diff --git a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/types.py b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/types.py
index 4471074cc..943144b7a 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/types.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/types.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from xxhash import xxh3_128_hexdigest
 
 from langgraph._internal._cache import default_cache_key
 from langgraph._internal._constants import INTERRUPT as _INTERRUPT_KEY
+from langgraph._internal._constants import OVERWRITE
 from langgraph._internal._fields import get_cached_annotated_keys, get_update_as_tuples
 from langgraph._internal._retry import default_retry_on
 from langgraph._internal._typing import MISSING, DeprecatedKwargs
@@ -934,8 +935,7 @@ def interrupt(value: Any) -> Any:
     )
 
 
-@dataclass(slots=True)
-class Overwrite:
+class Overwrite(dict[str, Any]):
     """Bypass a reducer and write the wrapped value directly to a `BinaryOperatorAggregate` channel.
 
     Receiving multiple `Overwrite` values for the same channel in a single super-step
@@ -974,5 +974,16 @@ class Overwrite:
         ```
     """
 
-    value: Any
-    """The value to write directly to the channel, bypassing any reducer."""
+    __slots__ = ()
+
+    def __init__(self, value: Any) -> None:
+        super().__init__({OVERWRITE: value})
+
+    @property
+    def value(self) -> Any:
+        """The value to write directly to the channel, bypassing any reducer."""
+        return self[OVERWRITE]
+
+    @value.setter
+    def value(self, value: Any) -> None:
+        self[OVERWRITE] = value
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py b/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py
index 0aae1318e..d6d3af39e 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py
@@ -9310,6 +9310,32 @@ def test_overwrite_sequential(
     assert result == {"messages": ["b"]}
 
 
+def test_overwrite_survives_json_roundtrip(
+    sync_checkpointer: BaseCheckpointSaver,
+) -> None:
+    class State(TypedDict):
+        messages: Annotated[list, operator.add]
+
+    def node_a(state: State):
+        return {"messages": ["a"]}
+
+    def node_b(state: State):
+        overwrite = json.loads(json.dumps(Overwrite(["b"])))
+        assert overwrite == {"__overwrite__": ["b"]}
+        return {"messages": overwrite}
+
+    builder = StateGraph(State)
+    builder.add_node("node_a", node_a)
+    builder.add_node("node_b", node_b)
+    builder.add_edge(START, "node_a")
+    builder.add_edge("node_a", "node_b")
+
+    graph = builder.compile(checkpointer=sync_checkpointer)
+    result = graph.invoke({"messages": ["START"]}, {"configurable": {"thread_id": "1"}})
+
+    assert result == {"messages": ["b"]}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("as_json", [False, True])
 def test_overwrite_parallel(
     sync_checkpointer: BaseCheckpointSaver, as_json: bool