diff --git a/libs/langserve/langserve/server.py b/libs/langserve/langserve/server.py
index 54e264be60c..cfae77e6b9f 100644
--- a/libs/langserve/langserve/server.py
+++ b/libs/langserve/langserve/server.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from langchain.schema.runnable import Runnable
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 try:
-    from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel
+    from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel, create_model
 except ImportError:
     from pydantic import BaseModel, create_model
 
diff --git a/libs/langserve/tests/unit_tests/test_encoders.py b/libs/langserve/tests/unit_tests/test_encoders.py
index ec1c4700fb3..b3c7374b3cd 100644
--- a/libs/langserve/tests/unit_tests/test_encoders.py
+++ b/libs/langserve/tests/unit_tests/test_encoders.py
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ from langchain.schema.messages import (
     SystemMessage,
 )
 
+try:
+    from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel
+except ImportError:
+    from pydantic import BaseModel
+
 from langserve.serialization import simple_dumps, simple_loads
 
 
@@ -120,3 +125,31 @@ def test_serialization(data: Any, expected_json: Any) -> None:
     assert json.loads(simple_dumps(data)) == expected_json
     # Test decoding
     assert simple_loads(json.dumps(expected_json)) == data
+    # Test full representation are equivalent including the pydantic model classes
+    assert _get_full_representation(data) == _get_full_representation(
+        simple_loads(json.dumps(expected_json))
+    )
+
+
+def _get_full_representation(data: Any) -> Any:
+    """Get the full representation of the data, replacing pydantic models with schema.
+
+    Pydantic tests two different models for equality based on equality
+    of their schema; instead we will rely on the equality of their full
+    schema representation. This will make sure that both models have the
+    same name (e.g., HumanMessage vs. HumanMessageChunk).
+
+    Args:
+        data: python primitives + pydantic models
+
+    Returns:
+        data represented entirely with python primitives
+    """
+    if isinstance(data, dict):
+        return {key: _get_full_representation(value) for key, value in data.items()}
+    elif isinstance(data, list):
+        return [_get_full_representation(value) for value in data]
+    elif isinstance(data, BaseModel):
+        return data.schema()
+    else:
+        return data
diff --git a/libs/langserve/tests/unit_tests/test_server_client.py b/libs/langserve/tests/unit_tests/test_server_client.py
index 9c0b57d384e..875cdecea13 100644
--- a/libs/langserve/tests/unit_tests/test_server_client.py
+++ b/libs/langserve/tests/unit_tests/test_server_client.py
@@ -231,19 +231,6 @@ def test_invoke_as_part_of_sequence(client: RemoteRunnable) -> None:
     # assert list(runnable.stream([1, 2], config={"tags": ["test"]})) == [3, 4]
 
 
-def test_pydantic_root():
-    from pydantic import BaseModel
-
-    class Model(BaseModel):
-        __root__: str
-
-    class Q(BaseModel):
-        input: Model
-
-    # s = Model(__root__=[23])
-    Q(input="hello")
-
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_invoke_as_part_of_sequence_async(async_client: RemoteRunnable) -> None:
     """Test as part of a sequence.