diff --git a/implementation/jwt-auth/src/main/java/io/smallrye/jwt/JsonUtils.java b/implementation/jwt-auth/src/main/java/io/smallrye/jwt/JsonUtils.java
index b112529c..2bd3469c 100644
--- a/implementation/jwt-auth/src/main/java/io/smallrye/jwt/JsonUtils.java
+++ b/implementation/jwt-auth/src/main/java/io/smallrye/jwt/JsonUtils.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import jakarta.json.Json;
 import jakarta.json.JsonArray;
 import jakarta.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
 import jakarta.json.JsonNumber;
@@ -14,14 +13,17 @@
 import jakarta.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
 import jakarta.json.JsonString;
 import jakarta.json.JsonValue;
+import jakarta.json.spi.JsonProvider;
 
 public class JsonUtils {
 
+    private static final JsonProvider JSON_PROVIDER = JsonProvider.provider();
+
     private JsonUtils() {
     }
 
     public static JsonObject replaceMap(Map<String, Object> map) {
-        JsonObjectBuilder builder = Json.createObjectBuilder();
+        JsonObjectBuilder builder = JSON_PROVIDER.createObjectBuilder();
         for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : map.entrySet()) {
             Object entryValue = entry.getValue();
             if (entryValue instanceof Map) {
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ public static JsonObject replaceMap(Map<String, Object> map) {
     }
 
     private static JsonArray toJsonArray(Collection<?> collection) {
-        JsonArrayBuilder arrayBuilder = Json.createArrayBuilder();
+        JsonArrayBuilder arrayBuilder = JSON_PROVIDER.createArrayBuilder();
 
         for (Object element : collection) {
             if (element instanceof String) {
@@ -71,11 +73,11 @@ public static JsonValue wrapValue(Object value) {
             // This may already be a JsonValue
             jsonValue = (JsonValue) value;
         } else if (value instanceof String) {
-            jsonValue = Json.createValue(value.toString());
+            jsonValue = JSON_PROVIDER.createValue(value.toString());
         } else if ((value instanceof Long) || (value instanceof Integer)) {
-            jsonValue = Json.createValue(((Number) value).longValue());
+            jsonValue = JSON_PROVIDER.createValue(((Number) value).longValue());
         } else if (value instanceof Number) {
-            jsonValue = Json.createValue(((Number) value).doubleValue());
+            jsonValue = JSON_PROVIDER.createValue(((Number) value).doubleValue());
         } else if (value instanceof Boolean) {
             jsonValue = (Boolean) value ? JsonValue.TRUE : JsonValue.FALSE;
         } else if (value instanceof Collection) {