diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index c9ea9f82..dd3756df 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ name := "codacy-coverage-reporter"
 // Runtime dependencies
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "com.github.alexarchambault" %% "case-app" % "2.1.0-M26",
-  "org.wvlet.airframe" %% "airframe-log" % "22.3.0",
-  "com.lihaoyi" %% "ujson" % "1.5.0"
+  "org.wvlet.airframe" %% "airframe-log" % "22.3.0"
 )
 
 // Test dependencies
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/commituuid/providers/GitHubActionProvider.scala b/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/commituuid/providers/GitHubActionProvider.scala
index 9c1713ed..adb7bb97 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/commituuid/providers/GitHubActionProvider.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/codacy/rules/commituuid/providers/GitHubActionProvider.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Files
 
 import com.codacy.model.configuration.CommitUUID
 import com.codacy.rules.commituuid.CommitUUIDProvider
+import play.api.libs.json._
 import wvlet.log.LazyLogger
 
 import scala.util.Try
@@ -53,12 +54,12 @@ object GitHubActionProvider extends CommitUUIDProvider with LazyLogger {
 
   private def extractHeadSHA(eventName: String, eventContent: String) = {
     Try {
-      val eventJson = ujson.read(eventContent)
+      val eventJson = Json.parse(eventContent)
       eventName match {
         case "workflow_run" =>
-          eventJson(eventName)("head_sha").str
+          (eventJson \ eventName \ "head_sha").as[String]
         case _ =>
-          eventJson(eventName)("head")("sha").str
+          (eventJson \ eventName \ "head" \ "sha").as[String]
       }
     }.toEither.left.map(t => s"Unable to fetch SHA from event file. Failed with error: ${t.getMessage}")
   }