diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 154b352b28bca379f17edd447e44318103b3b59f..40f07ba461f2447acf4fa8d17b928e97679ed72a 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jvnet.hudson</groupId>
       <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.1-hudson-7</version>
+      <version>1.3.1-hudson-8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jfree</groupId>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/XStream2.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/XStream2.java
index 92bda5f8e94a715e20c98b735ec76a72879113cf..e0b743faa83b404e132897e888618d47cc0ba3f7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/XStream2.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/XStream2.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package hudson.util;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.AnnotationMapper;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.Mapper;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter;
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ public class XStream2 extends XStream {
 
     @Override
     protected MapperWrapper wrapMapper(MapperWrapper next) {
-        return new CompatibilityMapper(new MapperWrapper(next) {
+        Mapper m = new CompatibilityMapper(new MapperWrapper(next) {
             @Override
             public String serializedClass(Class type) {
                 if (ImmutableMap.class.isAssignableFrom(type))
@@ -118,6 +119,9 @@ public class XStream2 extends XStream {
                     return super.serializedClass(type);
             }
         });
+        AnnotationMapper a = new AnnotationMapper(m, getConverterRegistry(), getClassLoader(), getReflectionProvider(), getJvm());
+        a.autodetectAnnotations(true);
+        return a;
     }
 
     /**