diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/X25519KeyAgreementKey2019.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/X25519KeyAgreementKey2019.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/X25519KeyAgreementKey2019.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/X25519KeyAgreementKey2019.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/did_v0.11.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/did_v0.11.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/did_v0.11.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/did_v0.11.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/ed25519-signature-2018-v1.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/ed25519-signature-2018-v1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/ed25519-signature-2018-v1.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/ed25519-signature-2018-v1.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/kyc-v1.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/kyc-v1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/kyc-v1.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/kyc-v1.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/lds-ecdsa-secp256k1-recovery2020-0.0.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/lds-ecdsa-secp256k1-recovery2020-0.0.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/lds-ecdsa-secp256k1-recovery2020-0.0.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/lds-ecdsa-secp256k1-recovery2020-0.0.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/profile-v1.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/profile-v1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/profile-v1.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/profile-v1.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/security_context_v1.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/security_context_v1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/security_context_v1.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/security_context_v1.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/socialmedia-v1.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/socialmedia-v1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/socialmedia-v1.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/socialmedia-v1.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/transmute_v1.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/transmute_v1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/transmute_v1.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/transmute_v1.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/contexts/w3_2018_credentials_v1.jsonld b/packages/credential-ld/contexts/w3_2018_credentials_v1.json
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/credential-ld/contexts/w3_2018_credentials_v1.jsonld
rename to packages/credential-ld/contexts/w3_2018_credentials_v1.json
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/src/ld-default-contexts.ts b/packages/credential-ld/src/ld-default-contexts.ts
index aa2dd3c55..31bd9adb9 100644
--- a/packages/credential-ld/src/ld-default-contexts.ts
+++ b/packages/credential-ld/src/ld-default-contexts.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,25 @@
-import * as fs from 'fs'
-import * as path from 'path'
 import { ContextDoc } from './types'
 
 async function _read(_path: string): Promise<ContextDoc> {
-  const contextDefinition = await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '../contexts', _path), {
-    encoding: 'utf8',
-  })
-  return JSON.parse(contextDefinition)
+  return await import('../contexts/' + _path);
 }
 
 /**
  * Provides a hardcoded map of common context definitions
  */
 export const LdDefaultContexts = new Map([
-  ['https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1', _read('w3_2018_credentials_v1.jsonld')],
-  ['https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1', _read('security_context_v1.jsonld')],
-  ['https://w3id.org/did/v0.11', _read('did_v0.11.jsonld')],
+  ['https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1', _read('w3_2018_credentials_v1.json')],
+  ['https://www.w3.org/ns/did/v1', _read('security_context_v1.json')],
+  ['https://w3id.org/did/v0.11', _read('did_v0.11.json')],
 
-  ['https://veramo.io/contexts/socialmedia/v1', _read('socialmedia-v1.jsonld')],
-  ['https://veramo.io/contexts/kyc/v1', _read('kyc-v1.jsonld')],
-  ['https://veramo.io/contexts/profile/v1', _read('profile-v1.jsonld')],
-  ['https://ns.did.ai/transmute/v1', _read('transmute_v1.jsonld')],
+  ['https://veramo.io/contexts/socialmedia/v1', _read('socialmedia-v1.json')],
+  ['https://veramo.io/contexts/kyc/v1', _read('kyc-v1.json')],
+  ['https://veramo.io/contexts/profile/v1', _read('profile-v1.json')],
+  ['https://ns.did.ai/transmute/v1', _read('transmute_v1.json')],
   [
     'https://identity.foundation/EcdsaSecp256k1RecoverySignature2020/lds-ecdsa-secp256k1-recovery2020-0.0.jsonld',
-    _read('lds-ecdsa-secp256k1-recovery2020-0.0.jsonld'),
+    _read('lds-ecdsa-secp256k1-recovery2020-0.0.json'),
   ],
-  ['https://w3id.org/security/suites/ed25519-2018/v1', _read('ed25519-signature-2018-v1.jsonld')],
-  ['https://w3id.org/security/suites/x25519-2019/v1', _read('X25519KeyAgreementKey2019.jsonld')],
+  ['https://w3id.org/security/suites/ed25519-2018/v1', _read('ed25519-signature-2018-v1.json')],
+  ['https://w3id.org/security/suites/x25519-2019/v1', _read('X25519KeyAgreementKey2019.json')],
 ])
diff --git a/packages/credential-ld/tsconfig.json b/packages/credential-ld/tsconfig.json
index 15a16d261..59fe5b9e8 100644
--- a/packages/credential-ld/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/credential-ld/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     "outDir": "build",
     "declarationDir": "build",
     // https://github.com/transmute-industries/vc.js/issues/60
-    "skipLibCheck": true
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true
   },
   "references": [
     { "path": "../core" },