diff --git a/poem-openapi/CHANGELOG.md b/poem-openapi/CHANGELOG.md
index 535b760177..6a58ef0da7 100644
--- a/poem-openapi/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/poem-openapi/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+# Unreleased
+
+- implements `Serialize` and `Deserialize` for `poem_openapi::types::Any<T>`.
+
 # [5.1.0] 2024-09-08
 
 - fix read_only_with_default test when only default features are enabled [#854](https://github.com/poem-web/poem/pulls)
diff --git a/poem-openapi/src/types/any.rs b/poem-openapi/src/types/any.rs
index 1085f2e23a..f78b84ad0e 100644
--- a/poem-openapi/src/types/any.rs
+++ b/poem-openapi/src/types/any.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
-use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
+use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -66,6 +66,26 @@ impl<T: Serialize + Send + Sync> ToXML for Any<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: Serialize> Serialize for Any<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        self.0.serialize(serializer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de, T: DeserializeOwned> Deserialize<'de> for Any<T> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        T::deserialize(deserializer).map(Self)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Type for Value {
     const IS_REQUIRED: bool = true;