diff --git a/haystack/components/routers/conditional_router.py b/haystack/components/routers/conditional_router.py
index ccac555d3..b16ae3d34 100644
--- a/haystack/components/routers/conditional_router.py
+++ b/haystack/components/routers/conditional_router.py
@@ -187,8 +187,13 @@ class ConditionalRouter:
         for route in routes:
             # output_type needs to be deserialized from a string to a type
             route["output_type"] = deserialize_type(route["output_type"])
-        for name, filter_func in init_params.get("custom_filters", {}).items():
-            init_params["custom_filters"][name] = deserialize_callable(filter_func) if filter_func else None
+
+        # Since the custom_filters are typed as optional in the init signature, we catch the
+        # case where they are not present in the serialized data and set them to an empty dict.
+        custom_filters = init_params.get("custom_filters", {})
+        if custom_filters is not None:
+            for name, filter_func in custom_filters.items():
+                init_params["custom_filters"][name] = deserialize_callable(filter_func) if filter_func else None
         return default_from_dict(cls, data)
 
     def run(self, **kwargs):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/make-from-dict-more-robust-for-conditionalrouter-c6ed6f841ad8e58d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/make-from-dict-more-robust-for-conditionalrouter-c6ed6f841ad8e58d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cc64cc06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/make-from-dict-more-robust-for-conditionalrouter-c6ed6f841ad8e58d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    The `from_dict` method of `ConditionalRouter` now correctly handles
+    the case where the `dict` passed to it contains the key `custom_filters` explicitly
+    set to `None`. Previously this was causing an `AttributeError`
diff --git a/test/components/routers/test_conditional_router.py b/test/components/routers/test_conditional_router.py
index 47873e3d3..461c58f96 100644
--- a/test/components/routers/test_conditional_router.py
+++ b/test/components/routers/test_conditional_router.py
@@ -243,6 +243,36 @@ class TestRouter:
         # check that the result is the same and correct
         assert result1 == result2 and result1 == {"streams": [1, 2, 3]}
 
+    def test_router_de_serialization_with_none_argument(self):
+        new_router = ConditionalRouter.from_dict(
+            {
+                "type": "haystack.components.routers.conditional_router.ConditionalRouter",
+                "init_parameters": {
+                    "routes": [
+                        {
+                            "condition": "{{streams|length < 2}}",
+                            "output": "{{query}}",
+                            "output_type": "str",
+                            "output_name": "query",
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "condition": "{{streams|length >= 2}}",
+                            "output": "{{streams}}",
+                            "output_type": "typing.List[int]",
+                            "output_name": "streams",
+                        },
+                    ],
+                    "custom_filters": None,
+                    "unsafe": False,
+                },
+            }
+        )
+
+        # now use both routers with the same input
+        kwargs = {"streams": [1, 2, 3], "query": "Haystack"}
+        result2 = new_router.run(**kwargs)
+        assert result2 == {"streams": [1, 2, 3]}
+
     def test_router_serialization_idempotence(self):
         routes = [
             {