diff --git a/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/main/resources/document/management-context-v1.jsonld b/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/main/resources/document/management-context-v1.jsonld
index d8227fe8b7..e0eb082b4e 100644
--- a/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/main/resources/document/management-context-v1.jsonld
+++ b/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/main/resources/document/management-context-v1.jsonld
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "DataAddress": {
       "@id": "edc:DataAddress",
       "@context": {
-        "type": "edc:type"
+        "type": "edc:type",
+        "@vocab": "https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/"
       }
     },
     "ContractDefinition": "edc:ContractDefinition",
@@ -114,7 +115,13 @@
     "consumerId": "edc:consumerId",
     "contractSigningDate": "edc:contractSigningDate",
     "contractId": "edc:contractId",
-    "dataDestination": "edc:dataDestination",
+    "dataDestination": {
+      "@id": "edc:dataDestination",
+      "@context": {
+        "@vocab": "https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/"
+      }
+    },
+    "transferType": "edc:transferType",
     "correlationId": "edc:correlationId",
     "stateTimestamp": "edc:stateTimestamp",
     "value": "edc:value",
diff --git a/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/api/management/jsonld/serde/SerdeIntegrationTest.java b/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/api/management/jsonld/serde/SerdeIntegrationTest.java
index 446349fe0f..5cae1e91f6 100644
--- a/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/api/management/jsonld/serde/SerdeIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/api/management/jsonld/serde/SerdeIntegrationTest.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import static jakarta.json.Json.createObjectBuilder;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.eclipse.edc.connector.api.management.jsonld.serde.TestFunctions.MANAGEMENT_API_CONTEXT;
 import static org.eclipse.edc.connector.api.management.jsonld.serde.TestFunctions.MANAGEMENT_API_SCOPE;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
 import static org.eclipse.edc.connector.api.management.jsonld.serde.TestFunctions.createEdrEntry;
 import static org.eclipse.edc.connector.api.management.jsonld.serde.TestFunctions.createPolicyEvaluationPlan;
 import static org.eclipse.edc.connector.api.management.jsonld.serde.TestFunctions.createTransferProcess;
+import static org.eclipse.edc.connector.api.management.jsonld.serde.TestFunctions.dataAddressObject;
 import static org.eclipse.edc.connector.api.management.jsonld.serde.TestFunctions.inForceDatePermission;
 import static org.eclipse.edc.connector.api.management.jsonld.serde.TestFunctions.policyDefinitionObject;
 import static org.eclipse.edc.connector.api.management.jsonld.serde.TestFunctions.policyEvaluationPlanRequest;
@@ -299,6 +301,27 @@ void de_TransferRequest() {
         assertThat(transferRequest.getPrivateProperties()).containsEntry(EDC_NAMESPACE + "fooPrivate", "bar");
         assertThat(transferRequest.getProtocol()).isEqualTo(inputObject.getString("protocol"));
         assertThat(transferRequest.getCallbackAddresses()).hasSize(inputObject.getJsonArray("callbackAddresses").size());
+        assertThat(transferRequest.getTransferType()).isEqualTo(inputObject.getString("transferType"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void de_TransferRequest_withoutDataAddressType() {
+        var dataDestination = createObjectBuilder()
+                .add("type", "type").build();
+
+        var inputObject = transferRequestObject(dataDestination);
+        var transferRequest = deserialize(inputObject, TransferRequest.class);
+
+        assertThat(transferRequest).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(transferRequest.getId()).isEqualTo(inputObject.getString(ID));
+        assertThat(transferRequest.getCounterPartyAddress()).isEqualTo(inputObject.getString("counterPartyAddress"));
+        assertThat(transferRequest.getContractId()).isEqualTo(inputObject.getString("contractId"));
+        assertThat(transferRequest.getDataDestination()).extracting(DataAddress::getType).isEqualTo(inputObject.getJsonObject("dataDestination").getString("type"));
+        assertThat(transferRequest.getPrivateProperties()).containsEntry(EDC_NAMESPACE + "fooPrivate", "bar");
+        assertThat(transferRequest.getProtocol()).isEqualTo(inputObject.getString("protocol"));
+        assertThat(transferRequest.getCallbackAddresses()).hasSize(inputObject.getJsonArray("callbackAddresses").size());
+        assertThat(transferRequest.getTransferType()).isEqualTo(inputObject.getString("transferType"));
+
     }
 
 
@@ -431,7 +454,8 @@ public Stream<? extends Arguments> provideArguments(ExtensionContext context) {
                     Arguments.of(contractDefinitionObject(), ContractDefinition.class, null),
                     Arguments.of(secretObject(), Secret.class, null),
                     Arguments.of(querySpecObject(), QuerySpec.class, null),
-                    Arguments.of(policyDefinitionObject(), PolicyDefinition.class, mapper)
+                    Arguments.of(policyDefinitionObject(), PolicyDefinition.class, mapper),
+                    Arguments.of(dataAddressObject(), DataAddress.class, null)
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/api/management/jsonld/serde/TestFunctions.java b/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/api/management/jsonld/serde/TestFunctions.java
index d9d75fbb1a..68db53abdc 100644
--- a/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/api/management/jsonld/serde/TestFunctions.java
+++ b/extensions/common/api/management-api-json-ld-context/src/test/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/api/management/jsonld/serde/TestFunctions.java
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ public static JsonObject assetObject() {
                 .build();
     }
 
+    public static JsonObject dataAddressObject() {
+        return createObjectBuilder()
+                .add(CONTEXT, createContextBuilder().build())
+                .add(TYPE, "DataAddress")
+                .add("type", "address-type")
+                .add("propertyOne", "foo")
+                .add("propertyTwo", "bar")
+                .build();
+    }
+
     public static JsonObject contractDefinitionObject() {
         var criterion = Json.createObjectBuilder()
                 .add(TYPE, "Criterion")
@@ -163,12 +173,18 @@ public static JsonObject contractRequestObject() {
     }
 
     public static JsonObject transferRequestObject() {
-        var propertiesJson = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("foo", "bar").build();
-        var privatePropertiesJson = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("fooPrivate", "bar").build();
         var dataDestination = createObjectBuilder()
                 .add(TYPE, "DataAddress")
                 .add("type", "type").build();
 
+        return transferRequestObject(dataDestination);
+    }
+
+    public static JsonObject transferRequestObject(JsonObject dataDestination) {
+        var propertiesJson = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("foo", "bar").build();
+        var privatePropertiesJson = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("fooPrivate", "bar").build();
+
+
         return createObjectBuilder()
                 .add(TYPE, "TransferRequest")
                 .add(CONTEXT, createContextBuilder().build())
@@ -180,6 +196,7 @@ public static JsonObject transferRequestObject() {
                 .add("privateProperties", privatePropertiesJson)
                 .add("protocol", "protocol")
                 .add("callbackAddresses", createCallbackAddress())
+                .add("transferType", "myTransferType")
                 .build();
     }