diff --git a/jr-objects/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/impl/SimpleValueReader.java b/jr-objects/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/impl/SimpleValueReader.java
index e0a09154..fa6103af 100644
--- a/jr-objects/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/impl/SimpleValueReader.java
+++ b/jr-objects/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/impl/SimpleValueReader.java
@@ -239,9 +239,13 @@ public Object read(JSONReader reader, JsonParser p) throws IOException
      */
 
     protected byte[] _readBinary(JsonParser p) throws IOException {
+        // [jackson-jr#107]: should allow null
+        if (p.hasToken(JsonToken.VALUE_NULL)) {
+            return null;
+        }
         return p.getBinaryValue();
     }
-    
+
     protected int[] _readIntArray(JsonParser p) throws IOException
     {
         // !!! TODO
diff --git a/jr-objects/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/NullHandlingTest.java b/jr-objects/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/NullHandlingTest.java
index 5a4c5a1e..e6299900 100644
--- a/jr-objects/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/NullHandlingTest.java
+++ b/jr-objects/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/NullHandlingTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 
 public class NullHandlingTest extends TestBase
 {
+    static class Bean107 {
+        public byte[] b = new byte[0];
+    }
+
+    static class StringBean {
+        public String str = "a";
+    }
+
     // Test to verify that outputting of nulls is configurable
     public void testMapNullEntries() throws Exception
     {
@@ -17,4 +25,21 @@ public void testMapNullEntries() throws Exception
         assertEquals("{\"a\":1,\"b\":null}",
                 JSON.std.with(JSON.Feature.WRITE_NULL_PROPERTIES).asString(map));
     }
+
+    public void testNullForString() throws Exception
+    {
+        assertNull(JSON.std.beanFrom(StringBean.class, "null"));
+
+        StringBean bean = JSON.std.beanFrom(StringBean.class, a2q("{'str':null}"));
+        assertNull(bean.str);
+    }
+
+    // [jackson-jr#107]: nulls should be accepted as byte[]
+    public void testNullForByteArray() throws Exception
+    {
+        assertNull(JSON.std.beanFrom(Bean107.class, "null"));
+
+        Bean107 bean = JSON.std.beanFrom(Bean107.class, a2q("{'b':null}"));
+        assertNull(bean.b);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
index ca1e5465..266be02a 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Tatu Saloranta, tatu.saloranta@iki.fi: author
 
 Contributors:
 
-Michael Dombrowski (MikeDombo@github)
+Michael Dombrowski (@MikeDombo)
 
 * Contributed #80: Case-insensitive property, enum deserialization
   should be supported
@@ -18,13 +18,18 @@ Michael Dombrowski (MikeDombo@github)
 * Contributed #84: Public static fields are included in serialized output
  (2.13.0)
 
-Jonas Konrad (yawkat@github)
+Jonas Konrad (@yawkat)
 
 * Suggested #88: Make `jr-stree` dependency to `jr-objects` optional
  (2.13.0)
 
-Gerben Oolbekkink (qurben@github)
+Gerben Oolbekkink (@github)
 
 * Reported #98: `module-info.java` of `jr-stree` refers to module `com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.ob.api`,
   which is not defined
  (2.13.5)
+
+Reed Passaretti (@reed53)
+
+* Reported #107: Cannot deserialize `byte[]` from JSON `null` value
+ (2.15.3)
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 24b2c905..59d13578 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ Modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.15.3 (not yet released)
+
+#107: Cannot deserialize `byte[]` from JSON `null` value
+ (reported by Reed P)
+
 2.15.2 (30-May-2023)
 2.15.1 (16-May-2023)
 2.15.0 (23-Apr-2023)