diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose/expose.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose/expose.go
index 6770a3171f1..404fddb2d77 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose/expose.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/expose/expose.go
@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ func (o *ExposeServiceOptions) RunExpose(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) erro
 		}
 
 		if inline := cmdutil.GetFlagString(cmd, "overrides"); len(inline) > 0 {
-			object, err = cmdutil.Merge(scheme.Codecs.LegacyCodec(scheme.Scheme.PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()...), object, inline)
+			codec := runtime.NewCodec(scheme.DefaultJSONEncoder(), scheme.Codecs.UniversalDecoder(scheme.Scheme.PrioritizedVersionsAllGroups()...))
+			object, err = cmdutil.Merge(codec, object, inline)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/test/cmd/core.sh b/test/cmd/core.sh
index 5f645c2d5c5..125c2923dee 100755
--- a/test/cmd/core.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/core.sh
@@ -992,6 +992,32 @@ __EOF__
   # Post-condition: Only the default kubernetes services exist
   kube::test::get_object_assert services "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'kubernetes:'
 
+  ### Create deployent and service
+  # Pre-condition: no deployment exists
+  kube::test::wait_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  # Command
+  kubectl run testmetadata --image=nginx --replicas=2 --port=80 --expose --service-overrides='{ "metadata": { "annotations": { "zone-context": "home" } } } '
+  # Check result
+  kube::test::get_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'testmetadata:'
+  kube::test::get_object_assert 'service testmetadata' "{{.metadata.annotations}}" "map\[zone-context:home\]"
+
+  ### Expose deployment as a new service
+  # Command
+  kubectl expose deployment testmetadata  --port=1000 --target-port=80 --type=NodePort --name=exposemetadata --overrides='{ "metadata": { "annotations": { "zone-context": "work" } } } '
+  # Check result
+  kube::test::get_object_assert 'service exposemetadata' "{{.metadata.annotations}}" "map\[zone-context:work\]"
+
+  # Clean-Up
+  # Command
+  kubectl delete service exposemetadata testmetadata "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  if [[ "${WAIT_FOR_DELETION:-}" == "true" ]]; then
+    kube::test::wait_object_assert services "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" 'kubernetes:'
+  fi
+  kubectl delete deployment testmetadata "${kube_flags[@]}"
+  if [[ "${WAIT_FOR_DELETION:-}" == "true" ]]; then
+    kube::test::wait_object_assert deployment "{{range.items}}{{$id_field}}:{{end}}" ''
+  fi
+
   set +o nounset
   set +o errexit
 }