diff --git a/modules/json/jsonlegacy.go b/modules/json/jsonlegacy.go
index 83eabad452..99875b96f1 100644
--- a/modules/json/jsonlegacy.go
+++ b/modules/json/jsonlegacy.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 package json
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
+	"encoding/json" //nolint:depguard // this package wraps it
 	"io"
 )