diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 46d37191fb5..3d7c7a457f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.7
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369
 	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f
+	github.com/ohler55/ojg v1.12.9
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210904010418-6d279e18f982 // indirect
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/robfig/cron v0.0.0-20180505203441-b41be1df6967
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig v1.1.1
-	github.com/spyzhov/ajson v0.4.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/teris-io/shortid v0.0.0-20171029131806-771a37caa5cf
 	github.com/timberio/go-datemath v0.1.1-0.20200323150745-74ddef604fff
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0bc56a152ac..02c84c72018 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1812,6 +1812,8 @@ github.com/nsqio/go-nsq v1.0.7/go.mod h1:XP5zaUs3pqf+Q71EqUJs3HYfBIqfK6G83WQMdNN
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 h1:nPr65rt6Y5JFSKQO7qToXr7pePgD6Gwiw05lkbyAQTE=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8/go.mod h1:+ncqLTQzXmGhMZNUePPaPqPvBxHAIsmXswZKocGu+AU=
+github.com/ohler55/ojg v1.12.9 h1:HIHORjvA/i2IyDGgf9zzkFZc0yhEZIi3Tte+m+XBzTs=
+github.com/ohler55/ojg v1.12.9/go.mod h1:LBbIVRAgoFbYBXQhRhuEpaJIqq+goSO63/FQ+nyJU88=
 github.com/oklog/oklog v0.3.2/go.mod h1:FCV+B7mhrz4o+ueLpx+KqkyXRGMWOYEvfiXtdGtbWGs=
 github.com/oklog/run v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dlhp/R75TPv97u0XWUtDeV/lRKWPKSdTuV0TZvrmrQA=
 github.com/oklog/run v1.1.0 h1:GEenZ1cK0+q0+wsJew9qUg/DyD8k3JzYsZAi5gYi2mA=
@@ -2217,8 +2219,6 @@ github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2/go.mod h1:ZiWeW+zYFKm7srdB9IoDzzZXaJaI5eL9QjNiN/DM
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.4.0/go.mod h1:PTJ7Z/lr49W6bUbkmS1V3by4uWynFiR9p7+dSq/yZzE=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0/go.mod h1:8WkrPz2fc9jxqZNCJI/76HCieCp4Q8HaLFoCha5qpdg=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.1/go.mod h1:o0Pch8wJ9BVSWGQMbra6iw0oQ5oktSIBaujf1rJH9Ns=
-github.com/spyzhov/ajson v0.4.2 h1:JMByd/jZApPKDvNsmO90X2WWGbmT2ahDFp73QhZbg3s=
-github.com/spyzhov/ajson v0.4.2/go.mod h1:63V+CGM6f1Bu/p4nLIN8885ojBdt88TbLoSFzyqMuVA=
 github.com/stefanberger/go-pkcs11uri v0.0.0-20201008174630-78d3cae3a980/go.mod h1:AO3tvPzVZ/ayst6UlUKUv6rcPQInYe3IknH3jYhAKu8=
 github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.2.0/go.mod h1:IBiWB2sKIp3wVVQ3Y035++gc+knqhUQag1KpM8ahLw8=
 github.com/streadway/amqp v0.0.0-20180528204448-e5adc2ada8b8/go.mod h1:1WNBiOZtZQLpVAyu0iTduoJL9hEsMloAK5XWrtW0xdY=
diff --git a/pkg/services/live/pipeline/converter_json_exact.go b/pkg/services/live/pipeline/converter_json_exact.go
index 38e0e7981d7..0ccf8b21657 100644
--- a/pkg/services/live/pipeline/converter_json_exact.go
+++ b/pkg/services/live/pipeline/converter_json_exact.go
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
-	"github.com/spyzhov/ajson"
+	"github.com/ohler55/ojg/jp"
+	"github.com/ohler55/ojg/oj"
 )
 
 type ExactJsonConverterConfig struct {
@@ -34,10 +35,10 @@ func (c *ExactJsonConverter) Type() string {
 }
 
 func (c *ExactJsonConverter) Convert(_ context.Context, vars Vars, body []byte) ([]*ChannelFrame, error) {
-	//obj, err := oj.Parse(body)
-	//if err != nil {
-	//	return nil, err
-	//}
+	obj, err := oj.Parse(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	var fields []*data.Field
 
@@ -51,17 +52,15 @@ func (c *ExactJsonConverter) Convert(_ context.Context, vars Vars, body []byte)
 
 		if strings.HasPrefix(f.Value, "$") {
 			// JSON path.
-			nodes, err := ajson.JSONPath(body, f.Value)
+			fragments, err := jp.ParseString(f.Value[1:])
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			if len(nodes) == 0 {
+			values := fragments.Get(obj)
+			if len(values) == 0 {
 				field.Set(0, nil)
-			} else if len(nodes) == 1 {
-				val, err := nodes[0].Value()
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, err
-				}
+			} else if len(values) == 1 {
+				val := values[0]
 				switch f.Type {
 				case data.FieldTypeNullableFloat64:
 					if val == nil {
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ func (c *ExactJsonConverter) Convert(_ context.Context, vars Vars, body []byte)
 						case int64:
 							field.SetConcrete(0, float64(v))
 						default:
-							return nil, errors.New("malformed float64 type for: " + f.Name)
+							return nil, fmt.Errorf("malformed float64 type for %s: %T", f.Name, v)
 						}
 					}
 				case data.FieldTypeNullableString:
@@ -88,41 +87,6 @@ func (c *ExactJsonConverter) Convert(_ context.Context, vars Vars, body []byte)
 			} else {
 				return nil, errors.New("too many values")
 			}
-			//x, err := jp.ParseString(f.Value[1:])
-			//if err != nil {
-			//	return nil, err
-			//}
-			//value := x.Get(obj)
-			//if len(value) == 0 {
-			//	field.Set(0, nil)
-			//} else if len(value) == 1 {
-			//	val := value[0]
-			//	switch f.Type {
-			//	case data.FieldTypeNullableFloat64:
-			//		if val == nil {
-			//			field.Set(0, nil)
-			//		} else {
-			//			switch v := val.(type) {
-			//			case float64:
-			//				field.SetConcrete(0, v)
-			//			case int64:
-			//				field.SetConcrete(0, float64(v))
-			//			default:
-			//				return nil, errors.New("malformed float64 type for: " + f.Name)
-			//			}
-			//		}
-			//	case data.FieldTypeNullableString:
-			//		v, ok := val.(string)
-			//		if !ok {
-			//			return nil, errors.New("malformed string type")
-			//		}
-			//		field.SetConcrete(0, v)
-			//	default:
-			//		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported field type: %s (%s)", f.Type, f.Name)
-			//	}
-			//} else {
-			//	return nil, errors.New("too many values")
-			//}
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(f.Value, "{") {
 			// Goja script.
 			script := strings.Trim(f.Value, "{}")
@@ -162,33 +126,18 @@ func (c *ExactJsonConverter) Convert(_ context.Context, vars Vars, body []byte)
 		labels := map[string]string{}
 		for _, label := range f.Labels {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(label.Value, "$") {
-				nodes, err := ajson.JSONPath(body, label.Value)
+				fragments, err := jp.ParseString(label.Value[1:])
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
 				}
-				if len(nodes) == 0 {
+				values := fragments.Get(obj)
+				if len(values) == 0 {
 					labels[label.Name] = ""
-				} else if len(nodes) == 1 {
-					value, err := nodes[0].Value()
-					if err != nil {
-						return nil, err
-					}
-					labels[label.Name] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", value)
+				} else if len(values) == 1 {
+					labels[label.Name] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", values[0])
 				} else {
 					return nil, errors.New("too many values for a label")
 				}
-				//x, err := jp.ParseString(label.Value[1:])
-				//if err != nil {
-				//	return nil, err
-				//}
-				//value := x.Get(obj)
-				//if len(value) == 0 {
-				//	labels[label.Name] = ""
-				//} else if len(value) == 1 {
-				//	labels[label.Name] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", value[0])
-				//} else {
-				//	return nil, errors.New("too many values for a label")
-				//}
 			} else if strings.HasPrefix(label.Value, "{") {
 				script := strings.Trim(label.Value, "{}")
 				var err error
diff --git a/pkg/services/live/pipeline/converter_json_exact_test.go b/pkg/services/live/pipeline/converter_json_exact_test.go
index e1bfb90bbc1..f09b19543a2 100644
--- a/pkg/services/live/pipeline/converter_json_exact_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/live/pipeline/converter_json_exact_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,37 @@ func checkExactConversion(tb testing.TB, file string, fields []Field) *backend.D
 	return dr
 }
 
+func BenchmarkExactJsonConverter_Convert(b *testing.B) {
+	content := loadTestJson(b, "json_exact")
+
+	converter := NewExactJsonConverter(ExactJsonConverterConfig{
+		Fields: []Field{
+			{
+				Name:  "ax",
+				Value: "$.ax",
+				Type:  data.FieldTypeNullableFloat64,
+			}, {
+				Name:  "array_value",
+				Value: "$.string_array[0]",
+				Type:  data.FieldTypeNullableString,
+			}, {
+				Name:  "map_key",
+				Value: "$.map_with_floats['key1']",
+				Type:  data.FieldTypeNullableFloat64,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, err := converter.Convert(context.Background(), Vars{}, content)
+		require.NoError(b, err)
+		//require.Len(b, cf, 1)
+		//require.Len(b, cf[0].Frame.Fields, 3)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestExactJsonConverter_Convert(t *testing.T) {
 	checkExactConversion(t, "json_exact", []Field{
 		{