diff --git a/pg_search/src/postgres/types.rs b/pg_search/src/postgres/types.rs
index fe1639fb8a..401ea2d88a 100644
--- a/pg_search/src/postgres/types.rs
+++ b/pg_search/src/postgres/types.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ impl TantivyValue {
                     Ok(Self::json_value_to_tantivy_value(json_value))
                 }
                 PgBuiltInOids::JSONOID => {
-                    let pgrx_value = pgrx::JsonB::from_datum(datum, false)
+                    let pgrx_value = pgrx::Json::from_datum(datum, false)
                         .ok_or(TantivyValueError::DatumDeref)?;
                     let json_value: Value =
                         serde_json::from_slice(&serde_json::to_vec(&pgrx_value.0)?)?;
diff --git a/pg_search/tests/json.rs b/pg_search/tests/json.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..904a181318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pg_search/tests/json.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Retake, Inc.
+//
+// This file is part of ParadeDB - Postgres for Search and Analytics
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+mod fixtures;
+
+use fixtures::*;
+use rstest::*;
+use sqlx::PgConnection;
+
+// In addition to checking whether all the expected types work for keys, make sure to include tests for anything that
+//    is reliant on keys (e.g. stable_sort, alias)
+
+#[rstest]
+fn json_datatype(mut conn: PgConnection) {
+    r#"
+    CREATE TABLE test_table (
+        id serial8,
+        value json
+    );
+
+    INSERT INTO test_table (value) VALUES ('{"currency_code": "USD", "salary": 120000 }');
+    INSERT INTO test_table (value) VALUES ('{"currency_code": "USD", "salary": 75000 }');
+    INSERT INTO test_table (value) VALUES ('{"currency_code": "USD", "salary": 140000 }');
+    "#
+    .execute(&mut conn);
+
+    // if we don't segfault postgres here, we're good
+    r#"
+    CALL paradedb.create_bm25(
+        table_name => 'test_table',
+        index_name => 'test_index',
+        key_field => 'id',
+        json_fields => paradedb.field('value', indexed => true, fast => true)
+    );
+    "#
+    .execute(&mut conn);
+}