diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d864b2e4e6..ca8262ea53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>4.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.1.x-GH-4080-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data MongoDB</name>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 1b2a1390e6..d62ffa87f1 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.1.x-GH-4080-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
index 8db8d798fb..e6ec3aaf15 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.1.x-GH-4080-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 9a57f7eb52..b4218f9808 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>4.1.x-GH-4080-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java
index c80efc6c28..1c2d0ba4a3 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Reference;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.PropertyValueConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.ValueConversionContext;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Example;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.MappingException;
@@ -437,9 +439,17 @@ protected Object getMappedValue(Field documentField, Object sourceValue) {
 
 		if (documentField.getProperty() != null
 				&& converter.getCustomConversions().hasValueConverter(documentField.getProperty())) {
-			return converter.getCustomConversions().getPropertyValueConversions()
-					.getValueConverter(documentField.getProperty())
-					.write(value, new MongoConversionContext(documentField.getProperty(), converter));
+
+			MongoConversionContext conversionContext = new MongoConversionContext(documentField.getProperty(), converter);
+			PropertyValueConverter<Object, Object, ValueConversionContext<MongoPersistentProperty>> valueConverter = converter
+					.getCustomConversions().getPropertyValueConversions().getValueConverter(documentField.getProperty());
+
+			/* might be an $in clause with multiple entries */
+			if (!documentField.getProperty().isCollectionLike() && sourceValue instanceof Collection<?> collection) {
+				return collection.stream().map(it -> valueConverter.write(it, conversionContext)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+			}
+
+			return valueConverter.write(value, conversionContext);
 		}
 
 		if (documentField.isIdField() && !documentField.isAssociation()) {
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapperUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapperUnitTests.java
index 68a77ad143..5c1a050dd0 100755
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapperUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapperUnitTests.java
@@ -1509,6 +1509,15 @@ void usesMongoExpressionDocumentAsIsIfItIsNotAnAggregationExpression() {
 		assertThat(mappedObject).isEqualTo("{ $expr : { $gt : [ '$field', '$budget'] } }");
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-4080
+	void convertsListOfValuesForPropertyThatHasValueConverterButIsNotCollectionLikeOneByOne() {
+
+		org.bson.Document mappedObject = mapper.getMappedObject(query(where("text").in("spring", "data")).getQueryObject(),
+				context.getPersistentEntity(WithPropertyValueConverter.class));
+
+		assertThat(mappedObject).isEqualTo("{ 'text' : { $in : ['gnirps', 'atad'] } }");
+	}
+
 	class WithDeepArrayNesting {
 
 		List<WithNestedArray> level0;