diff --git a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/ApiaryUnbufferedReadableByteChannel.java b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/ApiaryUnbufferedReadableByteChannel.java
index 781c449369cb..25757921ba54 100644
--- a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/ApiaryUnbufferedReadableByteChannel.java
+++ b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/ApiaryUnbufferedReadableByteChannel.java
@@ -41,14 +41,11 @@
 import com.google.common.hash.HashingInputStream;
 import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
@@ -381,7 +378,6 @@ private static String getHeaderValue(@NonNull HttpHeaders headers, @NonNull Stri
   @Immutable
   static final class ApiaryReadRequest implements Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -4059435314115374448L;
-    private static final Gson gson = new Gson();
     @NonNull private transient StorageObject object;
     @NonNull private final Map<StorageRpc.Option, ?> options;
     @NonNull private final ByteRangeSpec byteRangeSpec;
@@ -450,7 +446,7 @@ private String getObjectJson() {
       if (objectJson == null) {
         synchronized (this) {
           if (objectJson == null) {
-            objectJson = gson.toJson(object);
+            objectJson = JsonUtils.objectToJson(object);
           }
         }
       }
@@ -464,8 +460,7 @@ private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
 
     private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
       in.defaultReadObject();
-      JsonReader jsonReader = gson.newJsonReader(new StringReader(this.objectJson));
-      this.object = gson.fromJson(jsonReader, StorageObject.class);
+      this.object = JsonUtils.jsonToObject(this.objectJson, StorageObject.class);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/JsonResumableWrite.java b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/JsonResumableWrite.java
index b2347c47f3cf..3fef2dcbb9dc 100644
--- a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/JsonResumableWrite.java
+++ b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/JsonResumableWrite.java
@@ -22,13 +22,10 @@
 import com.google.cloud.storage.spi.v1.StorageRpc;
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.lock.qual.GuardedBy;
@@ -37,8 +34,6 @@
 
 final class JsonResumableWrite implements Serializable {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 7934407897802252292L;
-  private static final Gson gson = new Gson();
-
   @MonotonicNonNull private transient StorageObject object;
   @MonotonicNonNull private transient Hasher hasher;
   @MonotonicNonNull private transient Crc32cValue<?> cumulativeCrc32c;
@@ -152,7 +147,7 @@ private String getObjectJson() {
     if (objectJson == null) {
       synchronized (this) {
         if (objectJson == null) {
-          objectJson = gson.toJson(object);
+          objectJson = JsonUtils.objectToJson(object);
           base64CumulativeCrc32c = Utils.crc32cCodec.encode(cumulativeCrc32c.getValue());
         }
       }
@@ -167,8 +162,7 @@ private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
 
   private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
     in.defaultReadObject();
-    JsonReader jsonReader = gson.newJsonReader(new StringReader(this.objectJson));
-    this.object = gson.fromJson(jsonReader, StorageObject.class);
+    this.object = JsonUtils.jsonToObject(this.objectJson, StorageObject.class);
     if (base64CumulativeCrc32c != null) {
       Integer decode = Utils.crc32cCodec.decode(base64CumulativeCrc32c);
       if (decode == 0) {
diff --git a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/JsonUtils.java b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/JsonUtils.java
index f5297ee837c0..6bc8d27d6e44 100644
--- a/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/JsonUtils.java
+++ b/java-storage/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/JsonUtils.java
@@ -53,6 +53,28 @@ final class JsonUtils {
 
   private JsonUtils() {}
 
+  static <T> String objectToJson(T object) {
+    if (object == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    try {
+      return jop.getJsonFactory().toString(object);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw StorageException.coalesce(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  static <T> T jsonToObject(String json, Class<T> clazz) {
+    if (json == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    try {
+      return jop.parseAndClose(new StringReader(json), clazz);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw StorageException.coalesce(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Given a GenericJson src, and a list of {@code fieldsForOutput} create a new GenericJson where
    * every field specified in {@code fieldsForOutput} is present. If a field exists in {@code src}