diff --git a/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverter.java b/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverter.java
index 9ea28fd603..c7a07679fa 100644
--- a/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverter.java
@@ -44,16 +44,7 @@
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentPropertyAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentPropertyPathAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.CachingValueExpressionEvaluatorFactory;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.ConvertingPropertyAccessor;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.EntityInstantiator;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.ParameterValueProvider;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.PersistentEntityParameterValueProvider;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.PropertyValueProvider;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SpELContext;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.ValueExpressionEvaluator;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.ValueExpressionParameterValueProvider;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.*;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.EntityProjection;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.EntityProjectionIntrospector;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.EntityProjectionIntrospector.ProjectionPredicate;
@@ -87,6 +78,7 @@
  * @author Chirag Tailor
  * @author Vincent Galloy
  * @author Chanhyeong Cho
+ * @author Lukáš Křečan
  * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext
  * @see SimpleTypeHolder
  * @see CustomConversions
@@ -694,8 +686,9 @@ public Object writeValue(@Nullable Object value, TypeInformation<?> type) {
 		if (getConversions().isSimpleType(value.getClass())) {
 
 			Optional<Class<?>> customWriteTarget = getConversions().hasCustomWriteTarget(value.getClass(), type.getType())
-				? getConversions().getCustomWriteTarget(value.getClass(), type.getType())
-				: getConversions().getCustomWriteTarget(type.getType());
+					? getConversions().getCustomWriteTarget(value.getClass(), type.getType())
+					: getConversions().getCustomWriteTarget(type.getType());
+
 			if (customWriteTarget.isPresent()) {
 				return getConversionService().convert(value, customWriteTarget.get());
 			}
diff --git a/spring-data-relational/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverterUnitTests.java b/spring-data-relational/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverterUnitTests.java
index e30bdb10e1..4b53fa518a 100644
--- a/spring-data-relational/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverterUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-relational/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/conversion/MappingRelationalConverterUnitTests.java
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
-
 import java.util.UUID;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import org.assertj.core.api.SoftAssertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
  * Unit tests for {@link MappingRelationalConverter}.
  *
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Lukáš Křečan
+ * @author Jens Schauder
  */
 class MappingRelationalConverterUnitTests {
 
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ void shouldEvaluateExpression() {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-		// GH-1689
+	// GH-1689
 	void shouldApplySimpleTypeConverterSimpleType() {
 
 		converter = new MappingRelationalConverter(converter.getMappingContext(),
@@ -214,25 +216,24 @@ void projectShouldReadProjectionWithNestedEntity() {
 		assertThat(person.getAddresses()).extracting(Address::getStreet).hasSize(1).containsOnly("hwy");
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	@Test
+	@Test // GH-1842
 	void shouldApplyGenericTypeConverter() {
 
 		converter = new MappingRelationalConverter(converter.getMappingContext(),
-			new CustomConversions(StoreConversions.NONE, List.of(GenericTypeConverter.INSTANCE)));
+				new CustomConversions(StoreConversions.NONE, List.of(GenericTypeConverter.INSTANCE)));
+
+		UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
+		GenericClass<UUID> wrappedUuid = new GenericClass<>(uuid);
+		GenericClass<String> wrappedString = new GenericClass<>("test");
 
-		var stringResult = (GenericClass<String>) converter.writeValue("test", TypeInformation.of(GenericClass.class));
-		var uuidResult = (GenericClass<UUID>) converter.writeValue(UUID.fromString("1234567-8910-1112-1314-151617181920"), TypeInformation.of(GenericClass.class));
+		SoftAssertions.assertSoftly(softly -> {
 
-		var stringGeneric = new GenericClass<>("test");
-		var stringGenericResult = (String) converter.writeValue(stringGeneric, TypeInformation.of(String.class));
-		var uuidGeneric = new GenericClass<>(UUID.fromString("1234567-8910-1112-1314-151617181920"));
-		var uuidGenericResult = (UUID) converter.writeValue(uuidGeneric, TypeInformation.of(UUID.class));
+			softly.assertThat(converter.writeValue(uuid, TypeInformation.of(GenericClass.class))).isEqualTo(wrappedUuid);
+			softly.assertThat(converter.writeValue(wrappedUuid, TypeInformation.of(UUID.class))).isEqualTo(uuid);
 
-		assertThat(stringResult.value()).isEqualTo("test");
-		assertThat(uuidResult.value()).isEqualTo(UUID.fromString("1234567-8910-1112-1314-151617181920"));
-		assertThat(stringGenericResult).isEqualTo("test");
-		assertThat(uuidGenericResult).isEqualTo(UUID.fromString("1234567-8910-1112-1314-151617181920"));
+			softly.assertThat(converter.writeValue("test", TypeInformation.of(GenericClass.class))).isEqualTo(wrappedString);
+			softly.assertThat(converter.writeValue(wrappedString, TypeInformation.of(String.class))).isEqualTo("test");
+		});
 	}
 
 	static class SimpleType {
@@ -397,12 +398,9 @@ enum GenericTypeConverter implements GenericConverter {
 
 		@Override
 		public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() {
-			return Set.of(
-				new ConvertiblePair(String.class, GenericClass.class),
-				new ConvertiblePair(UUID.class, GenericClass.class),
-				new ConvertiblePair(GenericClass.class, String.class),
-				new ConvertiblePair(GenericClass.class, UUID.class)
-			);
+			return Set.of(new ConvertiblePair(String.class, GenericClass.class),
+					new ConvertiblePair(UUID.class, GenericClass.class), new ConvertiblePair(GenericClass.class, String.class),
+					new ConvertiblePair(GenericClass.class, UUID.class));
 		}
 
 		@Override
@@ -415,6 +413,7 @@ public Object convert(Object source, TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor t
 
 	}
 
-	public record GenericClass<T>(T value) { }
+	public record GenericClass<T>(T value) {
+	}
 
 }