diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/event/JacksonEvent.java b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/event/JacksonEvent.java
index fe04059153..09a0705e0e 100644
--- a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/event/JacksonEvent.java
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/event/JacksonEvent.java
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ public abstract static class Builder<T extends Builder<T>> {
         private String eventType;
         private Instant timeReceived;
         private Map<String, Object> eventMetadataAttributes;
-        protected EventHandle eventHandle;
+        protected transient EventHandle eventHandle;
 
         public abstract T getThis();
 
diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/event/JacksonEventTest.java b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/event/JacksonEventTest.java
index 90645d2961..68f9c6b19b 100644
--- a/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/event/JacksonEventTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/event/JacksonEventTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.sameInstance;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -577,6 +578,20 @@ public void testBuild_withEventType() {
         assertThat(event.getEventHandle().getInternalOriginationTime(), is(notNullValue()));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testBuild_withEventHandle() {
+        final Instant now = Instant.now();
+
+        EventHandle eventHandle = new DefaultEventHandle(now);
+        event = JacksonEvent.builder()
+                .withEventType(eventType)
+                .withEventHandle(eventHandle)
+                .build();
+
+        assertThat(event.getEventHandle(), is(eventHandle));
+        assertThat(event.getEventHandle().getInternalOriginationTime(), is(equalTo(now)));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testBuild_withTimeReceived() {
 
@@ -860,6 +875,7 @@ void fromEvent_with_a_JacksonEvent() {
         assertThat(createdEvent, notNullValue());
         assertThat(createdEvent, not(sameInstance(originalEvent)));
         assertThat(event.getEventHandle(), is(notNullValue()));
+        assertTrue(event.getEventHandle() instanceof DefaultEventHandle);
         assertThat(event.getEventHandle().getInternalOriginationTime(), is(notNullValue()));
 
         assertThat(createdEvent.toMap(), equalTo(dataObject));