diff --git a/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor/Elsa.ProtoActor.csproj b/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor/Elsa.ProtoActor.csproj
index 5d8372651..ea89a376e 100644
--- a/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor/Elsa.ProtoActor.csproj
+++ b/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor/Elsa.ProtoActor.csproj
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectReference Include="..\Elsa.Workflows.Core\Elsa.Workflows.Core.csproj" />
         <ProjectReference Include="..\Elsa.Workflows.Runtime\Elsa.Workflows.Runtime.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor/Extensions/ProtoInputExtensions.cs b/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor/Extensions/ProtoInputExtensions.cs
index 3c0040e79..3dc6167d2 100644
--- a/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor/Extensions/ProtoInputExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor/Extensions/ProtoInputExtensions.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
+using System.Dynamic;
 using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 using Elsa.ProtoActor.Protos;
+using Elsa.Workflows.Core.Serialization.Converters;
 
 namespace Elsa.ProtoActor.Extensions;
 
 internal static class ProtoInputExtensions
 {
-    public static IDictionary<string, object> Deserialize(this Input input) => input.Data.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>(x.Value.Text)!);
+    public static IDictionary<string, object> Deserialize(this Input input)
+    {
+        var jsonSerializerOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions();
+        jsonSerializerOptions.Converters.Add(new ExpandoObjectConverterFactory());
+        
+        return input.Data.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>(x.Value.Text, jsonSerializerOptions)!);
+    }
 
     public static Input Serialize(this IDictionary<string, object> input)
     {