diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index 469437d72..691363545 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
+++ b/json/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@
       <version>${mockito.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jsonassert</artifactId>
+      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>feign-mock</artifactId>
diff --git a/json/src/test/java/feign/json/JsonEncoderTest.java b/json/src/test/java/feign/json/JsonEncoderTest.java
index 0d08fbd56..874c60f14 100644
--- a/json/src/test/java/feign/json/JsonEncoderTest.java
+++ b/json/src/test/java/feign/json/JsonEncoderTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONAssert;
 import java.util.Date;
 import static feign.Util.UTF_8;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
@@ -43,13 +44,15 @@ public void setUp() {
   @Test
   public void encodesArray() {
     new JsonEncoder().encode(jsonArray, JSONArray.class, requestTemplate);
-    assertEquals("[{\"a\":\"b\",\"c\":1},123]", new String(requestTemplate.body(), UTF_8));
+    JSONAssert.assertEquals("[{\"a\":\"b\",\"c\":1},123]",
+        new String(requestTemplate.body(), UTF_8), false);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void encodesObject() {
     new JsonEncoder().encode(jsonObject, JSONObject.class, requestTemplate);
-    assertEquals("{\"a\":\"b\",\"c\":1}", new String(requestTemplate.body(), UTF_8));
+    JSONAssert.assertEquals("{\"a\":\"b\",\"c\":1}", new String(requestTemplate.body(), UTF_8),
+        false);
   }
 
   @Test