diff --git a/zio-json/shared/src/main/scala/zio/json/JsonCodecConfiguration.scala b/zio-json/shared/src/main/scala/zio/json/JsonCodecConfiguration.scala
index 2c479b6a..eaa1d512 100644
--- a/zio-json/shared/src/main/scala/zio/json/JsonCodecConfiguration.scala
+++ b/zio-json/shared/src/main/scala/zio/json/JsonCodecConfiguration.scala
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ final case class JsonCodecConfiguration(
     allowExtraFields,
     sumTypeMapping,
     explicitNulls,
-    ExplicitEmptyCollections()
+    this.explicitEmptyCollections
   )
 }