diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/EnhancedSourcePartition.java b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/EnhancedSourcePartition.java
index 0fa683b2a5..6ec1758976 100644
--- a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/EnhancedSourcePartition.java
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/EnhancedSourcePartition.java
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.enhanced;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.SourcePartitionStoreItem;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@
 public abstract class EnhancedSourcePartition<T> implements EnhancedPartition<T> {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EnhancedSourcePartition.class);
-    private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper(new JsonFactory())
+            .registerModule(new JavaTimeModule());
 
     private SourcePartitionStoreItem sourcePartitionStoreItem;
 
@@ -49,9 +52,8 @@ public void setSourcePartitionStoreItem(SourcePartitionStoreItem sourcePartition
      * Helper method to convert progress state.
      * This is because the state is currently stored as a String in the coordination store.
      *
-     * @param progressStateClass class of progress state
+     * @param progressStateClass               class of progress state
      * @param serializedPartitionProgressState serialized value of the partition progress state
-     *
      * @return returns the converted value of the progress state
      */
     public T convertStringToPartitionProgressState(Class<T> progressStateClass, final String serializedPartitionProgressState) {
diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/EnhancedSourcePartitionTest.java b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/EnhancedSourcePartitionTest.java
index 36ba2ba63b..cf4e840442 100644
--- a/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/EnhancedSourcePartitionTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/EnhancedSourcePartitionTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.SourcePartitionStoreItem;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -22,14 +23,17 @@
 
 public class EnhancedSourcePartitionTest {
 
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
     private String partitionKey;
     private TestPartitionProgressState testPartitionProgressState;
-    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    private TestInstantTypeProgressState testInstantTypeProgressState;
 
     @BeforeEach
     void setup() {
         partitionKey = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
         testPartitionProgressState = new TestPartitionProgressState(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+        testInstantTypeProgressState = new TestInstantTypeProgressState(Instant.now());
+
     }
 
     private EnhancedSourcePartition<TestPartitionProgressState> createObjectUnderTest() {
@@ -79,6 +83,19 @@ void convertFromStringToPartitionState_converts_as_expected() {
         assertThat(result.getTestValue(), equalTo(testPartitionProgressState.getTestValue()));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void convertFromInstantToPartitionState_converts_as_expected() {
+        final EnhancedSourcePartition<TestInstantTypeProgressState> objectUnderTest =
+                new TestInstantTypeSourcePartition(partitionKey, testInstantTypeProgressState);
+
+        final String serializedString = objectUnderTest.convertPartitionProgressStatetoString(Optional.of(testInstantTypeProgressState));
+
+        final TestInstantTypeProgressState result =
+                objectUnderTest.convertStringToPartitionProgressState(TestInstantTypeProgressState.class, serializedString);
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(result.getTestValue(), equalTo(testInstantTypeProgressState.getTestValue()));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void convertPartitionStateToStringWithEmptyState_returns_null() {
         final String result = createObjectUnderTest().convertPartitionProgressStatetoString(Optional.empty());
@@ -116,6 +133,31 @@ void convertFromStringToPartitionStateWithPrimitiveType_returns_expected_result(
         assertThat(resultWithNullClass, equalTo(stateMap));
     }
 
+    public static class TestInstantTypeSourcePartition extends EnhancedSourcePartition<TestInstantTypeProgressState> {
+
+        private final String partitionKey;
+        private final TestInstantTypeProgressState testPartitionProgressState;
+
+        public TestInstantTypeSourcePartition(final String partitionKey, final TestInstantTypeProgressState partitionProgressState) {
+            this.partitionKey = partitionKey;
+            this.testPartitionProgressState = partitionProgressState;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getPartitionType() {
+            return "TEST";
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getPartitionKey() {
+            return partitionKey;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Optional<TestInstantTypeProgressState> getProgressState() {
+            return Optional.of(testPartitionProgressState);
+        }
+    }
 
     public class TestEnhancedSourcePartition extends EnhancedSourcePartition<TestPartitionProgressState> {
 
diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/TestInstantTypeProgressState.java b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/TestInstantTypeProgressState.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b305ca0e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/source/coordinator/enhanced/TestInstantTypeProgressState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.enhanced;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+public class TestInstantTypeProgressState {
+
+    @JsonProperty("testValue")
+    private Instant testValue;
+
+    public TestInstantTypeProgressState(@JsonProperty("testValue") final Instant testValue) {
+        this.testValue = testValue;
+    }
+
+    public Instant getTestValue() {
+        return testValue;
+    }
+
+}
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