diff --git a/.github/workflows/func-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/func-tests.yml
index ea82baf..c6dfed6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/func-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/func-tests.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: 1.25.6
+  GOEXPERIMENT: jsonv2
   DOCKER_API_VERSION: 1.45
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
index 2d3a51e..c76b086 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: 1.25.6
+  GOEXPERIMENT: jsonv2
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jepsen-cluster-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/jepsen-cluster-tests.yml
index 18a1197..61cd626 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jepsen-cluster-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jepsen-cluster-tests.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: 1.25.6
+  GOEXPERIMENT: jsonv2
 
 jobs:
   test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jepsen-sentinel-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/jepsen-sentinel-tests.yml
index 16bb40b..8aab179 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jepsen-sentinel-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jepsen-sentinel-tests.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: 1.25.6
+  GOEXPERIMENT: jsonv2
 
 jobs:
   test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index d17e7fb..8c61083 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: 1.25.6
+  GOEXPERIMENT: jsonv2
 
 jobs:
   unittest:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce07578..3f74e34 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PROJECT=rdsync
 ZK_VERSION=3.9.4
 
 cmd/rdsync/rdsync:
-	GOOS=linux go build -tags netgo,osusergo -o ./cmd/rdsync/rdsync ./cmd/rdsync/...
+	GOEXPERIMENT=jsonv2 GOOS=linux go build -tags netgo,osusergo -o ./cmd/rdsync/rdsync ./cmd/rdsync/...
 
 format:
 	gofmt -s -w `find . -name '*.go'`
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ test: base_image valkey/src/valkey-server cmd/rdsync/rdsync recreate_logs
 	rm -rf ./tests/images/valkey/valkey-server && cp valkey/src/valkey-server ./tests/images/valkey/valkey-server
 	rm -rf ./tests/images/valkey/valkey-senticache && cp valkey/src/valkey-senticache ./tests/images/valkey/valkey-senticache
 	rm -rf ./tests/images/valkey/valkey-cli && cp valkey/src/valkey-cli ./tests/images/valkey/valkey-cli
-	go build ./tests/...
-	(cd tests; go test -timeout 180m)
+	GOEXPERIMENT=jsonv2 go build ./tests/...
+	(cd tests; GOEXPERIMENT=jsonv2 go test -timeout 180m)
 
 recreate_logs:
 	@if [ "$(shell ls tests/logs 2>/dev/null | wc -l)" != "0" ]; then\
diff --git a/internal/app/info_file.go b/internal/app/info_file.go
index e721399..b2f6c36 100644
--- a/internal/app/info_file.go
+++ b/internal/app/info_file.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package app
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
+	json "encoding/json/v2"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"time"
diff --git a/internal/dcs/zk.go b/internal/dcs/zk.go
index f34eeee..4f62d26 100644
--- a/internal/dcs/zk.go
+++ b/internal/dcs/zk.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package dcs
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
+	json "encoding/json/v2"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net"
diff --git a/tests/rdsync_test.go b/tests/rdsync_test.go
index 7cf81cd..2f00e67 100644
--- a/tests/rdsync_test.go
+++ b/tests/rdsync_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package tests
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
+	json "encoding/json/v2"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"io"
@@ -806,9 +806,6 @@ func (tctx *testContext) createZookeeperNode(node string) error {
 
 func (tctx *testContext) stepISetZookeeperNode(node string, body *godog.DocString) error {
 	data := []byte(strings.TrimSpace(body.Content))
-	if !json.Valid(data) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("node value is not valid json")
-	}
 	_, stat, err := tctx.zk.Get(node)
 	if err != nil && err != zk.ErrNoNode {
 		return err
diff --git a/tests/testutil/matchers/matchers.go b/tests/testutil/matchers/matchers.go
index e8511bb..c19405c 100644
--- a/tests/testutil/matchers/matchers.go
+++ b/tests/testutil/matchers/matchers.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package matchers
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
+	json "encoding/json/v2"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"