diff --git a/common/framework/Template.php b/common/framework/Template.php
index 8234e13d6..7495edd33 100644
--- a/common/framework/Template.php
+++ b/common/framework/Template.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class Template
 	protected static $_mtime;
 	protected static $_delay_compile;
 	protected static $_json_options;
+	protected static $_json_options2;
 
 	/**
 	 * Provided for compatibility with old TemplateHandler.
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@ class Template
 		{
 			self::$_json_options = \JSON_HEX_TAG | \JSON_HEX_AMP | \JSON_HEX_APOS | \JSON_HEX_QUOT | \JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE;
 		}
+		if (self::$_json_options2 === null)
+		{
+			self::$_json_options2 = \JSON_HEX_TAG | \JSON_HEX_QUOT | \JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE | \JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES;
+		}
 
 		// If paths were provided, initialize immediately.
 		if ($dirname && $filename)
diff --git a/common/framework/parsers/template/TemplateParser_v2.php b/common/framework/parsers/template/TemplateParser_v2.php
index be1861810..4b32977d7 100644
--- a/common/framework/parsers/template/TemplateParser_v2.php
+++ b/common/framework/parsers/template/TemplateParser_v2.php
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ class TemplateParser_v2
 			{
 				case 'json':
 					return sprintf('<?php echo $this->config->context === \'JS\' ? ' .
-						'json_encode(%s, self::$_json_options) : ' .
+						'json_encode(%s, self::$_json_options2) : ' .
 						'htmlspecialchars(json_encode(%s, self::$_json_options), \ENT_QUOTES, \'UTF-8\', false); ?>', $args, $args);
 				case 'lang':
 					return sprintf('<?php echo $this->config->context === \'JS\' ? escape_js($this->_v2_lang(%s)) : $this->_v2_lang(%s); ?>', $args, $args);
diff --git a/tests/_data/template/v2example.compiled.html b/tests/_data/template/v2example.compiled.html
index d4e395ea7..d4742e251 100644
--- a/tests/_data/template/v2example.compiled.html
+++ b/tests/_data/template/v2example.compiled.html
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@
 
 <script type="text/javascript"<?php $this->config->context = "JS"; ?>>
 	const foo = '<?php echo $this->config->context === 'JS' ? escape_js($__Context->foo ?? '') : htmlspecialchars($__Context->foo ?? '', \ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8', false); ?>';
-	const bar = <?php echo $this->config->context === 'JS' ? json_encode($__Context->bar, self::$_json_options) : htmlspecialchars(json_encode($__Context->bar, self::$_json_options), \ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8', false); ?>;
+	const bar = <?php echo $this->config->context === 'JS' ? json_encode($__Context->bar, self::$_json_options2) : htmlspecialchars(json_encode($__Context->bar, self::$_json_options), \ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8', false); ?>;
 <?php $this->config->context = "HTML"; ?></script>
diff --git a/tests/unit/framework/parsers/TemplateParserV2Test.php b/tests/unit/framework/parsers/TemplateParserV2Test.php
index 5ea0a40f9..847f655b3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/framework/parsers/TemplateParserV2Test.php
+++ b/tests/unit/framework/parsers/TemplateParserV2Test.php
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ class TemplateParserV2Test extends \Codeception\Test\Unit
 		$source = '@json($var)';
 		$target = implode('', [
 			'<?php echo $this->config->context === \'JS\' ? ',
-			'json_encode($__Context->var, self::$_json_options) : ',
+			'json_encode($__Context->var, self::$_json_options2) : ',
 			'htmlspecialchars(json_encode($__Context->var, self::$_json_options), \ENT_QUOTES, \'UTF-8\', false); ?>',
 		]);
 		$this->assertEquals($target, $this->_parse($source));
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ class TemplateParserV2Test extends \Codeception\Test\Unit
 		$source = '@json(["foo" => 1, "bar" => 2])';
 		$target = implode('', [
 			'<?php echo $this->config->context === \'JS\' ? ',
-			'json_encode(["foo" => 1, "bar" => 2], self::$_json_options) : ',
+			'json_encode(["foo" => 1, "bar" => 2], self::$_json_options2) : ',
 			'htmlspecialchars(json_encode(["foo" => 1, "bar" => 2], self::$_json_options), \ENT_QUOTES, \'UTF-8\', false); ?>',
 		]);
 		$this->assertEquals($target, $this->_parse($source));