diff --git a/binding/form_mapping.go b/binding/form_mapping.go
index 235692d2..79830076 100644
--- a/binding/form_mapping.go
+++ b/binding/form_mapping.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/codec/json"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/bytesconv"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/binding/json.go b/binding/json.go
index e21c2ee3..f85fc1a2 100644
--- a/binding/json.go
+++ b/binding/json.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/codec/json"
 )
 
 // EnableDecoderUseNumber is used to call the UseNumber method on the JSON
diff --git a/internal/json/go_json.go b/codec/json/go_json.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/json/go_json.go
rename to codec/json/go_json.go
diff --git a/internal/json/json.go b/codec/json/json.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/json/json.go
rename to codec/json/json.go
diff --git a/internal/json/jsoniter.go b/codec/json/jsoniter.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/json/jsoniter.go
rename to codec/json/jsoniter.go
diff --git a/internal/json/sonic.go b/codec/json/sonic.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/json/sonic.go
rename to codec/json/sonic.go
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index b0d70a94..af8615b3 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/codec/json"
 )
 
 // ErrorType is an unsigned 64-bit error code as defined in the gin spec.
diff --git a/errors_test.go b/errors_test.go
index 91ae9c92..37878438 100644
--- a/errors_test.go
+++ b/errors_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/codec/json"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
diff --git a/render/json.go b/render/json.go
index 23923c44..fe1b21d2 100644
--- a/render/json.go
+++ b/render/json.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"unicode"
 
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/codec/json"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/bytesconv"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/json"
 )
 
 // JSON contains the given interface object.