diff --git a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/ConfigBuilder.php b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/ConfigBuilder.php
index cb5911f10..206f7046a 100644
--- a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/ConfigBuilder.php
+++ b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/ConfigBuilder.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 use Flow\ETL\Monitoring\Memory\Unit;
 use Flow\ETL\Pipeline\Optimizer;
 use Flow\ETL\Row\Factory\NativeEntryFactory;
-use Flow\Serializer\{NativePHPSerializer, Serializer};
+use Flow\Serializer\{Base64Serializer, NativePHPSerializer, Serializer};
 
 final class ConfigBuilder
 {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public function build() : Config
     {
         $this->id ??= \uniqid('flow_php', true);
         $entryFactory = new NativeEntryFactory();
-        $this->serializer ??= new NativePHPSerializer();
+        $this->serializer ??= new Base64Serializer(new NativePHPSerializer());
         $cachePath = \is_string(\getenv(Config::CACHE_DIR_ENV)) && \realpath(\getenv(Config::CACHE_DIR_ENV))
             ? \getenv(Config::CACHE_DIR_ENV)
             : \sys_get_temp_dir() . '/flow_php/cache';
diff --git a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/Serializer/Base64Serializer.php b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/Serializer/Base64Serializer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d448a69ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/Serializer/Base64Serializer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Flow\Serializer;
+
+final class Base64Serializer implements Serializer
+{
+    public function __construct(private readonly Serializer $serializer)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function serialize(object $serializable) : string
+    {
+        return \base64_encode($this->serializer->serialize($serializable));
+    }
+
+    public function unserialize(string $serialized, string $class) : object
+    {
+        /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
+        return $this->serializer->unserialize(\base64_decode($serialized, true), $class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/Serializer/Tests/Unit/Base64SerializerTest.php b/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/Serializer/Tests/Unit/Base64SerializerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14fd68aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/Serializer/Tests/Unit/Base64SerializerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Flow\Serializer\Tests\Unit;
+
+use function Flow\ETL\DSL\{bool_entry, datetime_entry, float_entry, int_entry, object_entry, row, rows, str_entry, struct_element, struct_entry, struct_type, type_int, type_string};
+use Flow\ETL\{Row, Rows};
+use Flow\Serializer\{Base64Serializer, NativePHPSerializer};
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+final class Base64SerializerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test_serializing_rows() : void
+    {
+        $rows = rows(
+            ...\array_map(
+                fn () : Row => row(
+                    int_entry('integer', 1),
+                    str_entry('string', 'string'),
+                    bool_entry('boolean', true),
+                    datetime_entry('datetime', new \DateTimeImmutable('2022-01-01 00:00:00')),
+                    str_entry('null', null),
+                    float_entry('float', 0.12),
+                    object_entry('object', new \ArrayIterator([1, 2, 3])),
+                    struct_entry(
+                        'struct',
+                        ['integer' => 1, 'string' => 'string'],
+                        struct_type([
+                            struct_element('integer', type_int()),
+                            struct_element('string', type_string()),
+                        ])
+                    )
+                ),
+                \range(0, 100)
+            )
+        );
+
+        $serializer = new Base64Serializer(new NativePHPSerializer());
+
+        $serialized = $serializer->serialize($rows);
+
+        $unserialized = $serializer->unserialize($serialized, Rows::class);
+
+        self::assertEquals(
+            $rows,
+            $unserialized
+        );
+    }
+}