diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Services/JsonPatchService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Services/JsonPatchService.cs
index 74f3af50c9..850e4a2a17 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Services/JsonPatchService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Services/JsonPatchService.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-using System.Text;
-using System.Text.Json;
-using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 using Json.Patch;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.Serialization;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.ViewModels.JsonPatch;
@@ -20,8 +18,7 @@ public class JsonPatchService : IJsonPatchService
 
         var docString = _jsonSerializer.Serialize(objectToPatch);
         JsonPatch? patch = _jsonSerializer.Deserialize<JsonPatch>(patchString);
-        var reader = new Utf8JsonReader(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(docString));
-        var element = JsonElement.ParseValue(ref reader);
-        return patch?.Apply(element);
+        var doc = JsonNode.Parse(docString);
+        return patch?.Apply(doc);
     }
 }