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..140699d2 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 +376,26 @@ public String asJsonString() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the variant value as a JsonNode. This function allows to read the JSON object directly
+   * as JsonNode from variant column rather parsing it as String
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code - to get the first value from array for key "a"
+   *
+   * Variant jv = new Variant("{\"a\": [1, 2], \"b\": \"c\"}");
+   * System.out.println(jv.asJsonNode().get("a").get(0));
+   *
+   * output
+   * 1
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @return A valid JsonNode
+   * @since 1.14.0
+   */
+  public JsonNode asJsonNode() {
+    return value;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Converts the variant as binary value.
    *
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/types/Variant.scala b/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/types/Variant.scala
index 5ff86f9c..be0424b4 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/types/Variant.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/types/Variant.scala
@@ -381,6 +381,23 @@ class Variant private[snowpark] (
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the variant value as a JsonNode. This function allows to read the JSON object directly
+   * as JsonNode from variant column rather parsing it as String
+   * Example - to get the first value from array for key "a"
+   * {{{
+   *   val sv = new Variant("{\"a\": [1, 2], \"b\": 3, \"c\": \"xyz\"}")
+   *   println(sv.asJsonNode().get("a").get(0))
+   * output
+   * 1
+   * }}}
+   *
+   * @since 1.14.0
+   */
+  def asJsonNode(): JsonNode = {
+    value
+  }
+
   /**
    * Converts the variant as binary value
    * @since 0.2.0
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/JavaVariantSuite.java b/src/test/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/JavaVariantSuite.java
index aa9fb117..83ce4ea8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/JavaVariantSuite.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/JavaVariantSuite.java
@@ -365,4 +365,11 @@ public void equalsAndToString() {
 
     assert v1.toString().equals("123");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void javaJsonNodeVariantConverter() throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    Variant jv = new Variant("{\"a\": [1, 2], \"b\": \"c\"}");
+    assert (jv.asJsonNode().get("a").isArray());
+    assert (jv.asJsonNode().get("b").asText().equals("c"));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/ScalaVariantSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/ScalaVariantSuite.scala
index 35e8c572..1f03c3f6 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/ScalaVariantSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark_test/ScalaVariantSuite.scala
@@ -311,4 +311,11 @@ class ScalaVariantSuite extends FunSuite {
 
     assert(v1.toString() == "123")
   }
+
+  test("JsonNode") {
+    val sv = new Variant("{\"a\": [1, 2], \"b\": 3, \"c\": \"xyz\"}")
+    assert(sv.asJsonNode().get("a").isArray)
+    assert(sv.asJsonNode().get("b").asInt().equals(3))
+    assert(sv.asJsonNode().get("c").asText().equals("xyz"))
+  }
 }