diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/Setup/Migration.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/Setup/Migration.php
index 9d0c05a6b0986..1de26b5c9234a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/Setup/Migration.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/Setup/Migration.php
@@ -128,19 +128,27 @@ class Migration
      */
     private $setup;
 
+    /**
+     * @var \Magento\Framework\Serialize\Serializer\Json
+     */
+    private $serializer;
+
     /**
      * @param ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup
      * @param Filesystem $filesystem
      * @param MigrationData $migrationData
      * @param string $confPathToMapFile
      * @param array $compositeModules
+     * @param \Magento\Framework\Serialize\Serializer\Json|null $serializer
+     * @throws \RuntimeException
      */
     public function __construct(
         ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup,
         Filesystem $filesystem,
         MigrationData $migrationData,
         $confPathToMapFile,
-        $compositeModules = []
+        $compositeModules = [],
+        \Magento\Framework\Serialize\Serializer\Json $serializer = null
     ) {
         $this->_directory = $filesystem->getDirectoryRead(DirectoryList::ROOT);
         $this->_pathToMapFile = $confPathToMapFile;
@@ -151,6 +159,8 @@ public function __construct(
         ];
         $this->_compositeModules = $compositeModules;
         $this->setup = $setup;
+        $this->serializer = $serializer?: \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance()
+            ->get(\Magento\Framework\Serialize\Serializer\Json::class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -690,10 +700,27 @@ public function getCompositeModules()
      *
      * @param string $encodedValue
      * @param int $objectDecodeType
-     * @return mixed
+     * @return string|int|float|bool|array|null
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+     * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedFormalParameter)
+     * @deprecated
+     * @see \Magento\Framework\Module\Setup\Migration::jsonDecode
+     */
+    protected function _jsonDecode($encodedValue, $objectDecodeType = 1)
+    {
+        return $this->jsonDecode($encodedValue);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes the given $encodedValue string which is
+     * encoded in the JSON format
+     *
+     * @param string $encodedValue
+     * @return string|int|float|bool|array|null
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
      */
-    protected function _jsonDecode($encodedValue, $objectDecodeType = \Zend_Json::TYPE_ARRAY)
+    private function jsonDecode($encodedValue)
     {
-        return \Zend_Json::decode($encodedValue, $objectDecodeType);
+        return $this->serializer->unserialize($encodedValue);
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/Test/Unit/Setup/MigrationTest.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/Test/Unit/Setup/MigrationTest.php
index a80b941e3b54b..51e86fcf68bee 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/Test/Unit/Setup/MigrationTest.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/Test/Unit/Setup/MigrationTest.php
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ public function testAppendClassAliasReplace()
             $setupMock,
             $filesystemMock,
             $migrationData,
-            'app/etc/aliases_to_classes_map.json'
+            'app/etc/aliases_to_classes_map.json',
+            [],
+            $this->getSerializerMock()
         );
 
         $setupModel->appendClassAliasReplace(
@@ -200,7 +202,8 @@ public function testDoUpdateClassAliases($replaceRules, $tableData, $expected, $
             $filesystemMock,
             $migrationData,
             'app/etc/aliases_to_classes_map.json',
-            $this->_getModelDependencies($tableRowsCount, $tableData, $aliasesMap)
+            $this->_getModelDependencies($tableRowsCount, $tableData, $aliasesMap),
+            $this->getSerializerMock()
         );
 
         foreach ($replaceRules as $replaceRule) {
@@ -245,4 +248,23 @@ protected function _getFilesystemMock()
         $mock = $this->getMockBuilder(\Magento\Framework\Filesystem::class)->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
         return $mock;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|\Magento\Framework\Serialize\Serializer\Json
+     * @throws \PHPUnit_Framework_Exception
+     */
+    private function getSerializerMock()
+    {
+        $serializerMock = $this->getMockBuilder(\Magento\Framework\Serialize\Serializer\Json::class)
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $serializerMock->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('unserialize')
+            ->willReturnCallback(
+                function ($serializedData) {
+                    return json_decode($serializedData, true);
+                }
+            );
+        return $serializerMock;
+    }
 }