diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
index 0a34ce93b..a3c5b1ee9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/MappingCouchbaseConverter.java
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ public void doWithPersistentProperty(final CouchbasePersistentProperty prop) {
 						return;
 					}
 
-					if (!conversions.isSimpleType(prop.getType())) {
+					if (!conversions.isSimpleType(propertyObj.getClass())) {
 						writePropertyInternal(propertyObj, target, prop, accessor);
 					} else {
 						writeSimpleInternal(prop, accessor, target, prop.getFieldName());
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ private Object readCollection(final TypeInformation<?> targetType, final Couchba
 			if (dbObjItem instanceof CouchbaseDocument) {
 				items.add(read(componentType, (CouchbaseDocument) dbObjItem, parent));
 			} else if (dbObjItem instanceof CouchbaseList) {
-				items.add(readCollection(componentType, (CouchbaseList) dbObjItem, parent));
+				items.add(readCollection(componentType != null ? componentType :TypeInformation.of(dbObjItem.getClass()), (CouchbaseList) dbObjItem, parent));
 			} else {
 				items.add(getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(dbObjItem, rawComponentType));
 			}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/MyPerson.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/MyPerson.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..460b79bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/MyPerson.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain;
+
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.mapping.Field;
+
+public class MyPerson {
+    @NotNull
+    @Id
+    public String id;
+
+    @Field
+    public Object myObject;
+
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        sb.append("MyPerson:{");
+        sb.append("id:");
+        sb.append(id);
+        sb.append(", myObject:");
+        sb.append(myObject);
+        sb.append("}");
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/MyPersonRepository.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/MyPersonRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2de97d3de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/MyPersonRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.CouchbaseRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.DynamicProxyable;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.Query;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.ScanConsistency;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
+
+import com.couchbase.client.java.query.QueryScanConsistency;
+
+/**
+ * @author Michael Reiche
+ */
+public interface MyPersonRepository extends CouchbaseRepository<MyPerson, String>, DynamicProxyable<PersonRepository> {
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java
index c86acdaab..5e365a427 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.EJsonCreatorTurbulenceCategory;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.ETurbulenceCategory;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.Iata;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.MyPerson;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.MyPersonRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.NaiveAuditorAware;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.Person;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.PersonRepository;
@@ -147,6 +150,9 @@ public class CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests extends ClusterAwareIntegr
 
 	@Autowired UserSubmissionRepository userSubmissionRepository;
 
+	@Autowired MyPersonRepository myPersonRepository;
+
+
 	@Autowired CouchbaseTemplate couchbaseTemplate;
 
 	String scopeName = "_default";
@@ -178,6 +184,22 @@ void shouldSaveAndFindAll() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void findMyPerson() {
+		MyPerson vie = null;
+		try {
+			vie = new MyPerson();
+			vie.id = "123"; UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+			vie.myObject = Collections.singletonList("a");
+			MyPerson p = myPersonRepository.save(vie);
+			System.err.println(p);
+			Optional<MyPerson> r = myPersonRepository.findById( p.id);
+			System.err.println(r.get());
+		} finally {
+			try { myPersonRepository.delete(vie); } catch (DataRetrievalFailureException dnfe){}
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void shouldNotSave() {
 		Airport vie = new Airport("airports::vie", "vie", "low4");