diff --git a/crates/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid.rs b/crates/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid.rs
index 4bf126794..87efd261c 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch-types/src/index_uid.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use deserr::Deserr;
+use serde::Serialize;
 use utoipa::ToSchema;
 
 use crate::error::{Code, ErrorCode};
 
 /// An index uid is composed of only ascii alphanumeric characters, - and _, between 1 and 400
 /// bytes long
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserr, PartialOrd, Ord, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserr, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, ToSchema)]
 #[deserr(try_from(String) = IndexUid::try_from -> IndexUidFormatError)]
 #[schema(value_type = String, example = "movies")]
 pub struct IndexUid(String);
diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/src/search/mod.rs b/crates/meilisearch/src/search/mod.rs
index aab8ae919..af916210c 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/src/search/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/src/search/mod.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use milli::{
     MatchBounds, MatcherBuilder, SortError, TermsMatchingStrategy, DEFAULT_VALUES_PER_FACET,
 };
 use regex::Regex;
-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod mod_test;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub struct SearchQuery {
     pub locales: Option<Vec<Locale>>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Deserr, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Deserr, ToSchema, Serialize)]
 #[deserr(try_from(f64) = TryFrom::try_from -> InvalidSearchRankingScoreThreshold)]
 pub struct RankingScoreThreshold(f64);
 impl std::convert::TryFrom<f64> for RankingScoreThreshold {
@@ -275,11 +275,13 @@ impl fmt::Debug for SearchQuery {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Deserr, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Deserr, ToSchema, Serialize)]
 #[deserr(error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchHybridQuery>, rename_all = camelCase, deny_unknown_fields)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct HybridQuery {
     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchSemanticRatio>, default)]
     #[schema(value_type = f32, default)]
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub semantic_ratio: SemanticRatio,
     #[deserr(error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchEmbedder>)]
     pub embedder: String,
@@ -369,7 +371,7 @@ impl SearchKind {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Deserr)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Deserr, Serialize)]
 #[deserr(try_from(f32) = TryFrom::try_from -> InvalidSearchSemanticRatio)]
 pub struct SemanticRatio(f32);
 
@@ -411,8 +413,9 @@ impl SearchQuery {
 // This struct contains the fields of `SearchQuery` inline.
 // This is because neither deserr nor serde support `flatten` when using `deny_unknown_fields.
 // The `From<SearchQueryWithIndex>` implementation ensures both structs remain up to date.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Deserr, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, PartialEq, Deserr, ToSchema)]
 #[deserr(error = DeserrJsonError, rename_all = camelCase, deny_unknown_fields)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[schema(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct SearchQueryWithIndex {
     #[deserr(error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidIndexUid>, missing_field_error = DeserrJsonError::missing_index_uid)]
@@ -620,8 +623,9 @@ impl TryFrom<Value> for ExternalDocumentId {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserr, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserr, ToSchema, Serialize)]
 #[deserr(rename_all = camelCase)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub enum MatchingStrategy {
     /// Remove query words from last to first
     Last,
@@ -667,19 +671,19 @@ impl From<FacetValuesSort> for OrderBy {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, PartialEq, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, ToSchema)]
 pub struct SearchHit {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     #[schema(additional_properties, inline, value_type = HashMap<String, Value>)]
     pub document: Document,
-    #[serde(rename = "_formatted", skip_serializing_if = "Document::is_empty")]
+    #[serde(default, rename = "_formatted", skip_serializing_if = "Document::is_empty")]
     #[schema(additional_properties, value_type = HashMap<String, Value>)]
     pub formatted: Document,
-    #[serde(rename = "_matchesPosition", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(default, rename = "_matchesPosition", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub matches_position: Option<MatchesPosition>,
-    #[serde(rename = "_rankingScore", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(default, rename = "_rankingScore", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub ranking_score: Option<f64>,
-    #[serde(rename = "_rankingScoreDetails", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(default, rename = "_rankingScoreDetails", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub ranking_score_details: Option<serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>>,
 }
 
@@ -767,7 +771,7 @@ pub struct SearchResultWithIndex {
     pub result: SearchResult,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, ToSchema)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum HitsInfo {
     #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
@@ -778,7 +782,7 @@ pub enum HitsInfo {
     OffsetLimit { limit: usize, offset: usize, estimated_total_hits: usize },
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, ToSchema)]
 pub struct FacetStats {
     pub min: f64,
     pub max: f64,
@@ -1061,7 +1065,7 @@ pub fn perform_search(
     Ok(result)
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, ToSchema)]
 pub struct ComputedFacets {
     #[schema(value_type = BTreeMap<String, BTreeMap<String, u64>>)]
     pub distribution: BTreeMap<String, IndexMap<String, u64>>,
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/matches/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/matches/mod.rs
index 83d00caf0..7f333d548 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/matches/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/matches/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use either::Either;
 pub use matching_words::MatchingWords;
 use matching_words::{MatchType, PartialMatch};
 use r#match::{Match, MatchPosition};
-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use simple_token_kind::SimpleTokenKind;
 use utoipa::ToSchema;
 
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ impl FormatOptions {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, ToSchema)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, ToSchema)]
 pub struct MatchBounds {
     pub start: usize,
     pub length: usize,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none", default)]
     pub indices: Option<Vec<usize>>,
 }