diff --git a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/datalayer/ComponentDataImpl.java b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/datalayer/ComponentDataImpl.java
index 5a1ee4eece..fc2051aa35 100644
--- a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/datalayer/ComponentDataImpl.java
+++ b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v1/datalayer/ComponentDataImpl.java
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/
 package com.adobe.cq.wcm.core.components.internal.models.v1.datalayer;
 
-import com.adobe.cq.wcm.core.components.models.datalayer.builder.DataLayerSupplier;
+import com.adobe.cq.wcm.core.components.internal.jackson.ComponentDataModelSerializer;
 import com.adobe.cq.wcm.core.components.models.datalayer.ComponentData;
+import com.adobe.cq.wcm.core.components.models.datalayer.builder.DataLayerSupplier;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -37,6 +40,13 @@ public class ComponentDataImpl implements ComponentData {
      */
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ComponentDataImpl.class);
 
+    /**
+     * The {@link ObjectWriter} used for JSON serialization. We can safely re-use the instance since it's thread-safe.
+     */
+    private static final ObjectWriter OBJECT_WRITER = new ObjectMapper().registerModule(
+        new SimpleModule().addSerializer(ComponentData.class, new ComponentDataModelSerializer())
+    ).writer();
+
     /**
      * The current data layer supplier.
      */
@@ -194,7 +204,8 @@ public final String getJson() {
         try {
             return String.format("{\"%s\":%s}",
                 this.getId(),
-                new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(this));
+                OBJECT_WRITER
+                    .writeValueAsString(this));
         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
             LOGGER.error("Unable to generate dataLayer JSON string", e);
         }
diff --git a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/models/Component.java b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/models/Component.java
index a04bdca079..7eb4bf03bb 100644
--- a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/models/Component.java
+++ b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/models/Component.java
@@ -15,15 +15,12 @@
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*/
 package com.adobe.cq.wcm.core.components.models;
 
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ConsumerType;
-
 import com.adobe.cq.export.json.ComponentExporter;
-import com.adobe.cq.wcm.core.components.internal.jackson.ComponentDataModelSerializer;
 import com.adobe.cq.wcm.core.components.models.datalayer.ComponentData;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ConsumerType;
 
 /**
  * A base interface to be extended by components that need to provide access to common properties.
@@ -55,12 +52,10 @@ default String getId() {
      * Returns the data layer information associated with the component
      *
      * @return {@link ComponentData} object associated with the component
-     *
      * @since com.adobe.cq.wcm.core.components.models 12.12.0
      */
     @Nullable
     @JsonProperty("dataLayer")
-    @JsonSerialize(using = ComponentDataModelSerializer.class)
     default ComponentData getData() {
         return null;
     }