diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 227aa33d34..e76cb1b943 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/buildkit v0.12.1 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6 v6.4.7
 	github.com/jeremywohl/flatten v1.0.1
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
 	github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2ae903ce2f..adcd2998df 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 h1:AnCroh3fv4ZBgVIf1Iwtovgjaw/GiKJo8M8yD
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Kcdr2DB4koayq7X8pmAG4sNG59So17icRSOU623lUBU=
 github.com/google/go-replayers/grpcreplay v1.1.0 h1:S5+I3zYyZ+GQz68OfbURDdt/+cSMqCK1wrvNx7WBzTE=
 github.com/google/go-replayers/httpreplay v1.2.0 h1:VM1wEyyjaoU53BwrOnaf9VhAyQQEEioJvFYxYcLRKzk=
+github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible h1:/CP5g8u/VJHijgedC/Legn3BAbAaWPgecwXBIDzw5no=
 github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:9I4somxYTbIHy5NJKHRl3wXiIaQGbYVAs8BPL6v8lEs=
 github.com/google/martian/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:y5Zk1BBys9G+gd6Jrk0W3cC1+ELVxBWuIGO+w/tUAp0=
@@ -402,6 +403,7 @@ github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1 h1:shLQSRRSCCPj3f2gpwzGw
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:L3OGu8Wl2/fWfCI6z80xFu9LTZmf1ZRjMHUOPmWr69U=
 github.com/jmhodges/clock v0.0.0-20160418191101-880ee4c33548 h1:dYTbLf4m0a5u0KLmPfB6mgxbcV7588bOCx79hxa5Sr4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.0.0-20190106144839-af01ea7f8024/go.mod h1:6v2b51hI/fHJwM22ozAgKL4VKDeJcHhJFhtBdhmNjmU=
 github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.9.1/go.mod h1:Brl9GWCQeLvo8nXZwPNNblvFj/XSXhF0NWZEnDohbsk=
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 h1:x584FjTGwHzMwvHx18PXxbBVzfnxogHaAReU4gf13a4=
@@ -459,8 +461,11 @@ github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyua
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
 github.com/moby/buildkit v0.12.1 h1:vvMG7EZYCiQZpTtXQkvyeyj7HzT1JHhDWj+/aiGIzLM=
 github.com/moby/buildkit v0.12.1/go.mod h1:adB4y0SxxX8trnrY+oEulb48ODLqPO6pKMF0ppGcCoI=
+github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w8PVh93nsPXa1VrQ6jlwL5oN8l14QlcNfg=
+github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9Gz0M=
+github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.4.1 h1:Y35W1dgbbz2SQUYDPCaclXcuqleVmpbRa7646Jf2EX4=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.4.1/go.mod h1:24BeQtRwxRV8ruvC4CojXlx/WQ/VjuwlYiH+vu/+ibI=
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.9.21 h1:2TBTh0UDE74eNXQmV4HofsmRSCiVN0TH2Wgrp6BD6fk=
diff --git a/internal/testing/simpledoc/simpledoc.go b/internal/testing/simpledoc/simpledoc.go
index 9fac94522f..bd353d0b10 100644
--- a/internal/testing/simpledoc/simpledoc.go
+++ b/internal/testing/simpledoc/simpledoc.go
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
 package simpledoc
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/handler/processor"
+	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 )
 
+var json = jsoniter.ConfigCompatibleWithStandardLibrary
+
 // TODO: Move to internal
 
 // SimpleDocProc is a document processor for a simple document
diff --git a/pkg/handler/processor/process/process.go b/pkg/handler/processor/process/process.go
index b5871a8f3c..996a96bcc5 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/processor/process/process.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/processor/process/process.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/bzip2"
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -38,11 +37,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/handler/processor/scorecard"
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/handler/processor/spdx"
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/logging"
+	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 )
 
 var (
 	documentProcessors = map[processor.DocumentType]processor.DocumentProcessor{}
+	json               = jsoniter.ConfigCompatibleWithStandardLibrary
 )
 
 func init() {