--- a/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb	Tue Aug 27 13:35:17 2024 +0100
+++ b/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parsejson.rb	Thu Aug 29 18:47:29 2024 +0100
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'puppet/util/json'
 #
 # parsejson.rb
 #
 module Puppet::Parser::Functions
-  newfunction(:parsejson, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-DOC
+  newfunction(:parsejson, type: :rvalue, doc: <<-DOC
     @summary
       This function accepts JSON as a string and converts it into the correct
       Puppet structure.
@@ -12,15 +15,17 @@
 
     > *Note:*
       The optional second argument can be used to pass a default value that will
-      be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.
+      be returned if the parsing of the JSON string failed or if the JSON parse
+      evaluated to nil.
   DOC
-             ) do |arguments|
+  ) do |arguments|
     raise ArgumentError, 'Wrong number of arguments. 1 or 2 arguments should be provided.' unless arguments.length >= 1
 
     begin
-      PSON.load(arguments[0]) || arguments[1]
+      Puppet::Util::Json.load(arguments[0]) || arguments[1]
     rescue StandardError => e
       raise e unless arguments[1]
+
       arguments[1]
     end
   end