diff --git a/kasa/deviceconfig.py b/kasa/deviceconfig.py
@@ -17,25 +17,32 @@
 >>> config_dict = device.config.to_dict()
 >>> # DeviceConfig.to_dict() can be used to store for later
 >>> print(config_dict)
-{'host': '127.0.0.3', 'timeout': 5, 'credentials': Credentials(), 'connection_type'\
-: {'device_family': 'SMART.TAPOBULB', 'encryption_type': 'KLAP', 'https': False, \
-'login_version': 2}, 'uses_http': True}
+{'host': '127.0.0.3', 'timeout': 5, 'credentials': {'username': 'user@example.com', \
+'password': 'great_password'}, 'connection_type'\
+: {'device_family': 'SMART.TAPOBULB', 'encryption_type': 'KLAP', 'login_version': 2, \
+'https': False}, 'uses_http': True}
 
 >>> later_device = await Device.connect(config=Device.Config.from_dict(config_dict))
 >>> print(later_device.alias)  # Alias is available as connect() calls update()
 Living Room Bulb
 
 """
 
-#  Module cannot use from __future__ import annotations until migrated to mashumaru
-#  as dataclass.fields() will not resolve the type.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import logging
-from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, field, fields, is_dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field, replace
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, TypedDict
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Self, TypedDict
+
+from aiohttp import ClientSession
+from mashumaro import field_options
+from mashumaro.config import BaseConfig
+from mashumaro.types import SerializationStrategy
 
 from .credentials import Credentials
 from .exceptions import KasaException
+from .json import DataClassJSONMixin
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from aiohttp import ClientSession
@@ -73,45 +80,17 @@ class DeviceFamily(Enum):
     SmartIpCamera = "SMART.IPCAMERA"
 
 
-def _dataclass_from_dict(klass: Any, in_val: dict) -> Any:
-    if is_dataclass(klass):
-        fieldtypes = {f.name: f.type for f in fields(klass)}
-        val = {}
-        for dict_key in in_val:
-            if dict_key in fieldtypes:
-                if hasattr(fieldtypes[dict_key], "from_dict"):
-                    val[dict_key] = fieldtypes[dict_key].from_dict(in_val[dict_key])  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-                else:
-                    val[dict_key] = _dataclass_from_dict(
-                        fieldtypes[dict_key], in_val[dict_key]
-                    )
-            else:
-                raise KasaException(
-                    f"Cannot create dataclass from dict, unknown key: {dict_key}"
-                )
-        return klass(**val)  # type: ignore[operator]
-    else:
-        return in_val
-
-
-def _dataclass_to_dict(in_val: Any) -> dict:
-    fieldtypes = {f.name: f.type for f in fields(in_val) if f.compare}
-    out_val = {}
-    for field_name in fieldtypes:
-        val = getattr(in_val, field_name)
-        if val is None:
-            continue
-        elif hasattr(val, "to_dict"):
-            out_val[field_name] = val.to_dict()
-        elif is_dataclass(fieldtypes[field_name]):
-            out_val[field_name] = asdict(val)
-        else:
-            out_val[field_name] = val
-    return out_val
+class _DeviceConfigBaseMixin(DataClassJSONMixin):
+    """Base class for serialization mixin."""
+
+    class Config(BaseConfig):
+        """Serialization config."""
+
+        omit_none = True
 
 
 @dataclass
-class DeviceConnectionParameters:
+class DeviceConnectionParameters(_DeviceConfigBaseMixin):
     """Class to hold the the parameters determining connection type."""
 
     device_family: DeviceFamily
@@ -125,7 +104,7 @@ def from_values(
         encryption_type: str,
         login_version: int | None = None,
         https: bool | None = None,
-    ) -> "DeviceConnectionParameters":
+    ) -> DeviceConnectionParameters:
         """Return connection parameters from string values."""
         try:
             if https is None:
@@ -142,39 +121,17 @@ def from_values(
                 + f"{encryption_type}.{login_version}"
             ) from ex
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def from_dict(connection_type_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> "DeviceConnectionParameters":
-        """Return connection parameters from dict."""
-        if (
-            isinstance(connection_type_dict, dict)
-            and (device_family := connection_type_dict.get("device_family"))
-            and (encryption_type := connection_type_dict.get("encryption_type"))
-        ):
-            if login_version := connection_type_dict.get("login_version"):
-                login_version = int(login_version)  # type: ignore[assignment]
-            return DeviceConnectionParameters.from_values(
-                device_family,
-                encryption_type,
-                login_version,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-                connection_type_dict.get("https", False),
-            )
 
-        raise KasaException(f"Invalid connection type data for {connection_type_dict}")
+class _DoNotSerialize(SerializationStrategy):
+    def serialize(self, value: Any) -> None:
+        return None  # pragma: no cover
 
-    def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, str | int | bool]:
-        """Convert connection params to dict."""
-        result: dict[str, str | int] = {
-            "device_family": self.device_family.value,
-            "encryption_type": self.encryption_type.value,
-            "https": self.https,
-        }
-        if self.login_version:
-            result["login_version"] = self.login_version
-        return result
+    def deserialize(self, value: Any) -> None:
+        return None  # pragma: no cover
 
 
 @dataclass
-class DeviceConfig:
+class DeviceConfig(_DeviceConfigBaseMixin):
     """Class to represent paramaters that determine how to connect to devices."""
 
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5
@@ -202,9 +159,12 @@ class DeviceConfig:
     #: in order to determine whether they should pass a custom http client if desired.
     uses_http: bool = False
 
-    # compare=False will be excluded from the serialization and object comparison.
     #: Set a custom http_client for the device to use.
-    http_client: Optional["ClientSession"] = field(default=None, compare=False)
+    http_client: ClientSession | None = field(
+        default=None,
+        compare=False,
+        metadata=field_options(serialization_strategy=_DoNotSerialize()),
+    )
 
     aes_keys: KeyPairDict | None = None
 
@@ -214,22 +174,30 @@ def __post_init__(self) -> None:
                 DeviceFamily.IotSmartPlugSwitch, DeviceEncryptionType.Xor
             )
 
-    def to_dict(
+    def __pre_serialize__(self) -> Self:
+        return replace(self, http_client=None)
+
+    def to_dict_control_credentials(
         self,
         *,
         credentials_hash: str | None = None,
         exclude_credentials: bool = False,
     ) -> dict[str, dict[str, str]]:
-        """Convert device config to dict."""
-        if credentials_hash is not None or exclude_credentials:
-            self.credentials = None
-        if credentials_hash:
-            self.credentials_hash = credentials_hash
-        return _dataclass_to_dict(self)
+        """Convert deviceconfig to dict controlling how to serialize credentials.
+
+        If credentials_hash is provided credentials will be None.
+        If credentials_hash is '' credentials_hash and credentials will be None.
+        exclude credentials controls whether to include credentials.
+        The defaults are the same as calling to_dict().
+        """
+        if credentials_hash is None:
+            if not exclude_credentials:
+                return self.to_dict()
+            else:
+                return replace(self, credentials=None).to_dict()
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def from_dict(config_dict: dict[str, dict[str, str]]) -> "DeviceConfig":
-        """Return device config from dict."""
-        if isinstance(config_dict, dict):
-            return _dataclass_from_dict(DeviceConfig, config_dict)
-        raise KasaException(f"Invalid device config data: {config_dict}")
+        return replace(
+            self,
+            credentials_hash=credentials_hash if credentials_hash else None,
+            credentials=None,
+        ).to_dict()
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import sys
 import warnings
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@
 turn_on = pytest.mark.parametrize("turn_on", [True, False])
 
 
+def load_fixture(foldername, filename):
+    """Load a fixture."""
+    path = Path(Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures" / foldername / filename)
+    with path.open() as fdp:
+        return fdp.read()
+
+
 async def handle_turn_on(dev, turn_on):
     if turn_on:
         await dev.turn_on()

diff --git a/tests/fixtures/serialization/deviceconfig_camera-aes-https.json b/tests/fixtures/serialization/deviceconfig_camera-aes-https.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "host": "127.0.0.1",
+    "timeout": 5,
+    "connection_type": {
+        "device_family": "SMART.IPCAMERA",
+        "encryption_type": "AES",
+        "https": true
+    },
+    "uses_http": false
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/serialization/deviceconfig_plug-klap.json b/tests/fixtures/serialization/deviceconfig_plug-klap.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "host": "127.0.0.1",
+    "timeout": 5,
+    "connection_type": {
+        "device_family": "SMART.TAPOPLUG",
+        "encryption_type": "KLAP",
+        "https": false,
+        "login_version": 2
+    },
+    "uses_http": false
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/serialization/deviceconfig_plug-xor.json b/tests/fixtures/serialization/deviceconfig_plug-xor.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "host": "127.0.0.1",
+    "timeout": 5,
+    "connection_type": {
+        "device_family": "IOT.SMARTPLUGSWITCH",
+        "encryption_type": "XOR",
+        "https": false
+    },
+    "uses_http": false
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_deviceconfig.py b/tests/test_deviceconfig.py
@@ -1,35 +1,97 @@
+import json
+from dataclasses import replace
 from json import dumps as json_dumps
 from json import loads as json_loads
 
 import aiohttp
 import pytest
+from mashumaro import MissingField
 
 from kasa.credentials import Credentials
 from kasa.deviceconfig import (
     DeviceConfig,
+    DeviceConnectionParameters,
+    DeviceEncryptionType,
+    DeviceFamily,
+)
+
+from .conftest import load_fixture
+
+PLUG_XOR_CONFIG = DeviceConfig(host="127.0.0.1")
+PLUG_KLAP_CONFIG = DeviceConfig(
+    host="127.0.0.1",
+    connection_type=DeviceConnectionParameters(
+        DeviceFamily.SmartTapoPlug, DeviceEncryptionType.Klap, login_version=2
+    ),
+)
+CAMERA_AES_CONFIG = DeviceConfig(
+    host="127.0.0.1",
+    connection_type=DeviceConnectionParameters(
+        DeviceFamily.SmartIpCamera, DeviceEncryptionType.Aes, https=True
+    ),
 )
-from kasa.exceptions import KasaException
 
 
 async def test_serialization():
+    """Test device config serialization."""
     config = DeviceConfig(host="Foo", http_client=aiohttp.ClientSession())
     config_dict = config.to_dict()
     config_json = json_dumps(config_dict)
     config2_dict = json_loads(config_json)
     config2 = DeviceConfig.from_dict(config2_dict)
     assert config == config2
+    assert config.to_dict_control_credentials() == config.to_dict()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("fixture_name", "expected_value"),
+    [
+        ("deviceconfig_plug-xor.json", PLUG_XOR_CONFIG),
+        ("deviceconfig_plug-klap.json", PLUG_KLAP_CONFIG),
+        ("deviceconfig_camera-aes-https.json", CAMERA_AES_CONFIG),
+    ],
+    ids=lambda arg: arg.split("_")[-1] if isinstance(arg, str) else "",
+)
+async def test_deserialization(fixture_name: str, expected_value: DeviceConfig):
+    """Test device config deserialization."""
+    dict_val = json.loads(load_fixture("serialization", fixture_name))
+    config = DeviceConfig.from_dict(dict_val)
+    assert config == expected_value
+    assert expected_value.to_dict() == dict_val
+
+
+async def test_serialization_http_client():
+    """Test that the http client does not try to serialize."""
+    dict_val = json.loads(load_fixture("serialization", "deviceconfig_plug-klap.json"))
+
+    config = replace(PLUG_KLAP_CONFIG, http_client=object())
+    assert config.http_client
+
+    assert config.to_dict() == dict_val
+
+
+async def test_conn_param_no_https():
+    """Test no https in connection param defaults to False."""
+    dict_val = {
+        "device_family": "SMART.TAPOPLUG",
+        "encryption_type": "KLAP",
+        "login_version": 2,
+    }
+    param = DeviceConnectionParameters.from_dict(dict_val)
+    assert param.https is False
+    assert param.to_dict() == {**dict_val, "https": False}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("input_value", "expected_msg"),
+    ("input_value", "expected_error"),
     [
-        ({"Foo": "Bar"}, "Cannot create dataclass from dict, unknown key: Foo"),
-        ("foobar", "Invalid device config data: foobar"),
+        ({"Foo": "Bar"}, MissingField),
+        ("foobar", ValueError),
     ],
     ids=["invalid-dict", "not-dict"],
 )
-def test_deserialization_errors(input_value, expected_msg):
-    with pytest.raises(KasaException, match=expected_msg):
+def test_deserialization_errors(input_value, expected_error):
+    with pytest.raises(expected_error):
         DeviceConfig.from_dict(input_value)
 
 
@@ -39,7 +101,7 @@ async def test_credentials_hash():
         http_client=aiohttp.ClientSession(),
         credentials=Credentials("foo", "bar"),
     )
-    config_dict = config.to_dict(credentials_hash="credhash")
+    config_dict = config.to_dict_control_credentials(credentials_hash="credhash")
     config_json = json_dumps(config_dict)
     config2_dict = json_loads(config_json)
     config2 = DeviceConfig.from_dict(config2_dict)
@@ -53,7 +115,7 @@ async def test_blank_credentials_hash():
         http_client=aiohttp.ClientSession(),
         credentials=Credentials("foo", "bar"),
     )
-    config_dict = config.to_dict(credentials_hash="")
+    config_dict = config.to_dict_control_credentials(credentials_hash="")
     config_json = json_dumps(config_dict)
     config2_dict = json_loads(config_json)
     config2 = DeviceConfig.from_dict(config2_dict)
@@ -67,7 +129,7 @@ async def test_exclude_credentials():
         http_client=aiohttp.ClientSession(),
         credentials=Credentials("foo", "bar"),
     )
-    config_dict = config.to_dict(exclude_credentials=True)
+    config_dict = config.to_dict_control_credentials(exclude_credentials=True)
     config_json = json_dumps(config_dict)
     config2_dict = json_loads(config_json)
     config2 = DeviceConfig.from_dict(config2_dict)