diff --git a/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/core/mod.rs b/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/core/mod.rs
index c9cc605c91..d3eeb68fae 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/core/mod.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/core/mod.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use core::{
     str::FromStr,
 };
 
-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 pub use uhlc::{Timestamp, NTP64};
 use zenoh_keyexpr::OwnedKeyExpr;
 use zenoh_result::{bail, zerror};
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ impl TryFrom<u8> for Priority {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[repr(u8)]
 pub enum Reliability {
     BestEffort = 0,
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ impl Channel {
 }
 
 /// Congestion control strategy.
-#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize)]
 #[repr(u8)]
 pub enum CongestionControl {
     #[default]
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/network/request.rs b/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/network/request.rs
index 3fd9eb2217..7ebfbb5d22 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/network/request.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/network/request.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ pub struct Request {
 pub mod ext {
     use core::{num::NonZeroU32, time::Duration};
 
+    use serde::Deserialize;
+
     use crate::{
         common::{ZExtZ64, ZExtZBuf},
         zextz64, zextzbuf,
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ pub mod ext {
     // ```
     // The `zenoh::queryable::Queryable`s that should be target of a `zenoh::Session::get()`.
     #[repr(u8)]
-    #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+    #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize)]
     pub enum QueryTarget {
         /// Let Zenoh find the BestMatching queryable capabale of serving the query.
         #[default]
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/zenoh/query.rs b/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/zenoh/query.rs
index 49ac3e6d52..1db34c19bd 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/zenoh/query.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/zenoh/query.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 //
 use alloc::{string::String, vec::Vec};
 
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
 use crate::common::ZExtUnknown;
 
 /// The kind of consolidation to apply to a query.
 #[repr(u8)]
-#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Copy)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize)]
 pub enum ConsolidationMode {
     /// Apply automatic consolidation based on queryable's preferences
     #[default]
diff --git a/zenoh/src/api/publisher.rs b/zenoh/src/api/publisher.rs
index 1217a12382..81c93e4884 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/api/publisher.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/api/publisher.rs
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ impl Sink<Sample> for Publisher<'_> {
 /// If QoS is enabled, Zenoh keeps one transmission queue per [`Priority`] P, where all messages in
 /// the queue have [`Priority`] P. These queues are serviced in the order of their assigned
 /// [`Priority`] (i.e. from [`Priority::RealTime`] to [`Priority::Background`]).
-#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize)]
 #[repr(u8)]
 pub enum Priority {
     RealTime = 1,
diff --git a/zenoh/src/api/query.rs b/zenoh/src/api/query.rs
index 8eff89831a..3675bccb71 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/api/query.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/api/query.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl QueryState {
 }
 /// The kind of accepted query replies.
 #[zenoh_macros::unstable]
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Default, Deserialize)]
 pub enum ReplyKeyExpr {
     /// Accept replies whose key expressions may not match the query key expression.
     Any,
diff --git a/zenoh/src/api/sample.rs b/zenoh/src/api/sample.rs
index 27b43b1b89..0809b262f1 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/api/sample.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/api/sample.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub type SourceSn = u32;
 
 /// The locality of samples to be received by subscribers or targeted by publishers.
 #[zenoh_macros::unstable]
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Serialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Locality {
     SessionLocal,
     Remote,