diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 412b88a..a5705e3 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Config
 
+config :phoenix, :json_library, Jason
 config :phoenix, :stacktrace_depth, 20
 
 # Initialize plugs at runtime for faster development compilation
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 6f20f79..c28c971 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ defmodule Surface.Catalogue.MixProject do
       {:earmark, "~> 1.4.21"},
       {:makeup_elixir, "~> 0.16.0"},
       {:html_entities, "~> 0.4"},
-      {:jason, "~> 1.0", only: :dev},
+      {:jason, "~> 1.0", optional: true, override: true},
       {:plug_cowboy, "~> 2.0", only: :dev},
       {:esbuild, "~> 0.2", only: :dev},
       {:floki, ">= 0.35.3", only: :test},