diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-4795.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-4795.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11218f6b272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-4795.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: improvement
+improvement:
+  description: |-
+    Fix deserialization issue.
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/atlasdb/pull/4795
diff --git a/lock-api-objects/src/main/java/com/palantir/lock/watch/NoOpLockWatchEventCache.java b/lock-api-objects/src/main/java/com/palantir/lock/watch/NoOpLockWatchEventCache.java
index 67b474ab3ca..01c0d93b448 100644
--- a/lock-api-objects/src/main/java/com/palantir/lock/watch/NoOpLockWatchEventCache.java
+++ b/lock-api-objects/src/main/java/com/palantir/lock/watch/NoOpLockWatchEventCache.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 public class NoOpLockWatchEventCache implements LockWatchEventCache {
     public static final LockWatchEventCache INSTANCE = new NoOpLockWatchEventCache();
     private static final IdentifiedVersion FAKE = ImmutableIdentifiedVersion.of(UUID.randomUUID(), 0L);
-    private static final Optional<IdentifiedVersion> FAKE_OPTIONAL_VERSION = Optional.of(FAKE);
     private static final TransactionsLockWatchEvents NONE = TransactionsLockWatchEvents.failure(
             LockWatchStateUpdate.snapshot(UUID.randomUUID(), -1L, ImmutableSet.of(), ImmutableSet.of()));
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ private NoOpLockWatchEventCache() {
 
     @Override
     public Optional<IdentifiedVersion> lastKnownVersion() {
-        return FAKE_OPTIONAL_VERSION;
+        return Optional.empty();
     }
 
     @Override