diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6432d229..a98e29b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "data-error",
+    "data-json",
     "data-pdf",
     "data-resource",
     "fs-atomic-versions",
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ members = [
 
 default-members = [
     "data-error",
+    "data-json",
     "data-pdf",
     "data-resource",
     "fs-atomic-versions",
diff --git a/data-json/Cargo.toml b/data-json/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b56702df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-json/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "data-json"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+
+[dependencies]
+serde_json = "1.0.82"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+rstest = "0.18"
diff --git a/fs-utils/src/json.rs b/data-json/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from fs-utils/src/json.rs
rename to data-json/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/fs-utils/Cargo.toml b/fs-utils/Cargo.toml
index aa68a73f..314988ab 100644
--- a/fs-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fs-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,13 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 data-error = { path = "../data-error" }
-
-thiserror = "1"
-reqwest = "0.11.11"
-serde_json = "1.0.82"
-anyhow = "1"
-url = { version = "2.2.2", features = ["serde"] }
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-rstest = "0.18"
-tempdir = "0.3"
+data-json = { path = "../data-json" }
diff --git a/fs-utils/src/lib.rs b/fs-utils/src/lib.rs
index 420fc254..4c139ba7 100644
--- a/fs-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/fs-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 pub use data_error as errors;
-pub mod json;
+pub use data_json as json;