diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/JsonApiOptions.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/JsonApiOptions.cs
index 3d169998a3..58d1a33376 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/JsonApiOptions.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Configuration/JsonApiOptions.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Internal;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Serialization;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace JsonApiDotNetCore.Configuration
@@ -21,10 +22,20 @@ public class JsonApiOptions
         /// of the v1 spec. However, we have decided that this is a real
         /// requirement for users of this library and a gap in the specification.
         /// It will likely be removed when the spec is updated to support this
-        /// requirement. 
+        /// requirement.
         /// </summary>
         public bool AllowCustomQueryParameters { get; set; }
-        public IContractResolver JsonContractResolver { get; set; } = new DasherizedResolver();
+        [Obsolete("JsonContract resolver can now be set on SerializerSettings.")]
+        public IContractResolver JsonContractResolver
+        {
+            get => SerializerSettings.ContractResolver;
+            set => SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = value;
+        }
+        public JsonSerializerSettings SerializerSettings { get; } = new JsonSerializerSettings()
+        {
+            NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore,
+            ContractResolver = new DasherizedResolver()
+        };
         internal IContextGraphBuilder ContextGraphBuilder { get; } = new ContextGraphBuilder();
 
         public void BuildContextGraph<TContext>(Action<IContextGraphBuilder> builder)
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializer.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializer.cs
index 608a23b66e..d8cbf245bf 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializer.cs
@@ -135,12 +135,7 @@ private object ConvertAttrValue(object newValue, Type targetType)
 
         private object DeserializeComplexType(JContainer obj, Type targetType)
         {
-            var serializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings
-            {
-                ContractResolver = _jsonApiContext.Options.JsonContractResolver
-            };
-
-            return obj.ToObject(targetType, JsonSerializer.Create(serializerSettings));
+            return obj.ToObject(targetType, JsonSerializer.Create(_jsonApiContext.Options.SerializerSettings));
         }
 
         private object SetRelationships(
@@ -223,4 +218,4 @@ private object SetHasManyRelationship(object entity,
             return entity;
         }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiSerializer.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiSerializer.cs
index a7e14341b0..8e94835266 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/JsonApiSerializer.cs
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ public JsonApiSerializer(
             IDocumentBuilder documentBuilder)
         {
             _jsonApiContext = jsonApiContext;
-            _documentBuilder = documentBuilder;            
+            _documentBuilder = documentBuilder;
         }
 
         public JsonApiSerializer(
             IJsonApiContext jsonApiContext,
-            IDocumentBuilder documentBuilder, 
+            IDocumentBuilder documentBuilder,
             ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
         {
             _jsonApiContext = jsonApiContext;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public string Serialize(object entity)
             if (entity is IEnumerable<IIdentifiable>)
                 return SerializeDocuments(entity);
 
-            return SerializeDocument(entity);           
+            return SerializeDocument(entity);
         }
 
         private string GetNullDataResponse()
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ private string SerializeDocument(object entity)
 
         private string _serialize(object obj)
         {
-            return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj, new JsonSerializerSettings {
-                NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore,
-                ContractResolver = _jsonApiContext.Options.JsonContractResolver
-            });
+            return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj, _jsonApiContext.Options.SerializerSettings);
         }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/UnitTests/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializerTests.cs b/test/UnitTests/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializerTests.cs
index 53edc9faad..3e54c7b393 100644
--- a/test/UnitTests/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializerTests.cs
+++ b/test/UnitTests/Serialization/JsonApiDeSerializerTests.cs
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ public void Can_Deserialize_Complex_Types()
             jsonApiContextMock.SetupAllProperties();
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.ContextGraph).Returns(contextGraph);
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.AttributesToUpdate).Returns(new Dictionary<AttrAttribute, object>());
-            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(new JsonApiOptions
-            {
-                JsonContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver()
-            });
+
+            var jsonApiOptions = new JsonApiOptions();
+            jsonApiOptions.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
+            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(jsonApiOptions);
 
             var genericProcessorFactoryMock = new Mock<IGenericProcessorFactory>();
 
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ public void Can_Deserialize_Complex_List_Types()
             jsonApiContextMock.SetupAllProperties();
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.ContextGraph).Returns(contextGraph);
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.AttributesToUpdate).Returns(new Dictionary<AttrAttribute, object>());
-            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(new JsonApiOptions
-            {
-                JsonContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver()
-            });
+            var jsonApiOptions = new JsonApiOptions();
+            jsonApiOptions.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
+            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(jsonApiOptions);
 
             var genericProcessorFactoryMock = new Mock<IGenericProcessorFactory>();
 
@@ -116,10 +115,9 @@ public void Can_Deserialize_Complex_Types_With_Dasherized_Attrs()
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.ContextGraph).Returns(contextGraph);
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.AttributesToUpdate).Returns(new Dictionary<AttrAttribute, object>());
 
-            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(new JsonApiOptions
-            {
-                JsonContractResolver = new DasherizedResolver() // <---
-            });
+            var jsonApiOptions = new JsonApiOptions();
+            jsonApiOptions.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new DasherizedResolver(); // <--
+            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(jsonApiOptions);
 
             var genericProcessorFactoryMock = new Mock<IGenericProcessorFactory>();
 
@@ -162,10 +160,9 @@ public void Immutable_Attrs_Are_Not_Included_In_AttributesToUpdate()
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.ContextGraph).Returns(contextGraph);
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.AttributesToUpdate).Returns(attributesToUpdate);
 
-            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(new JsonApiOptions
-            {
-                JsonContractResolver = new DasherizedResolver()
-            });
+            var jsonApiOptions = new JsonApiOptions();
+            jsonApiOptions.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new DasherizedResolver();
+            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(jsonApiOptions);
 
             var genericProcessorFactoryMock = new Mock<IGenericProcessorFactory>();
 
@@ -178,8 +175,8 @@ public void Immutable_Attrs_Are_Not_Included_In_AttributesToUpdate()
                     Type = "test-resource",
                     Id = "1",
                     Attributes = new Dictionary<string, object> {
-                        { "complex-member", new Dictionary<string, string> { 
-                            { "compound-name",  "testName" } } 
+                        { "complex-member", new Dictionary<string, string> {
+                            { "compound-name",  "testName" } }
                         },
                         {  "immutable", "value"}
                     }
@@ -194,8 +191,8 @@ public void Immutable_Attrs_Are_Not_Included_In_AttributesToUpdate()
             // assert
             Assert.NotNull(result.ComplexMember);
             Assert.Equal(1, attributesToUpdate.Count);
-            
-            foreach(var attr in attributesToUpdate)
+
+            foreach (var attr in attributesToUpdate)
                 Assert.False(attr.Key.IsImmutable);
         }
 
diff --git a/test/UnitTests/Serialization/JsonApiSerializerTests.cs b/test/UnitTests/Serialization/JsonApiSerializerTests.cs
index e671f3fc0c..3630cd6452 100644
--- a/test/UnitTests/Serialization/JsonApiSerializerTests.cs
+++ b/test/UnitTests/Serialization/JsonApiSerializerTests.cs
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ public void Can_Serialize_Complex_Types()
             var jsonApiContextMock = new Mock<IJsonApiContext>();
             jsonApiContextMock.SetupAllProperties();
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.ContextGraph).Returns(contextGraph);
-            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(new JsonApiOptions {
-                JsonContractResolver = new DasherizedResolver()
-            });
+            jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.Options).Returns(new JsonApiOptions());
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.RequestEntity)
                 .Returns(contextGraph.GetContextEntity("test-resource"));
             jsonApiContextMock.Setup(m => m.MetaBuilder).Returns(new MetaBuilder());
@@ -36,8 +34,10 @@ public void Can_Serialize_Complex_Types()
 
             var documentBuilder = new DocumentBuilder(jsonApiContextMock.Object);
             var serializer = new JsonApiSerializer(jsonApiContextMock.Object, documentBuilder);
-            var resource = new TestResource {
-                ComplexMember = new ComplexType {
+            var resource = new TestResource
+            {
+                ComplexMember = new ComplexType
+                {
                     CompoundName = "testname"
                 }
             };