diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/util/serializer/MetadataSerializer.java b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/util/serializer/MetadataSerializer.java
index 2e7fea9de..a3ef8ae41 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/util/serializer/MetadataSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cyclonedx/util/serializer/MetadataSerializer.java
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ private void createMetadataInfo(
       }
     }
 
+    if (metadata.getDistributionConstraints() != null && shouldSerializeField(metadata, version, "distributionConstraints")) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeObjectField("distributionConstraints", metadata.getDistributionConstraints());
+    }
+
     jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomJsonGeneratorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomJsonGeneratorTest.java
index 6ce4755aa..244468222 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomJsonGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomJsonGeneratorTest.java
@@ -120,6 +120,19 @@ public void schema12MultipleDependenciesJsonTest() throws Exception {
         assertTrue(jsonParser.isValid(file, Version.VERSION_12));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void schema17MetadataDistributionConstraintsJsonTest() throws Exception {
+        final byte[] bomBytes = Objects.requireNonNull(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/1.7/valid-metadata-distribution-1.7.json")).readAllBytes();
+        final Bom bom = new JsonParser().parse(bomBytes);
+
+        BomJsonGenerator generator = BomGeneratorFactory.createJson(Version.VERSION_17, bom);
+        JsonNode metadata = generator.toJsonNode().get("metadata");
+        assertEquals("RED", metadata.get("distributionConstraints").get("tlp").asText());
+
+        generator = BomGeneratorFactory.createJson(Version.VERSION_16, bom);
+        assertNull(generator.toJsonNode().get("metadata").get("distributionConstraints"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void schema13EmptyComponentsJsonTest() throws Exception {
         final Bom bom =  new Bom();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomXmlGeneratorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomXmlGeneratorTest.java
index f04e1f0d4..42846342a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomXmlGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/BomXmlGeneratorTest.java
@@ -1335,6 +1335,16 @@ private File writeToFile(String xmlString) throws Exception {
         return tempFile;
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void schema17MetadataDistributionConstraintsGenerationTest() throws Exception {
+        BomXmlGenerator generator = BomGeneratorFactory.createXml(Version.VERSION_17, createCommonBomXml("/1.7/valid-metadata-distribution-1.7.xml"));
+        String xml = generator.toXmlString();
+        assertTrue(xml.contains("<tlp>RED</tlp>"), xml);
+        File file = writeToFile(xml);
+        XmlParser parser = new XmlParser();
+        assertTrue(parser.isValid(file, Version.VERSION_17));
+    }
+
     private Bom createCommonBomXml(String resource) throws Exception {
         final byte[] bomBytes = Objects.requireNonNull(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(resource)).readAllBytes();
         XmlParser parser = new XmlParser();