1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/security-utils/src/main/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/json/TransportSecurityOptionsEntity.java b/security-utils/src/main/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/json/TransportSecurityOptionsEntity.java
index 80ef06d9cac..be2027f1c7d 100644
--- a/security-utils/src/main/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/json/TransportSecurityOptionsEntity.java
+++ b/security-utils/src/main/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/json/TransportSecurityOptionsEntity.java
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 package com.yahoo.security.tls.json;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY;
+
 /**
  * Jackson bindings for transport security options
  *
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 class TransportSecurityOptionsEntity {
 
     @JsonProperty("files") Files files;
-    @JsonProperty("authorized-peers") List<AuthorizedPeer> authorizedPeers = new ArrayList<>();
+    @JsonProperty("authorized-peers") @JsonInclude(NON_EMPTY) List<AuthorizedPeer> authorizedPeers;
 
     static class Files {
         @JsonProperty("private-key") String privateKeyFile;