diff --git a/commons-test/src/main/java/com/powsybl/commons/test/ComparisonUtils.java b/commons-test/src/main/java/com/powsybl/commons/test/ComparisonUtils.java
index 49fce2404f9..12962dc43ff 100644
--- a/commons-test/src/main/java/com/powsybl/commons/test/ComparisonUtils.java
+++ b/commons-test/src/main/java/com/powsybl/commons/test/ComparisonUtils.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
@@ -38,6 +40,15 @@ public static void assertXmlEquals(InputStream expected, InputStream actual) {
         assertFalse(hasDiff);
     }
 
+    public static void assertTxtEquals(Path expected, Path actual) {
+        try (InputStream expectedStream = Files.newInputStream(expected);
+            InputStream actualStream = Files.newInputStream(actual)) {
+            assertTxtEquals(expectedStream, actualStream);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void assertTxtEquals(InputStream expected, InputStream actual) {
         try {
             assertTxtEquals(expected, new String(ByteStreams.toByteArray(actual), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
diff --git a/iidm/iidm-serde/src/main/java/com/powsybl/iidm/serde/NetworkSerDe.java b/iidm/iidm-serde/src/main/java/com/powsybl/iidm/serde/NetworkSerDe.java
index c9e243c829e..763b0caf03d 100644
--- a/iidm/iidm-serde/src/main/java/com/powsybl/iidm/serde/NetworkSerDe.java
+++ b/iidm/iidm-serde/src/main/java/com/powsybl/iidm/serde/NetworkSerDe.java
@@ -874,6 +874,33 @@ public static Network copy(Network network, NetworkFactory networkFactory) {
     }
 
     public static Network copy(Network network, NetworkFactory networkFactory, ExecutorService executor) {
+        return copy(network, networkFactory, executor, TreeDataFormat.JSON);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deep copy of the network using the specified converter
+     *
+     * @param network the network to copy
+     * @param format the converter to use to export/import the network
+     * @return the copy of the network
+     */
+    public static Network copy(Network network, TreeDataFormat format) {
+        return copy(network, NetworkFactory.findDefault(), format);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deep copy of the network using the specified converter
+     *
+     * @param network        the network to copy
+     * @param networkFactory the network factory to use for the copy
+     * @param format the converter to use to export/import the network
+     * @return the copy of the network
+     */
+    public static Network copy(Network network, NetworkFactory networkFactory, TreeDataFormat format) {
+        return copy(network, networkFactory, ForkJoinPool.commonPool(), format);
+    }
+
+    public static Network copy(Network network, NetworkFactory networkFactory, ExecutorService executor, TreeDataFormat format) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(network);
         Objects.requireNonNull(networkFactory);
         Objects.requireNonNull(executor);
@@ -881,7 +908,7 @@ public static Network copy(Network network, NetworkFactory networkFactory, Execu
         try (InputStream is = new PipedInputStream(pos)) {
             executor.execute(() -> {
                 try {
-                    write(network, pos);
+                    write(network, new ExportOptions().setFormat(format), pos);
                 } catch (Exception t) {
                     LOGGER.error(t.toString(), t);
                 } finally {
@@ -892,7 +919,7 @@ public static Network copy(Network network, NetworkFactory networkFactory, Execu
                     }
                 }
             });
-            return read(is, new ImportOptions(), null, networkFactory, ReportNode.NO_OP);
+            return read(is, new ImportOptions().setFormat(format), null, networkFactory, ReportNode.NO_OP);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
         }
diff --git a/iidm/iidm-serde/src/test/java/com/powsybl/iidm/serde/NetworkSerDeTest.java b/iidm/iidm-serde/src/test/java/com/powsybl/iidm/serde/NetworkSerDeTest.java
index 28efb42faa0..66fb81ad640 100644
--- a/iidm/iidm-serde/src/test/java/com/powsybl/iidm/serde/NetworkSerDeTest.java
+++ b/iidm/iidm-serde/src/test/java/com/powsybl/iidm/serde/NetworkSerDeTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import com.powsybl.commons.extensions.ExtensionSerDe;
 import com.powsybl.commons.io.DeserializerContext;
 import com.powsybl.commons.io.SerializerContext;
+import com.powsybl.commons.io.TreeDataFormat;
 import com.powsybl.commons.report.ReportNode;
 import com.powsybl.commons.test.TestUtil;
 import com.powsybl.iidm.network.*;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 
+import static com.powsybl.commons.test.ComparisonUtils.assertTxtEquals;
 import static com.powsybl.iidm.serde.IidmSerDeConstants.CURRENT_IIDM_VERSION;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
@@ -116,6 +118,21 @@ void testGzipGunzip() throws IOException {
         assertArrayEquals(Files.readAllBytes(file1), Files.readAllBytes(file2));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testCopyFormat() {
+        Network network = createEurostagTutorialExample1();
+        Path file1 = tmpDir.resolve("n.xml");
+        NetworkSerDe.write(network, file1);
+        Network network2 = NetworkSerDe.copy(network);
+        Path file2 = tmpDir.resolve("n2.xml");
+        NetworkSerDe.write(network2, file2);
+        assertTxtEquals(file1, file2);
+        Network network3 = NetworkSerDe.copy(network, TreeDataFormat.BIN);
+        Path file3 = tmpDir.resolve("n3.xml");
+        NetworkSerDe.write(network3, file3);
+        assertTxtEquals(file1, file3);
+    }
+
     @AutoService(ExtensionSerDe.class)
     public static class BusbarSectionExtSerDe extends AbstractExtensionSerDe<BusbarSection, BusbarSectionExt> {