diff --git a/.changeset/poor-mugs-cheat.md b/.changeset/poor-mugs-cheat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fd6377bd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/poor-mugs-cheat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/event-bus-local": patch
+"@medusajs/utils": patch
+"@medusajs/workflows-sdk": patch
+---
+
+chore(workflows-sdk, utils): Prevent unnecessary serialization
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/common/index.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/common/index.ts
index 67cfaad8ab..22c44aaf46 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/src/common/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/common/index.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export * from "./object-to-string-path"
 export * from "./omit-deep"
 export * from "./optional-numeric-serializer"
 export * from "./parse-cors-origins"
+export * from "./parse-stringify-if-necessary"
 export * from "./partition-array"
 export * from "./pick-deep"
 export * from "./pick-value-from-object"
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/common/parse-stringify-if-necessary.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/common/parse-stringify-if-necessary.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b341f782db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/common/parse-stringify-if-necessary.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { isDefined } from "./is-defined"
+
+/**
+ * Only apply JSON.parse JSON.stringify when we have objects, arrays, dates, etc..
+ * @param result
+ * @returns
+ */
+export function parseStringifyIfNecessary(result: unknown) {
+  if (typeof result !== "object") {
+    return result
+  }
+
+  const strResult = JSON.stringify(result)
+  if (isDefined(strResult)) {
+    return JSON.parse(strResult)
+  }
+  return result
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/workflows-sdk/src/utils/composer/helpers/resolve-value.ts b/packages/core/workflows-sdk/src/utils/composer/helpers/resolve-value.ts
index 381e826868..0b6b8de748 100644
--- a/packages/core/workflows-sdk/src/utils/composer/helpers/resolve-value.ts
+++ b/packages/core/workflows-sdk/src/utils/composer/helpers/resolve-value.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {
   deepCopy,
-  isDefined,
   OrchestrationUtils,
+  parseStringifyIfNecessary,
   promiseAll,
 } from "@medusajs/utils"
 
@@ -83,8 +83,5 @@ export async function resolveValue(input, transactionContext) {
     ? await resolveProperty(copiedInput, transactionContext)
     : await unwrapInput(copiedInput, {})
 
-  const strResult = JSON.stringify(result) // Symbols return undefined
-  if (isDefined(strResult)) {
-    return JSON.parse(strResult)
-  }
+  return parseStringifyIfNecessary(result)
 }
diff --git a/packages/modules/event-bus-local/src/services/event-bus-local.ts b/packages/modules/event-bus-local/src/services/event-bus-local.ts
index a7cf76c454..a4aeb2f56c 100644
--- a/packages/modules/event-bus-local/src/services/event-bus-local.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/event-bus-local/src/services/event-bus-local.ts
@@ -82,16 +82,13 @@ export default class LocalEventBusService extends AbstractEventBusModuleService
   // This is useful in the event of a distributed transaction where you'd want to emit
   // events only once the transaction ends.
   private async groupOrEmitEvent<T = unknown>(eventData: Message<T>) {
-    const eventData_ = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(eventData))
-    const { options, ...eventBody } = eventData_
+    const { options, ...eventBody } = eventData
     const eventGroupId = eventBody.metadata?.eventGroupId
 
     if (eventGroupId) {
-      await this.groupEvent(eventGroupId, eventData_)
+      await this.groupEvent(eventGroupId, eventData)
     } else {
-      const { options, ...eventBody } = eventData_
-
-      const options_ = options as { delay: number }
+      const options_ = eventData.options as { delay: number }
       const delay = (ms?: number) => (ms ? setTimeout(ms) : Promise.resolve())
 
       delay(options_?.delay).then(() =>