diff --git a/src/main/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_java/types/Variant.java b/src/main/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_java/types/Variant.java
index 469ec8e6..c53a764d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_java/types/Variant.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_java/types/Variant.java
@@ -376,6 +376,17 @@ public String asJsonString() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Converts the variant as valid JsonNode.
+   *
+   * @return A valid json Node
+   * @since 0.8.0
+   */
+  public JsonNode asJsonNode() {
+    verify(VariantTypes.String);
+    return objectToJsonNode(value);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Converts the variant as binary value.
    *
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/JavaVariantSuite.java b/src/test/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/JavaVariantSuite.java
index aa9fb117..8f31a004 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/JavaVariantSuite.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/JavaVariantSuite.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.snowflake.snowpark_test;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.snowflake.snowpark_java.types.Geography;
 import com.snowflake.snowpark_java.types.InternalUtils;
 import com.snowflake.snowpark_java.types.Variant;
@@ -365,4 +366,17 @@ public void equalsAndToString() {
 
     assert v1.toString().equals("123");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void javaJsonNodeVariantConverter() throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    // Scala variant to Java Variant
+    com.snowflake.snowpark.types.Variant sv =
+        new com.snowflake.snowpark.types.Variant(
+            "{\"name\": \"abc\",\"grade\": 2, \"Interest\": \"cricket\"}");
+    Variant jResult = InternalUtils.createVariant(sv);
+    JsonNode jsonNode = jResult.asJsonNode();
+
+    assert jsonNode.get("name").asText().equals("abc");
+    assert jsonNode.get("grade").asInt() == 2;
+  }
 }