diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c1068e92b..ce0913c84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# 1.21.1
+
+## What's Changed
+### Bugfixes
+* SDK: Fix transaction decoding with boxes by @jasonpaulos in https://github.com/algorand/java-algorand-sdk/pull/422
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/algorand/java-algorand-sdk/compare/1.21.0...1.21.1
+
 # 1.21.0
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5ecf8067..d072cfaa9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Maven:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.algorand</groupId>
     <artifactId>algosdk</artifactId>
-    <version>1.21.0</version>
+    <version>1.21.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7c0fbf66..242704d8b 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.algorand</groupId>
     <artifactId>algosdk</artifactId>
-    <version>1.21.0</version>
+    <version>1.21.1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/algorand/algosdk/transaction/Transaction.java b/src/main/java/com/algorand/algosdk/transaction/Transaction.java
index d08f2b0af..9b514de53 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/algorand/algosdk/transaction/Transaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/algorand/algosdk/transaction/Transaction.java
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ public BoxReference(
                 @JsonProperty("i") int appIndex,
                 @JsonProperty("n") byte[] name) {
             this.appIndex = appIndex;
-            this.name = Arrays.copyOf(name, name.length);
+            this.name = name == null ? new byte[]{} : Arrays.copyOf(name, name.length);
         }
 
         // Foreign apps start from index 1.  Index 0 is the called App ID.
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/algorand/algosdk/transaction/TestTransaction.java b/src/test/java/com/algorand/algosdk/transaction/TestTransaction.java
index 88801ef18..35701da03 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/algorand/algosdk/transaction/TestTransaction.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/algorand/algosdk/transaction/TestTransaction.java
@@ -157,6 +157,31 @@ public void testSerializationMsgpack() throws Exception {
         assertEqual(o, tx);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyBoxReferenceSerializationMsgpack() throws Exception {
+        Transaction.BoxReference boxReference = new Transaction.BoxReference(0, new byte[]{});
+
+        byte[] encoded = Encoder.encodeToMsgPack(boxReference);
+        byte[] expectedEncoded = {(byte) 128};
+        assertThat(encoded).isEqualTo(expectedEncoded);
+
+        Transaction.BoxReference decoded = Encoder.decodeFromMsgPack(encoded, Transaction.BoxReference.class);
+        assertThat(decoded).isEqualTo(boxReference);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyBoxReferenceSerializationJson() throws Exception {
+        Transaction.BoxReference boxReference = new Transaction.BoxReference(0, new byte[]{});
+
+        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        String encoded = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(boxReference);
+        String expectedEncoded = "{}";
+        assertThat(encoded).isEqualTo(expectedEncoded);
+
+        Transaction.BoxReference decoded = objectMapper.readValue(encoded, Transaction.BoxReference.class);
+        assertThat(decoded).isEqualTo(boxReference);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testMetadaHashBuilderMethods() throws Exception {
         // Test that the following 3 builder methods returns the same transaction