diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2905129ae..eefb854b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rio_api 0.8.2",
  "rio_turtle 0.8.2",
  "serde",
- "serde_canonical_json",
+ "serde_jcs",
  "serde_json",
  "sled",
  "toml 0.7.2",
@@ -3207,6 +3207,12 @@ version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4501abdff3ae82a1c1b477a17252eb69cee9e66eb915c1abaa4f44d873df9f09"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu-js"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6518fc26bced4d53678a22d6e423e9d8716377def84545fe328236e3af070e7f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "safemem"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -3322,18 +3328,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_canonical_json"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ef94ee2661f3ce924fa936258393d02155fa22c5a81125016a24069e23a0465"
-dependencies = [
- "itoa 1.0.3",
- "lazy_static",
- "regex",
- "serde_json",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.188"
@@ -3345,6 +3339,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_jcs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cacecf649bc1a7c5f0e299cc813977c6a78116abda2b93b1ee01735b71ead9a8"
+dependencies = [
+ "ryu-js",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
 version = "1.0.108"
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 2cc01b289..db45eba1c 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ring = "0.17.6"
 rio_api = {version = "0.8", optional = true}
 rio_turtle = {version = "0.8", optional = true}
 serde = {version = "1", features = ["derive"]}
-serde_canonical_json = "1.0.0"
+serde_jcs = "0.1.0"
 serde_json = "1"
 sled = {version = "0.34", optional = true, features = ["no_logs"]}
 toml = {version = "0.7", optional = true}
diff --git a/lib/src/commit.rs b/lib/src/commit.rs
index 9f99b8db0..7235a44f9 100644
--- a/lib/src/commit.rs
+++ b/lib/src/commit.rs
@@ -511,13 +511,8 @@ impl Commit {
         commit_resource.remove_propval(urls::SIGNATURE);
         let json_obj =
             crate::serialize::propvals_to_json_ad_map(commit_resource.get_propvals(), None)?;
-
-        let mut ser = serde_json::Serializer::with_formatter(
-            Vec::new(),
-            serde_canonical_json::CanonicalFormatter::new(),
-        );
-        json_obj.serialize(&mut ser)?;
-        let json = String::from_utf8(ser.into_inner())?;
+        let json = serde_jcs::to_string(&json_obj)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to serialize Commit: {}", e))?;
         Ok(json)
     }
 }