diff --git a/fusion-json/src/main/java/io/yupiik/fusion/json/diff/GenericJsonDiff.java b/fusion-json/src/main/java/io/yupiik/fusion/json/diff/GenericJsonDiff.java
index 7f48541e..2cff4710 100644
--- a/fusion-json/src/main/java/io/yupiik/fusion/json/diff/GenericJsonDiff.java
+++ b/fusion-json/src/main/java/io/yupiik/fusion/json/diff/GenericJsonDiff.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static io.yupiik.fusion.json.patch.JsonPatchOperation.Operation.add;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ private void diff(final List<JsonPatchOperation> patchBuilder, final String base
             diffJsonObjects(patchBuilder, basePath + "/", (Map<String, ?>) src, (Map<String, ?>) tg);
         } else if (source instanceof List<?> l1 && target instanceof List<?> l2) {
             diffJsonArray(patchBuilder, basePath + "/", l1, l2);
-        } else if (!source.equals(target)) {
+        } else if (!Objects.equals(source, target)) {
             patchBuilder.add(new JsonPatchOperation(replace, basePath, null, target));
         }
     }
diff --git a/fusion-json/src/test/java/io/yupiik/fusion/json/diff/GenericJsonDiffTest.java b/fusion-json/src/test/java/io/yupiik/fusion/json/diff/GenericJsonDiffTest.java
index d7b2ea2a..874c3cd8 100644
--- a/fusion-json/src/test/java/io/yupiik/fusion/json/diff/GenericJsonDiffTest.java
+++ b/fusion-json/src/test/java/io/yupiik/fusion/json/diff/GenericJsonDiffTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
@@ -28,8 +30,22 @@
 import static io.yupiik.fusion.json.patch.JsonPatchOperation.Operation.remove;
 import static io.yupiik.fusion.json.patch.JsonPatchOperation.Operation.replace;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotSame;
 
 class GenericJsonDiffTest {
+    @Test
+    public void nullDiff() {
+        final var list = new ArrayList<>();
+        list.add(null);
+        final var patch = List.of(new JsonPatchOperation(add, "/testEmpty/0", null, null));
+        final var target = Map.of("testEmpty", list);
+        final var from = Map.of("testEmpty", List.of());
+        assertDiff(from, target, patch);
+        final var patched = new GenericJsonPatch(patch).apply(from);
+        assertEquals(target, patched);
+        assertNotSame(patched, target);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void fromEmptyArray() {
         assertDiff(