diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/Ticket436Spec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/serialization/Ticket436Spec.scala
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@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.serialization
+
+
+import org.scalatest.Spec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.ShouldMatchers
+import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+
+import se.scalablesolutions.akka.serialization.Serializer
+import se.scalablesolutions.akka.serialization.Serializable.ScalaJSON
+import scala.reflect._
+import scala.annotation.target._
+import sjson.json.JSONTypeHint
+
+@BeanInfo class MyJsonObject(val key: String, 
+  @(JSONTypeHint @field)(value = classOf[Int])
+  val map: Map[String, Int], 
+  val standAloneInt: Int) extends ScalaJSON {
+  private def this() = this(null, null, -1)
+  override def toString(): String = try {
+    val mapValue: Int = map.getOrElse(key, -1)
+    println("Map value: %s".format(mapValue.asInstanceOf[AnyRef].getClass))
+    "Key: %s, Map value: %d, Stand Alone Int: %d".format(key, mapValue, standAloneInt)
+  } catch {
+    case e: ClassCastException => e.getMessage
+    case _ => "Unknown error"
+  }
+}
+
+@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
+class Ticket436Spec extends
+  Spec with
+  ShouldMatchers with
+  BeforeAndAfterAll {
+
+  describe("Serialization of Maps containing Int") {
+    it("should be able to serialize and de-serialize preserving the data types of the Map") {
+      val key: String = "myKey"
+      val value: Int = 123
+      val standAloneInt: Int = 35
+      val message = new MyJsonObject(key, Map(key -> value), standAloneInt)
+
+      val json = message.toJSON
+      val copy = Serializer.ScalaJSON.fromJSON[MyJsonObject](json)
+      copy.asInstanceOf[MyJsonObject].map.get("myKey").get.isInstanceOf[Int] should equal(true)
+    }
+  }
+}
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-   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-   <groupId>sjson.json</groupId>
-   <artifactId>sjson</artifactId>
-   <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT-2.8.Beta1</version>
-   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-</project>
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-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>sjson.json</groupId>
-  <artifactId>sjson</artifactId>
-  <version>0.5-SNAPSHOT-2.8.RC2</version>
-  <description>POM was created from install:install-file</description>
-</project>
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-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>sjson.json</groupId>
-  <artifactId>sjson</artifactId>
-  <version>0.6-SNAPSHOT-2.8.RC3</version>
-  <description>POM was created from install:install-file</description>
-</project>
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-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>sjson.json</groupId>
-  <artifactId>sjson</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7-2.8.0</version>
-  <description>POM was created from install:install-file</description>
-</project>
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-  <artifactId>sjson</artifactId>
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-</project>
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-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>sjson.json</groupId>
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-</project>
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rename to embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.8-2.8.0/sjson-0.8-2.8.0.pom
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--- a/embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.4/sjson-0.4.pom
+++ b/embedded-repo/sjson/json/sjson/0.8-2.8.0/sjson-0.8-2.8.0.pom
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>sjson.json</groupId>
    <artifactId>sjson</artifactId>
-   <version>0.4</version>
+   <version>0.8-2.8.0</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index 247252b6e1..90fc49afc2 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class AkkaParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
 
     lazy val sbinary = "sbinary" % "sbinary" % "2.8.0-0.3.1" % "compile"
 
-    lazy val sjson = "sjson.json" % "sjson" % "0.8-SNAPSHOT-2.8.0" % "compile"
+    lazy val sjson = "sjson.json" % "sjson" % "0.8-2.8.0" % "compile"
 
     lazy val slf4j       = "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api"     % SLF4J_VERSION % "compile"