diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a51bed26..9652f12a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
         <mockitojupiter.version>4.8.1</mockitojupiter.version>
         <jacksonanotation.version>2.14.0</jacksonanotation.version>
         <jackson.version>2.14.0</jackson.version>
-        <json.version>20220924</json.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.3</slf4j.version>
         <jakarta.annotation.version>2.1.1</jakarta.annotation.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.24</lombok.version>
@@ -135,11 +134,6 @@
                 <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                 <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.json</groupId>
-                <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-                <version>${json.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <!-- Included to enforce common version-->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
diff --git a/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/objects/Stats.java b/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/objects/Stats.java
index 43b6b350..9abc4819 100644
--- a/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/objects/Stats.java
+++ b/telegrambots-abilities/src/main/java/org/telegram/abilitybots/api/objects/Stats.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package org.telegram.abilitybots.api.objects;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
-import org.json.JSONPropertyIgnore;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Objects;
diff --git a/telegrambots-meta/pom.xml b/telegrambots-meta/pom.xml
index 1d22e0fa..092982c1 100644
--- a/telegrambots-meta/pom.xml
+++ b/telegrambots-meta/pom.xml
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
diff --git a/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/exceptions/TelegramApiRequestException.java b/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/exceptions/TelegramApiRequestException.java
index d2f69e60..8add108b 100644
--- a/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/exceptions/TelegramApiRequestException.java
+++ b/telegrambots-meta/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/meta/exceptions/TelegramApiRequestException.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.exceptions;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.objects.ApiResponse;
@@ -48,20 +47,7 @@ public class TelegramApiRequestException extends TelegramApiException {
         super(message);
     }
 
-    public TelegramApiRequestException(String message, JSONObject object) {
-        super(message);
-        apiResponse = object.getString(ERRORDESCRIPTIONFIELD);
-        errorCode = object.getInt(ERRORCODEFIELD);
-        if (object.has(PARAMETERSFIELD)) {
-            try {
-                parameters = OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(object.getJSONObject(PARAMETERSFIELD).toString(), ResponseParameters.class);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.error(e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    public TelegramApiRequestException(String message, ApiResponse response) {
+    public TelegramApiRequestException(String message, ApiResponse<?> response) {
         super(message);
         apiResponse = response.getErrorDescription();
         errorCode = response.getErrorCode();
diff --git a/telegrambots/pom.xml b/telegrambots/pom.xml
index e9e82d8a..3744592a 100644
--- a/telegrambots/pom.xml
+++ b/telegrambots/pom.xml
@@ -152,10 +152,6 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
-            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
diff --git a/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/DefaultBotSession.java b/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/DefaultBotSession.java
index fec34b3e..6848f391 100644
--- a/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/DefaultBotSession.java
+++ b/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/DefaultBotSession.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
-import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.bots.DefaultBotOptions;
@@ -256,13 +255,9 @@ public class DefaultBotSession implements BotSession {
                         lock.wait(500);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    try {
-                        List<Update> updates = request.deserializeResponse(responseContent);
-                        backOff.reset();
-                        return updates;
-                    } catch (JSONException e) {
-                        log.error("Error deserializing update: " + responseContent, e);
-                    }
+                    List<Update> updates = request.deserializeResponse(responseContent);
+                    backOff.reset();
+                    return updates;
                 }
             } catch (SocketException | InvalidObjectException | TelegramApiRequestException e) {
                 log.error(e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
diff --git a/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/util/WebhookUtils.java b/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/util/WebhookUtils.java
index 3f26566f..2a95601d 100644
--- a/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/util/WebhookUtils.java
+++ b/telegrambots/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/util/WebhookUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.telegram.telegrambots.util;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
@@ -9,8 +11,6 @@ import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntityBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
-import org.json.JSONArray;
-import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.Constants;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.bots.DefaultAbsSender;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.bots.DefaultBotOptions;
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import static org.telegram.telegrambots.Constants.SOCKET_TIMEOUT;
 
 public final class WebhookUtils {
   private static final ContentType TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE = ContentType.create("text/plain", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+  private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
   private WebhookUtils() {
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public final class WebhookUtils {
         builder.addTextBody(SetWebhook.MAXCONNECTIONS_FIELD, setWebhook.getMaxConnections().toString(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
       }
       if (setWebhook.getAllowedUpdates() != null) {
-        builder.addTextBody(SetWebhook.ALLOWEDUPDATES_FIELD, new JSONArray(setWebhook.getAllowedUpdates()).toString(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
+        builder.addTextBody(SetWebhook.ALLOWEDUPDATES_FIELD, objectMapper.writeValueAsString(setWebhook.getAllowedUpdates()), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
       }
       if (setWebhook.getIpAddress() != null) {
         builder.addTextBody(SetWebhook.IPADDRESS_FIELD, setWebhook.getIpAddress(), TEXT_PLAIN_CONTENT_TYPE);
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ public final class WebhookUtils {
           throw new TelegramApiRequestException("Error setting webhook:" + responseContent);
         }
       }
-    } catch (JSONException e) {
+    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
       throw new TelegramApiRequestException("Error deserializing setWebhook method response", e);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new TelegramApiRequestException("Error executing setWebook method", e);