diff --git a/config/settings.php b/config/settings.php
index ee8cd09..c570b77 100644
--- a/config/settings.php
+++ b/config/settings.php
@@ -175,4 +175,23 @@
     |
     */
     'cache_default_value' => true,
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Unserialize Safelist
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | When using the default value serializer class from this package, we
+    | will only unserialize objects that have their classes whitelisted here.
+    | Any other objects will be unserialized to something like:
+    | __PHP_Incomplete_Class(App\Models\User) {...}
+    |
+    | To prevent any objects from being unserialized, simply set this to
+    | an empty array.
+    */
+    'unserialize_safelist' => [
+        \Carbon\Carbon::class,
+        \Carbon\CarbonImmutable::class,
+        \Illuminate\Support\Carbon::class,
+    ],
 ];
diff --git a/src/Support/ValueSerializers/ValueSerializer.php b/src/Support/ValueSerializers/ValueSerializer.php
index fa16db3..a6baffd 100644
--- a/src/Support/ValueSerializers/ValueSerializer.php
+++ b/src/Support/ValueSerializers/ValueSerializer.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Rawilk\Settings\Support\ValueSerializers;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Rawilk\Settings\Contracts\ValueSerializer as ValueSerializerContract;
 
 class ValueSerializer implements ValueSerializerContract
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ public function serialize($value): string
 
     public function unserialize(string $serialized): mixed
     {
-        return unserialize($serialized, ['allowed_classes' => false]);
+        $safelistedClasses = Arr::wrap(config('settings.unserialize_safelist', []));
+
+        return unserialize($serialized, ['allowed_classes' => $safelistedClasses]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ValueSerializers/ValueSerializerTest.php b/tests/Unit/ValueSerializers/ValueSerializerTest.php
index dfaad53..b9ab367 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/ValueSerializers/ValueSerializerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/ValueSerializers/ValueSerializerTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date;
 use Rawilk\Settings\Support\ValueSerializers\ValueSerializer;
 
 it('serializes values', function (mixed $value) {
@@ -22,6 +24,38 @@
     }
 })->with('values');
 
+test('certain objects can be safelisted for unserialization', function () {
+    config(['settings.unserialize_safelist' => [
+        Carbon::class,
+    ]]);
+
+    $serializer = new ValueSerializer;
+
+    Date::setTestNow('2023-01-01 10:00:00');
+
+    $now = Carbon::now();
+
+    $serialized = serialize($now);
+    $unserialized = $serializer->unserialize($serialized);
+
+    expect($unserialized)->toBeInstanceOf(Carbon::class)
+        ->and($unserialized->eq($now))->toBeTrue()
+        ->and($unserialized->toDateTimeString())->toBe('2023-01-01 10:00:00');
+});
+
+test('objects not in the safelist will be unserialized to __PHP_Incomplete_Class', function () {
+    config(['settings.unserialize_safelist' => []]);
+
+    $serializer = new ValueSerializer;
+
+    $serialized = serialize(Carbon::now());
+    $unserialized = $serializer->unserialize($serialized);
+
+    expect($unserialized)->toBeObject()
+        ->and($unserialized)->not->toBeInstanceOf(Carbon::class)
+        ->and($unserialized)->toBeInstanceOf(__PHP_Incomplete_Class::class);
+});
+
 dataset('values', [
     null,
     1,