diff --git a/extensions/funqy/funqy-knative-events/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/funqy/test/ExposedCloudEventTest.java b/extensions/funqy/funqy-knative-events/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/funqy/test/ExposedCloudEventTest.java
index 0a3343ef5b73f..46416f7c6671a 100644
--- a/extensions/funqy/funqy-knative-events/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/funqy/test/ExposedCloudEventTest.java
+++ b/extensions/funqy/funqy-knative-events/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/funqy/test/ExposedCloudEventTest.java
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> provideBinaryEncodingTestArgs() {
             "  \"type\": \"test-type\", " +
             "  \"extclient\": \"ext-client-val\", " +
             "  \"dataschema\": \"test-dataschema-client\", " +
-            "  \"datacontenttype\": \"application/json\", " +
             "  \"data\": { \"i\" : 21, \"s\" : \"abc\" } " +
             "}";
 
diff --git a/extensions/funqy/funqy-knative-events/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/runtime/bindings/knative/events/JsonCloudEventImpl.java b/extensions/funqy/funqy-knative-events/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/runtime/bindings/knative/events/JsonCloudEventImpl.java
index ac0608838de64..6c4e06a4466d5 100644
--- a/extensions/funqy/funqy-knative-events/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/runtime/bindings/knative/events/JsonCloudEventImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/funqy/funqy-knative-events/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/funqy/runtime/bindings/knative/events/JsonCloudEventImpl.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public T data() {
         if (data != null) {
             return data;
         }
-        if (dataContentType() != null && dataContentType().startsWith("application/json") && !byte[].class.equals(dataType)) {
+        if ((dataContentType() == null || dataContentType().startsWith("application/json")) && !byte[].class.equals(dataType)) {
             try {
                 data = reader.readValue(event.get("data"));
                 return data;