_datetimeinterface'] = '{"custom":"2021-09-07"}';
             $outputs['data_integer'] = '{"data":10000}';
diff --git a/tests/Serializer/xml/typed_props_constructor_promotion_with_default_values.xml b/tests/Serializer/xml/typed_props_constructor_promotion_with_default_values.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a7e90320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Serializer/xml/typed_props_constructor_promotion_with_default_values.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<result>
+  <color><![CDATA[blue]]></color>
+  <type_of_soil><![CDATA[potting mix]]></type_of_soil>
+  <days_since_potting>-1</days_since_potting>
+</result>