diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 573c76ee1..5cbf023a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "dependencies": {
-        "ajv": "6.12.6",
+        "ajv": "8.2.0",
         "async-mutex": "0.3.1",
         "basic-auth": "2.0.1",
         "bcryptjs": "2.4.3",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON.js
index c3bd6ae5b..a68edc681 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON.js
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 module.exports = function(RED) {
     "use strict";
     const Ajv = require('ajv');
-    const ajv = new Ajv({allErrors: true, schemaId: 'auto'});
-    ajv.addMetaSchema(require('ajv/lib/refs/json-schema-draft-04.json'));
+    const ajv = new Ajv({allErrors: true});
     ajv.addMetaSchema(require('ajv/lib/refs/json-schema-draft-06.json'));
 
     function JSONNode(n) {
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/package.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/package.json
index c46d4f975..09f55387a 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/package.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "dependencies": {
-        "ajv": "6.12.6",
+        "ajv": "8.2.0",
         "body-parser": "1.19.0",
         "cheerio": "0.22.0",
         "content-type": "1.0.4",
diff --git a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON_spec.js b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON_spec.js
index 2ec3304bb..ad469bbd5 100644
--- a/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON_spec.js
+++ b/test/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON_spec.js
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ describe('JSON node', function() {
                         });
                         logEvents.should.have.length(1);
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('msg');
-                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.equal("json.errors.schema-error: data.number should be number, data.string should be string");
+                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.startWith("json.errors.schema-error");
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('level',helper.log().ERROR);
                         done();
                     } catch(err) { done(err) }
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ describe('JSON node', function() {
                         });
                         logEvents.should.have.length(1);
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('msg');
-                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.equal("json.errors.schema-error: data.number should be number, data.string should be string");
+                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.startWith("json.errors.schema-error");
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('level',helper.log().ERROR);
                         done();
                     } catch(err) { done(err) }
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ describe('JSON node', function() {
                         });
                         logEvents.should.have.length(1);
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('msg');
-                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.equal("json.errors.schema-error: data.number should be number, data.string should be string");
+                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.startWith("json.errors.schema-error");
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('level',helper.log().ERROR);
                         done();
                     } catch(err) { done(err) }
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ describe('JSON node', function() {
                         });
                         logEvents.should.have.length(1);
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('msg');
-                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.equal("json.errors.schema-error: data.number should be number, data.string should be string");
+                        logEvents[0][0].msg.should.startWith("json.errors.schema-error");
                         logEvents[0][0].should.have.a.property('level',helper.log().ERROR);
                         done();
                     } catch(err) { done(err) }