diff --git a/.changeset/old-moles-grab.md b/.changeset/old-moles-grab.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..560b273cc88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/old-moles-grab.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@smithy/core": patch
+---
+
+omit undefined values in cbor deserialization
diff --git a/packages/core/src/submodules/cbor/CborCodec.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/submodules/cbor/CborCodec.spec.ts
index 2fbd138a289..42d52fe9810 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/submodules/cbor/CborCodec.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/submodules/cbor/CborCodec.spec.ts
@@ -70,4 +70,23 @@ describe(CborShapeSerializer.name, () => {
       }
     });
   });
+
+  describe("deserialization", () => {
+    it("should not create undefined values", async () => {
+      const struct = [3, "ns", "Struct", 0, ["sessionId", "tokenId"], [0, 0]] satisfies StaticStructureSchema;
+      const deserializer = codec.createDeserializer();
+
+      const data = cbor.serialize({
+        sessionId: "abcd",
+      });
+
+      const deserialized = deserializer.read(struct, data);
+
+      expect(deserialized).toEqual({
+        sessionId: "abcd",
+      });
+
+      expect("tokenId" in deserialized).toEqual(false);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/submodules/cbor/CborCodec.ts b/packages/core/src/submodules/cbor/CborCodec.ts
index 5cc7eba389c..154b6168646 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/submodules/cbor/CborCodec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/submodules/cbor/CborCodec.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,10 @@ export class CborShapeDeserializer extends SerdeContext implements ShapeDeserial
         }
       } else if (ns.isStructSchema()) {
         for (const [key, memberSchema] of ns.structIterator()) {
-          newObject[key] = this.readValue(memberSchema, value[key]);
+          const v = this.readValue(memberSchema, value[key]);
+          if (v != null) {
+            newObject[key] = v;
+          }
         }
       }
       return newObject;