diff --git a/gradle/changelog/embedded_deserialization.yaml b/gradle/changelog/embedded_deserialization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce6bb2d39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/embedded_deserialization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: Deserialization of embedded values in HAL objects ([#1630](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1630))
+
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/ObjectMapperProvider.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/ObjectMapperProvider.java
index 060cf50fde..f911f51c7b 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/ObjectMapperProvider.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/ObjectMapperProvider.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-    
+
 package sonia.scm.api.rest;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.AnnotationIntrospector;
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class ObjectMapperProvider implements Provider<ObjectMapper> {
     mapper.setAnnotationIntrospector(createAnnotationIntrospector());
     mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
     mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
+    mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY, true);
     mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_WITH_ZONE_ID, true);
     mapper.setDateFormat(new StdDateFormat());
     return mapper;
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/ObjectMapperProviderTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/ObjectMapperProviderTest.java
index 51ef7d3e1d..6aa982de99 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/ObjectMapperProviderTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/ObjectMapperProviderTest.java
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-    
+
 package sonia.scm.api.rest;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import de.otto.edison.hal.HalRepresentation;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.time.ZoneId;
@@ -45,4 +46,10 @@ class ObjectMapperProviderTest {
     assertThat(value).isEqualTo("\"2020-02-04T14:21:42Z\"");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void shouldDeserializeEmbeddedObjects() throws JsonProcessingException {
+    HalRepresentation halRepresentation = provider.get().readValue("{\"_embedded\": {\"avatar\": {\"type\": \"AUTO_GENERATED\"}}}", HalRepresentation.class);
+
+    assertThat(halRepresentation.getEmbedded().getItemsBy("avatar")).hasSize(1);
+  }
 }