diff --git a/test/common.test.cjs b/test/common.test.cjs
index e46510c0cc..f3cf230766 100644
--- a/test/common.test.cjs
+++ b/test/common.test.cjs
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ exports.createConnection = function (args) {
     connectTimeout: args && args.connectTimeout,
     nestTables: args && args.nestTables,
     ssl: (args && args.ssl) ?? config.ssl,
+    jsonStrings: args && args.jsonStrings,
   };
 
   const conn = driver.createConnection(params);
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ exports.getConfig = function (input) {
     connectionLimit: args && args.connectionLimit,
     maxIdle: args && args.maxIdle,
     idleTimeout: args && args.idleTimeout,
+    jsonStrings: args && args.jsonStrings,
   };
   return params;
 };
diff --git a/test/esm/integration/parsers/json-parse.test.mjs b/test/esm/integration/parsers/json-parse.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99a0690e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/esm/integration/parsers/json-parse.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { test, describe, assert } from 'poku';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const {
+  createConnection,
+  describeOptions,
+} = require('../../../common.test.cjs');
+
+describe('JSON Parser', describeOptions);
+
+const connection = createConnection().promise();
+
+Promise.all([
+  test(async () => {
+    const [result] = await connection.query(
+      `SELECT CAST('{"test": true}' AS JSON) AS json_result`,
+    );
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      result[0].json_result,
+      { test: true },
+      'Ensure JSON return parsed (query)',
+    );
+  }),
+  test(async () => {
+    const [result] = await connection.execute(
+      `SELECT CAST('{"test": true}' AS JSON) AS json_result`,
+    );
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      result[0].json_result,
+      { test: true },
+      'Ensure JSON return parsed (execute)',
+    );
+  }),
+]).then(async () => {
+  await connection.end();
+});
diff --git a/test/esm/integration/parsers/json-string.test.mjs b/test/esm/integration/parsers/json-string.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..098777051e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/esm/integration/parsers/json-string.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { test, describe, assert } from 'poku';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const {
+  createConnection,
+  describeOptions,
+} = require('../../../common.test.cjs');
+
+describe('JSON String', describeOptions);
+
+const connection = createConnection({
+  jsonStrings: true,
+}).promise();
+
+Promise.all([
+  test(async () => {
+    const [result] = await connection.query(
+      `SELECT CAST('{"test": true}' AS JSON) AS json_result`,
+    );
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      result[0].json_result,
+      '{"test": true}',
+      'Ensure JSON return as string (query)',
+    );
+  }),
+  test(async () => {
+    const [result] = await connection.execute(
+      `SELECT CAST('{"test": true}' AS JSON) AS json_result`,
+    );
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      result[0].json_result,
+      '{"test": true}',
+      'Ensure JSON return as string (execute)',
+    );
+  }),
+]).then(async () => {
+  await connection.end();
+});