diff --git a/lib/paper_trail/has_paper_trail.rb b/lib/paper_trail/has_paper_trail.rb
index 064b9ff0..2d49326e 100644
--- a/lib/paper_trail/has_paper_trail.rb
+++ b/lib/paper_trail/has_paper_trail.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ module PaperTrail
       end
 
       # Used for Version#object attribute
-      def serialize_attributes(attributes)
+      def serialize_attributes_for_paper_trail(attributes)
         serialized_attributes.each do |key, coder|
           if attributes.key?(key)
             attributes[key] = coder.dump(attributes[key])
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ module PaperTrail
         end
       end
 
-      def unserialize_attributes(attributes)
+      def unserialize_attributes_for_paper_trail(attributes)
         serialized_attributes.each do |key, coder|
           if attributes.key?(key)
             attributes[key] = coder.load(attributes[key])
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ module PaperTrail
 
       def object_to_string(object)
         _attrs = object.attributes.except(*self.class.paper_trail_options[:skip]).tap do |attributes|
-          self.class.serialize_attributes attributes
+          self.class.serialize_attributes_for_paper_trail attributes
         end
         PaperTrail.serializer.dump(_attrs)
       end
diff --git a/lib/paper_trail/version.rb b/lib/paper_trail/version.rb
index 95225aa0..58d138ec 100644
--- a/lib/paper_trail/version.rb
+++ b/lib/paper_trail/version.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Version < ActiveRecord::Base
           model = klass.new
         end
 
-        model.class.unserialize_attributes attrs
+        model.class.unserialize_attributes_for_paper_trail attrs
         attrs.each do |k, v|
           if model.respond_to?("#{k}=")
             model.send :write_attribute, k.to_sym, v