diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e797f7c..9ab2042 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         "php": ">=8.1",
         "illuminate/support": "^9.0 || ^10.0",
         "psr/http-factory-implementation": "1.0",
-        "thecodingmachine/safe": "^2.0",
         "web-auth/cose-lib": "^4.0",
         "web-auth/webauthn-lib": "^4.0",
         "web-token/jwt-signature": "^3.0"
@@ -38,8 +37,7 @@
         "phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules": "^1.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "^1.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "^1.0",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5",
-        "thecodingmachine/phpstan-safe-rule": "^1.0"
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "guzzlehttp/psr7": "To provide a psr/http-factory-implementation implementation",
diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index 47f65e0..4b046fe 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 includes:
     - ./vendor/nunomaduro/larastan/extension.neon
-    - ./vendor/thecodingmachine/phpstan-safe-rule/phpstan-safe-rule.neon
     - ./vendor/phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules/rules.neon
     - ./vendor/phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules/rules.neon
 
diff --git a/src/Models/Casts/TrustPath.php b/src/Models/Casts/TrustPath.php
index b2eac99..089652c 100644
--- a/src/Models/Casts/TrustPath.php
+++ b/src/Models/Casts/TrustPath.php
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Eloquent\CastsAttributes;
 use Webauthn\TrustPath\TrustPathLoader;
 
-use function Safe\json_decode;
-use function Safe\json_encode;
-
 class TrustPath implements CastsAttributes
 {
     /**
@@ -21,7 +18,7 @@ class TrustPath implements CastsAttributes
      */
     public function get($model, $key, $value, $attributes): ?\Webauthn\TrustPath\TrustPath
     {
-        return $value !== null ? TrustPathLoader::loadTrustPath(json_decode($value, true)) : null;
+        return $value !== null ? TrustPathLoader::loadTrustPath(json_decode($value, true, flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR)) : null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -35,6 +32,6 @@ public function get($model, $key, $value, $attributes): ?\Webauthn\TrustPath\Tru
      */
     public function set($model, $key, $value, $attributes): string
     {
-        return json_encode($value);
+        return json_encode($value, flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
     }
 }