diff --git a/hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/hibernate/orm/panache/rest/entity/Person.java b/hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/hibernate/orm/panache/rest/entity/Person.java
index 2fb7bc0c3c..59d76d6d31 100644
--- a/hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/hibernate/orm/panache/rest/entity/Person.java
+++ b/hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/hibernate/orm/panache/rest/entity/Person.java
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package org.acme.hibernate.orm.panache.rest.entity;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.JdbcTypeCode;
+import org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes;
 
 import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
 import jakarta.persistence.NamedQuery;
@@ -12,4 +16,7 @@
 public class Person extends PanacheEntity {
     public String name;
     public LocalDate birthDate;
+
+    @JdbcTypeCode(SqlTypes.JSON)
+    public Map<String, Object> jsonAddress;
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache-quickstart/src/test/java/org/acme/hibernate/orm/panache/rest/entity/PeopleResourceTest.java b/hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache-quickstart/src/test/java/org/acme/hibernate/orm/panache/rest/entity/PeopleResourceTest.java
index e7491330ee..c167158154 100644
--- a/hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache-quickstart/src/test/java/org/acme/hibernate/orm/panache/rest/entity/PeopleResourceTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-orm-rest-data-panache-quickstart/src/test/java/org/acme/hibernate/orm/panache/rest/entity/PeopleResourceTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -113,4 +117,30 @@ void shouldDeleteNotBeExposed() {
         given().when().delete("/my-people/1")
                 .then().statusCode(405);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldUpdatePerson() { 
+    	
+		Person newPerson = new Person();
+		newPerson.name = "Holly";
+		newPerson.birthDate = LocalDate.of(2001, 11, 20);
+
+		Map<String, Object> jsonObject = new HashMap<>();
+		jsonObject.put("zipcode", 95014);
+		jsonObject.put("city", "cupertino");
+		newPerson.jsonAddress = jsonObject;
+
+		given().accept(ContentType.JSON).and().contentType(ContentType.JSON).and().body(newPerson).when()
+				.put("/my-people/1").then().statusCode(204);
+
+		// verify after updating that the new json address fields were stored
+		given().accept(ContentType.JSON)
+        		.when().get("/my-people/1")
+    			.then().statusCode(200)
+    			.and().body("id", is(equalTo(1)))
+    			.and().body("name", is(equalTo("Holly")))
+				.and().body("jsonAddress", is( equalTo(jsonObject)));
+    
+    }
+
 }