diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/BasicJsonParser.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/BasicJsonParser.java
index 7bfaf0997f..b24f98e36a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/BasicJsonParser.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/BasicJsonParser.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class BasicJsonParser extends AbstractJsonParser {
 
 	private List<Object> parseListInternal(String json) {
 		List<Object> list = new ArrayList<>();
-		json = trimLeadingCharacter(trimTrailingCharacter(json, ']'), '[');
+		json = trimLeadingCharacter(trimTrailingCharacter(json, ']'), '[').trim();
 		for (String value : tokenize(json)) {
 			list.add(parseInternal(value));
 		}
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class BasicJsonParser extends AbstractJsonParser {
 
 	private Map<String, Object> parseMapInternal(String json) {
 		Map<String, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-		json = trimLeadingCharacter(trimTrailingCharacter(json, '}'), '{');
+		json = trimLeadingCharacter(trimTrailingCharacter(json, '}'), '{').trim();
 		for (String pair : tokenize(json)) {
 			String[] values = StringUtils.trimArrayElements(StringUtils.split(pair, ":"));
 			String key = trimLeadingCharacter(trimTrailingCharacter(values[0], '"'), '"');
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class BasicJsonParser extends AbstractJsonParser {
 			index++;
 		}
 		if (build.length() > 0) {
-			list.add(build.toString());
+			list.add(build.toString().trim());
 		}
 		return list;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/AbstractJsonParserTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/AbstractJsonParserTests.java
index a5822a3520..8878ca388d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/AbstractJsonParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/AbstractJsonParserTests.java
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ abstract class AbstractJsonParserTests {
 				.parseMap("{\"foo\":[{\"foo\":\"bar\",\"spam\":1},{\"foo\":\"baz\",\"spam\":2}]}");
 		assertThat(map).hasSize(1);
 		assertThat(((List<Object>) map.get("foo"))).hasSize(2);
+		assertThat(map.get("foo")).asList().allMatch(Map.class::isInstance);
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	@Test
+	void nestedLeadingAndTrailingWhitespace() {
+		Map<String, Object> map = this.parser.parseMap(
+				" {\"foo\": [ { \"foo\" : \"bar\" , \"spam\" : 1 } , { \"foo\" : \"baz\" , \"spam\" : 2 } ] } ");
+		assertThat(map).hasSize(1);
+		assertThat(((List<Object>) map.get("foo"))).hasSize(2);
+		assertThat(map.get("foo")).asList().allMatch(Map.class::isInstance);
 	}
 
 	@Test