diff --git a/utils/spdx/src/main/kotlin/SpdxExpression.kt b/utils/spdx/src/main/kotlin/SpdxExpression.kt
index 8ce617adcb6a5..902ff0d72a95e 100644
--- a/utils/spdx/src/main/kotlin/SpdxExpression.kt
+++ b/utils/spdx/src/main/kotlin/SpdxExpression.kt
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.ToStringSerializer
 
-import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStreams
-import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CommonTokenStream
-
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx.SpdxConstants.DOCUMENT_REF_PREFIX
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx.SpdxConstants.LICENSE_REF_PREFIX
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx.parser.SpdxExpressionParser
 
 /**
  * An SPDX expression as defined by version 2.1 of the [SPDX specification, appendix IV][1].
@@ -86,21 +84,8 @@ sealed class SpdxExpression {
          * allowed ([ALLOW_DEPRECATED][Strictness.ALLOW_DEPRECATED]) or only current license identifiers are allowed
          * ([ALLOW_CURRENT][Strictness.ALLOW_CURRENT]). Throws an [SpdxException] if the string cannot be parsed.
          */
-        fun parse(expression: String, strictness: Strictness): SpdxExpression {
-            val charStream = CharStreams.fromString(expression)
-            val lexer = SpdxExpressionLexer(charStream).apply {
-                removeErrorListeners()
-                addErrorListener(SpdxErrorListener())
-            }
-
-            val tokenStream = CommonTokenStream(lexer)
-            val parser = SpdxExpressionParser(tokenStream).apply {
-                removeErrorListeners()
-                addErrorListener(SpdxErrorListener())
-            }
-
-            return SpdxExpressionDefaultVisitor(strictness).visit(parser.licenseExpression())
-        }
+        fun parse(expression: String, strictness: Strictness): SpdxExpression =
+            SpdxExpressionParser(expression, strictness).parse()
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxExpressionParserTest.kt b/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxExpressionParserTest.kt
index 817efe398ba9b..94392344ac8b7 100644
--- a/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxExpressionParserTest.kt
+++ b/utils/spdx/src/test/kotlin/SpdxExpressionParserTest.kt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class SpdxExpressionParserTest : WordSpec({
                 SpdxExpression.parse("license WITH exception+")
             }
 
-            exception.message shouldBe "extraneous input '+' expecting <EOF>"
+            exception.message shouldBe "Unexpected token 'PLUS(position=23)'."
         }
 
         "fail if a compound expression is used before WITH" {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class SpdxExpressionParserTest : WordSpec({
                 SpdxExpression.parse("(license1 AND license2) WITH exception")
             }
 
-            exception.message shouldBe "mismatched input 'WITH' expecting {AND, OR, ')', '+'}"
+            exception.message shouldBe "Unexpected token 'WITH(position=25)'."
         }
 
         "fail on an invalid symbol" {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class SpdxExpressionParserTest : WordSpec({
                 SpdxExpression.parse("/")
             }
 
-            exception.message shouldBe "token recognition error at: '/'"
+            exception.message shouldBe "Unexpected character '/' at position 1."
         }
 
         "fail on a syntax error" {
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ class SpdxExpressionParserTest : WordSpec({
                 SpdxExpression.parse("((")
             }
 
-            exception.message shouldBe
-                "mismatched input '<EOF>' expecting {'(', DOCUMENTREFERENCE, LICENSEREFERENCE, IDSTRING}"
+            exception.message shouldBe "Unexpected token 'null'."
         }
     }
 })