diff --git a/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/api/Object2DArrayAssert.java b/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/api/Object2DArrayAssert.java
index 263deadcbd8..f7ee228d705 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/api/Object2DArrayAssert.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/assertj/core/api/Object2DArrayAssert.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.error.array2d.Array2dElementShouldBeDeepEqual.elementShouldBeEqual;
 
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import org.assertj.core.data.Index;
 import org.assertj.core.internal.Failures;
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ public Object2DArrayAssert<ELEMENT> isDeepEqualTo(ELEMENT[][] expected) {
                                info.representation().toStringOf(actual), info.representation().toStringOf(expected));
       }
       for (int j = 0; j < actualSubArray.length; j++) {
-        if (actualSubArray[j] != expectedSubArray[j]) {
+        if (!Objects.deepEquals(actualSubArray[j], expectedSubArray[j])) {
           throw failures.failure(info, elementShouldBeEqual(actualSubArray[j], expectedSubArray[j], i, j),
                                  info.representation().toStringOf(actual), info.representation().toStringOf(expected));
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/assertj/core/api/object2darray/Object2DArrayAssert_isDeepEqualTo_Test.java b/src/test/java/org/assertj/core/api/object2darray/Object2DArrayAssert_isDeepEqualTo_Test.java
index d4a2e036a9d..6e2ef348b3a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/assertj/core/api/object2darray/Object2DArrayAssert_isDeepEqualTo_Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/assertj/core/api/object2darray/Object2DArrayAssert_isDeepEqualTo_Test.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Object2DArrayAssert;
 import org.assertj.core.error.ErrorMessageFactory;
+import org.assertj.core.test.Person;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ void should_pass_if_both_actual_and_expected_are_same_arrays() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  void should_pass_if_both_actual_and_expected_are_equal() {
+  void should_pass_if_both_actual_and_expected_have_same_references() {
     // GIVEN
     String[][] actual = new String[][] { { "1", "2" }, { "3" }, { "4", "5", "6" } };
     String[][] expected = new String[][] { { "1", "2" }, { "3" }, { "4", "5", "6" } };
@@ -61,6 +62,50 @@ void should_pass_if_both_actual_and_expected_are_equal() {
     then(actual).isDeepEqualTo(expected);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void should_pass_if_both_actual_and_expected_are_equal() {
+    // GIVEN
+    Person[][] actual = new Person[][] {
+        { new Person("Homer"), new Person("Marge") },
+        { new Person("Liza"), new Person("Bart"), new Person("Maggie") },
+        { null, null }
+    };
+    Person[][] expected = new Person[][] {
+        { new Person("Homer"), new Person("Marge") },
+        { new Person("Liza"), new Person("Bart"), new Person("Maggie") },
+        { null, null }
+    };
+    // WHEN/THEN
+    then(actual).isDeepEqualTo(expected);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void should_pass_with_three_dimensional_equal_arrays() {
+    // GIVEN
+    Person[][][] actual = new Person[][][] {
+        {
+            { new Person("Homer"), new Person("Marge") },
+            { new Person("Liza"), new Person("Bart"), new Person("Maggie") },
+            { null, null }
+        },
+        {
+            { new Person("Apu"), new Person("Ned"), new Person("Milhouse") }
+        },
+    };
+    Person[][][] expected = new Person[][][] {
+        {
+            { new Person("Homer"), new Person("Marge") },
+            { new Person("Liza"), new Person("Bart"), new Person("Maggie") },
+            { null, null }
+        },
+        {
+            { new Person("Apu"), new Person("Ned"), new Person("Milhouse") }
+        },
+    };
+    // WHEN/THEN
+    then(actual).isDeepEqualTo(expected);
+  }
+
   @Test
   void should_fail_if_actual_is_null() {
     // GIVEN