diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/configuration/SinkForwardConfigTest.java b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/configuration/SinkForwardConfigTest.java
index 1732468798..e6e778172c 100644
--- a/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/configuration/SinkForwardConfigTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/configuration/SinkForwardConfigTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.InvalidPluginConfigurationException;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -54,5 +55,14 @@ void pipelines_list_with_two_or_more_pipelines_throws_exception() {
     void empty_pipelines_list_throws_exception() {
         assertThrows(InvalidPluginConfigurationException.class, ()->new SinkForwardConfig(List.of(), Map.of(), Map.of()));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void jackson_deserialization_succeeds() throws Exception {
+        String json = "{\"pipelines\":[\"pipeline1\"],\"with_data\":{\"key\":\"value\"},\"with_metadata\":{\"meta\":\"data\"}}";
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        SinkForwardConfig config = mapper.readValue(json, SinkForwardConfig.class);
+        assertThat(config.getPipelineNames().size(), equalTo(1));
+        assertThat(config.getPipelineNames().get(0), equalTo("pipeline1"));
+    }
 }