diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
index 2684b2023f8f3..7065b5bfeb75a 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ def get_long_description():
     "parse>=1.19.0",
     "pyarrow>=6.0.1",
     "tableschema>=1.20.2",
-    "ujson>=4.3.0",
-    "types-ujson>=4.2.1",
+    # ujson 5.2.0 has the JSONDecodeError exception type, which we need for error handling.
+    "ujson>=5.2.0",
     "smart-open[s3]>=5.2.1",
     "moto[s3]",
     *path_spec_common,
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ def get_long_description():
     "types-pytz",
     "types-pyOpenSSL",
     "types-click-spinner",
+    "types-ujson>=5.2.0",
 }
 
 base_dev_requirements = {