diff --git a/binding/json.go b/binding/json.go
index 486b973..aa7039d 100644
--- a/binding/json.go
+++ b/binding/json.go
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 package binding
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
+
+	json "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 )
 
 type jsonBinding struct{}
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index f38d3ff..19b2cfb 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ package gin
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+
+	json "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 )
 
 type ErrorType uint64
diff --git a/errors_test.go b/errors_test.go
index 1aa0cdd..46ae536 100644
--- a/errors_test.go
+++ b/errors_test.go
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 package gin
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
+	json "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
diff --git a/render/json.go b/render/json.go
index 8b64f53..3896740 100644
--- a/render/json.go
+++ b/render/json.go
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ package render
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
+
+	json "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 )
 
 type JSON struct {
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index e520540..547bb2e 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
 			"revision": "5a0f697c9ed9d68fef0116532c6e05cfeae00e55",
 			"revisionTime": "2017-06-01T23:02:30Z"
 		},
+		{
+			"checksumSHA1": "gWQ2ncPI6qpTwS3e6/ShPwUP1uo=",
+			"path": "github.com/json-iterator/go",
+			"revision": "b1afefe0580e6e818dd50da9593f477c80ccd67d",
+			"revisionTime": "2017-07-07T13:43:33Z"
+		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "9if9IBLsxkarJ804NPWAzgskIAk=",
 			"path": "github.com/manucorporat/stats",