diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ccd59dc..2eb29f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ once_cell = "1"
 url = "2"
 socks = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", optional = true }
-serde_json = { version = ">=1,<1.0.94", optional = true }
+serde_json = { version = ">=1.0.97", optional = true }
 encoding_rs = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 cookie_store = { version = "0.19", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["preserve_order"] }
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index d8c15bc..2f56cc9 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -533,16 +533,13 @@ impl Response {
     #[cfg(feature = "json")]
     pub fn into_json<T: DeserializeOwned>(self) -> io::Result<T> {
         use crate::stream::io_err_timeout;
-        use std::error::Error;
 
         let reader = self.into_reader();
         serde_json::from_reader(reader).map_err(|e| {
             // This is to unify TimedOut io::Error in the API.
-            // We make a clone of the original error since serde_json::Error doesn't
-            // let us get the wrapped error instance back.
-            if let Some(ioe) = e.source().and_then(|s| s.downcast_ref::<io::Error>()) {
-                if ioe.kind() == io::ErrorKind::TimedOut {
-                    return io_err_timeout(ioe.to_string());
+            if let Some(kind) = e.io_error_kind() {
+                if kind == io::ErrorKind::TimedOut {
+                    return io_err_timeout(e.to_string());
                 }
             }