diff --git a/monkey/common/credentials/username.py b/monkey/common/credentials/username.py
index c3249058e..837ba2b98 100644
--- a/monkey/common/credentials/username.py
+++ b/monkey/common/credentials/username.py
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 
+from marshmallow import Schema, fields, post_load, validate
+from marshmallow_enum import EnumField
+
+from common.utils.code_utils import del_key
+
 from . import CredentialComponentType, ICredentialComponent
 
 
+class UsernameSchema(Schema):
+    credential_type = EnumField(
+        CredentialComponentType, validate=validate.Equal(CredentialComponentType.USERNAME)
+    )
+    username = fields.Str()
+
+    @post_load
+    def _strip_credential_type(self, data, **kwargs):
+        del_key(data, "credential_type")
+        return data
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Username(ICredentialComponent):
     credential_type: CredentialComponentType = field(
diff --git a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/common/credentials/test_username.py b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/common/credentials/test_username.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bee18978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/common/credentials/test_username.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+import pytest
+from marshmallow.exceptions import ValidationError
+
+from common.credentials import CredentialComponentType, Username
+from common.credentials.username import UsernameSchema
+
+USERNAME_VALUE = "test_user"
+USERNAME_DICT = {
+    "credential_type": CredentialComponentType.USERNAME.name,
+    "username": USERNAME_VALUE,
+}
+
+
+def test_username_serialize():
+    schema = UsernameSchema()
+    username = Username(USERNAME_VALUE)
+
+    serialized_username = schema.dump(username)
+
+    assert serialized_username == USERNAME_DICT
+
+
+def test_username_deserialize():
+    schema = UsernameSchema()
+
+    username = Username(**schema.load(USERNAME_DICT))
+
+    assert username.credential_type == CredentialComponentType.USERNAME
+    assert username.username == USERNAME_VALUE
+
+
+def test_invalid_credential_type():
+    invalid_username_dict = deepcopy(USERNAME_DICT)
+    invalid_username_dict["credential_type"] = "INVALID"
+    schema = UsernameSchema()
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        Username(**schema.load(invalid_username_dict))
+
+
+def test_incorrect_credential_type():
+    invalid_username_dict = deepcopy(USERNAME_DICT)
+    invalid_username_dict["credential_type"] = CredentialComponentType.PASSWORD.name
+    schema = UsernameSchema()
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        Username(**schema.load(invalid_username_dict))