diff --git a/client/implementation/pom.xml b/client/implementation/pom.xml
index 9c8d9fd91..31b601218 100644
--- a/client/implementation/pom.xml
+++ b/client/implementation/pom.xml
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
             <groupId>jakarta.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.json-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse</groupId>
-            <artifactId>yasson</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.smallrye.reactive</groupId>
             <artifactId>mutiny</artifactId>
diff --git a/client/implementation/src/main/java/io/smallrye/graphql/client/impl/RequestImpl.java b/client/implementation/src/main/java/io/smallrye/graphql/client/impl/RequestImpl.java
index 4085634a1..deceb9c30 100644
--- a/client/implementation/src/main/java/io/smallrye/graphql/client/impl/RequestImpl.java
+++ b/client/implementation/src/main/java/io/smallrye/graphql/client/impl/RequestImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.smallrye.graphql.client.impl;
 
+import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -8,13 +9,10 @@
 import jakarta.json.JsonBuilderFactory;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObject;
 import jakarta.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
-import jakarta.json.JsonStructure;
 import jakarta.json.JsonValue;
 import jakarta.json.bind.Jsonb;
 import jakarta.json.bind.JsonbBuilder;
 
-import org.eclipse.yasson.internal.JsonBinding;
-
 import io.smallrye.graphql.client.Request;
 
 public class RequestImpl implements Request {
@@ -73,9 +71,9 @@ private JsonObject _formatJsonVariables() {
                 varBuilder.addNull(k);
             } else {
                 try (Jsonb jsonb = JsonbBuilder.create()) {
-                    JsonStructure struct = ((JsonBinding) jsonb).toJsonStructure(v);
-                    varBuilder.add(k, struct);
-                } catch (Exception ignore) {
+                    varBuilder.add(k, Json.createReader(new StringReader(jsonb.toJson(v))).read());
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Error converting variable to JSON", e);
                 }
             }
         });