diff --git a/serialization/timeuuid/marshal_utils.go b/serialization/timeuuid/marshal_utils.go
index c11628df2..35d0a5806 100644
--- a/serialization/timeuuid/marshal_utils.go
+++ b/serialization/timeuuid/marshal_utils.go
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ func encReflectBytes(rv reflect.Value) ([]byte, error) {
 // The following code was taken from the `Parse` function of the "github.com/google/uuid" package.
 func encReflectString(v reflect.Value) ([]byte, error) {
 	s := v.String()
+	if s == zeroUUID {
+		return make([]byte, 0), nil
+	}
 	switch len(s) {
 	case 45: // urn:timeuuid:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
 		if !strings.EqualFold(s[:9], "urn:timeuuid:") {
@@ -165,6 +168,9 @@ func encReflectString(v reflect.Value) ([]byte, error) {
 // encString encodes uuid strings.
 // The following code was taken from the `Parse` function of the "github.com/google/uuid" package.
 func encString(s string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if s == zeroUUID {
+		return make([]byte, 0), nil
+	}
 	switch len(s) {
 	case 45: // urn:timeuuid:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
 		if !strings.EqualFold(s[:9], "urn:timeuuid:") {
diff --git a/serialization/timeuuid/unmarshal_utils.go b/serialization/timeuuid/unmarshal_utils.go
index f9a094a0d..d6b6ad320 100644
--- a/serialization/timeuuid/unmarshal_utils.go
+++ b/serialization/timeuuid/unmarshal_utils.go
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-const hexString = "0123456789abcdef"
+const (
+	hexString = "0123456789abcdef"
+	zeroUUID  = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
+)
 
 var (
 	offsets  = [...]int{0, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34}
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ func DecString(p []byte, v *string) error {
 		if p == nil {
 			*v = ""
 		} else {
-			*v = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
+			*v = zeroUUID
 		}
 	case 16:
 		*v = decString(p)
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ func DecStringR(p []byte, v **string) error {
 		if p == nil {
 			*v = nil
 		} else {
-			tmp := "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
+			tmp := zeroUUID
 			*v = &tmp
 		}
 	case 16:
@@ -255,7 +258,7 @@ func decReflectString(p []byte, v reflect.Value) error {
 		if p == nil {
 			v.SetString("")
 		} else {
-			v.SetString("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000")
+			v.SetString(zeroUUID)
 		}
 	case 16:
 		v.SetString(decString(p))
@@ -313,7 +316,7 @@ func decReflectStringR(p []byte, v reflect.Value) error {
 			v.Set(reflect.Zero(v.Type()))
 		} else {
 			val := reflect.New(v.Type().Elem())
-			val.Elem().SetString("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000")
+			val.Elem().SetString(zeroUUID)
 			v.Set(val)
 		}
 	case 16: