diff --git a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/package-lock.json b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/package-lock.json
index cea8a692..5ed45f7f 100644
--- a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/package-lock.json
+++ b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular2-jsonapi",
-  "version": "8.2.1-beta",
+  "version": "8.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.spec.ts b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.spec.ts
index eb896011..74fa2d50 100644
--- a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.spec.ts
@@ -696,4 +696,21 @@ describe('JsonApiDatastore', () => {
 
     });
   });
+
+  it ('should transform null values', () => {
+      const obj = datastore.transformSerializedNamesToPropertyNames(Author, {
+        name: null,
+        foo: 'bar',
+        dob: '11-11-2019',
+        updated_at: null,
+        created_at: undefined
+      });
+
+      expect(obj.name).toBe(null);
+      expect(obj.date_of_birth).toBe('11-11-2019');
+      expect(obj.updated_at).toBe(null);
+      expect(obj.created_at).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(obj.firstNames).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(obj.foo).toBeUndefined();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.ts b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.ts
index 34ffe0b4..c3bf4ae5 100644
--- a/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.ts
+++ b/projects/angular2-jsonapi/src/services/json-api-datastore.service.ts
@@ -219,11 +219,15 @@ export class JsonApiDatastore {
   }
 
   public transformSerializedNamesToPropertyNames<T extends JsonApiModel>(modelType: ModelType<T>, attributes: any) {
+    if (!attributes) {
+      return {};
+    }
+
     const serializedNameToPropertyName = this.getModelPropertyNames(modelType.prototype);
     const properties: any = {};
 
     Object.keys(serializedNameToPropertyName).forEach((serializedName) => {
-      if (attributes && attributes[serializedName] !== null && attributes[serializedName] !== undefined) {
+      if (attributes[serializedName] !== undefined) {
         properties[serializedNameToPropertyName[serializedName]] = attributes[serializedName];
       }
     });