diff --git a/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents/Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents.csproj b/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents/Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents.csproj
index 3130bd9eb..08fa14f57 100644
--- a/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents/Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents.csproj
+++ b/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents/Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netcoreapp3.1;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <Description>Amazon Lambda .NET Core support - CloudWatchEvents package.</Description>
     <AssemblyTitle>Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents</AssemblyTitle>
-    <VersionPrefix>4.4.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>4.4.1</VersionPrefix>
     <AssemblyName>Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents</PackageId>
     <PackageTags>AWS;Amazon;Lambda</PackageTags>
diff --git a/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.Json/AwsResolver.cs b/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.Json/AwsResolver.cs
index 5b528cbf6..f80a1ebb0 100644
--- a/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.Json/AwsResolver.cs
+++ b/Libraries/src/Amazon.Lambda.Serialization.Json/AwsResolver.cs
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ protected override IList<JsonProperty> CreateProperties(Type type, MemberSeriali
                     }
                 }
             }
+            // If user is directly using CloudWatchEvent class or using a derived type created in custom namespace. 
             else if (type.FullName.StartsWith("Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents.")
-                     && (type.GetTypeInfo().BaseType?.FullName?.StartsWith("Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents.CloudWatchEvent`",
+                     || (type.GetTypeInfo().BaseType?.FullName?.StartsWith("Amazon.Lambda.CloudWatchEvents.CloudWatchEvent`",
                              StringComparison.Ordinal) ?? false))
             {
                 foreach (JsonProperty property in properties)