diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0ae731f710..5366958a1d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -32449,70 +32449,15 @@
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diff --git a/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/package.json b/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/package.json
index 5f0d54c4c6..cccf82a46a 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/package.json
+++ b/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/package.json
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime-corejs3": "^7.20.7",
-    "@swagger-api/apidom-core": "^0.77.0",
-    "@swagger-api/apidom-error": "^0.77.0",
-    "@swagger-api/apidom-ns-json-schema-draft-4": "^0.77.0",
+    "@swagger-api/apidom-core": "^0.78.0",
+    "@swagger-api/apidom-error": "^0.78.0",
+    "@swagger-api/apidom-ns-json-schema-draft-4": "^0.78.0",
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     "ramda": "~0.29.0",
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diff --git a/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/src/index.ts b/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/src/index.ts
index 99920678b6..c28f1b60f1 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/src/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export {
   isNumberElement,
   isStringElement,
 } from '@swagger-api/apidom-core';
+export {
+  isJSONReferenceElement,
+  JSONReferenceElement,
+} from '@swagger-api/apidom-ns-json-schema-draft-4';
 
 export { default as mediaTypes, OpenAPIMediaTypes } from './media-types';
 
diff --git a/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/src/traversal/visitor.ts b/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/src/traversal/visitor.ts
index 9ac0308b4f..66a197d140 100644
--- a/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/src/traversal/visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/apidom-ns-openapi-2/src/traversal/visitor.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const keyMap = {
   HeaderElement: ['content'],
   TagElement: ['content'],
   ReferenceElement: ['content'],
+  JSONReferenceElement: ['content'],
   SchemaElement: ['content'],
   XmlElement: ['content'],
   SecurityDefinitionsElement: ['content'],