diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/java/com/commercetools/CustomFieldsTest.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/java/com/commercetools/CustomFieldsTest.java
index c6433c88814..d2cfe1061fc 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/java/com/commercetools/CustomFieldsTest.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/java/com/commercetools/CustomFieldsTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ public void fields() throws IOException {
             localTime -> assertThat(localTime).isEqualTo("13:15:00.123"));
         assertThat(fields.get("datetime")).isInstanceOfSatisfying(ZonedDateTime.class,
             dateTime -> assertThat(dateTime).isEqualTo("2020-01-01T13:15:00.123Z"));
+        assertThat(fields.get("datetime-zero")).isInstanceOfSatisfying(ZonedDateTime.class,
+            dateTime -> assertThat(dateTime).isEqualTo("2020-01-01T13:15:00.000Z"));
         assertThat(fields.get("time-simple")).isInstanceOfSatisfying(LocalTime.class,
             localTime -> assertThat(localTime).isEqualTo("13:15:00"));
         assertThat(fields.get("datetime-simple")).isInstanceOfSatisfying(ZonedDateTime.class,
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/resources/customfields.json b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/resources/customfields.json
index 156ef534f04..a97c623e8cc 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/resources/customfields.json
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/resources/customfields.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         "time": "13:15:00.123",
         "time-simple": "13:15:00",
         "datetime": "2020-01-01T13:15:00.123Z",
+        "datetime-zero": "2020-01-01T13:15:00.000Z",
         "datetime-simple": "2020-01-01T13:15:00Z",
         "datetime-offset": "2020-01-01T13:15:00-04:00",
         "datetime-no-offset": "2020-01-01T13:15:00",