diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache
index 60f469641ce0..20cf583a8085 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring/pojo.mustache
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class {{classname}}{{#parent}} extends {{{parent}}}{{/parent}}{{^parent}}
   {{! begin feature: fluent setter methods }}
   public {{classname}} {{name}}({{{datatypeWithEnum}}} {{name}}) {
     {{#openApiNullable}}
-    this.{{name}} = {{#isNullable}}JsonNullable.of({{/isNullable}}{{#useOptional}}{{^required}}{{^isNullable}}{{^isContainer}}Optional.of({{/isContainer}}{{/isNullable}}{{/required}}{{/useOptional}}{{name}}{{#isNullable}}){{/isNullable}}{{#useOptional}}{{^required}}{{^isNullable}}{{^isContainer}}){{/isContainer}}{{/isNullable}}{{/required}}{{/useOptional}};
+    this.{{name}} = {{#isNullable}}JsonNullable.of({{/isNullable}}{{#useOptional}}{{^required}}{{^isNullable}}{{^isContainer}}Optional.ofNullable({{/isContainer}}{{/isNullable}}{{/required}}{{/useOptional}}{{name}}{{#isNullable}}){{/isNullable}}{{#useOptional}}{{^required}}{{^isNullable}}{{^isContainer}}){{/isContainer}}{{/isNullable}}{{/required}}{{/useOptional}};
     {{/openApiNullable}}
     {{^openApiNullable}}
     this.{{name}} = {{name}};
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/spring/SpringCodegenTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/spring/SpringCodegenTest.java
index 82b92f0082e7..0645b61eafb5 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/spring/SpringCodegenTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/java/spring/SpringCodegenTest.java
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public void doAnnotateDatesOnModelParametersWithOptionalAndJsonNullable() throws
                 .containsWithNameAndAttributes("DateTimeFormat", ImmutableMap.of("iso", "DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE_TIME"))
                 .toProperty().toType()
                 .assertMethod("born", "LocalDate")
-                .bodyContainsLines("this.born = Optional.of(born)")
+                .bodyContainsLines("this.born = Optional.ofNullable(born)")
                 .doesNotHaveComment();
     }
 
@@ -4397,9 +4397,10 @@ private void assertJsonNullableMethod(JavaFileAssert javaFileAssert, String type
 
     private void assertWrapperMethod(JavaFileAssert javaFileAssert, String wrapperType, String type, String expectedName, String getterReturnType){
         String methodName = StringUtils.capitalize(expectedName);
+        var of = wrapperType.equals("Optional") ? "ofNullable" : "of";
         javaFileAssert.assertMethod(expectedName)
                 .hasReturnType("Animal")
-                .bodyContainsLines("this."+expectedName+" = "+wrapperType+".of("+expectedName+");", "return this;")
+                .bodyContainsLines("this." + expectedName + " = "+wrapperType+ "." + of + "(" +expectedName+");", "return this;")
                 .assertParameter(expectedName)
                 .hasType(type)
                 .toMethod()