diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index 63dae453db94..b282f7c7afd9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -1125,6 +1125,10 @@
         "level": "error"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "name": "spring.data.web.pageable.serialization-mode",
+      "defaultValue": "direct"
+    },
     {
       "name" : "spring.datasource.continue-on-error",
       "type" : "java.lang.Boolean",