diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp
index ee028b5d26..ede55acc26 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/meta/type_traits.hpp
@@ -436,6 +436,24 @@ struct is_constructible_tuple : std::false_type {};
 template<typename T1, typename... Args>
 struct is_constructible_tuple<T1, std::tuple<Args...>> : conjunction<is_constructible<T1, Args>...> {};
 
+// a naive helper to check if a type is an ordered_map (exploits the fact that
+// ordered_map inherits capacity() from std::vector)
+template <typename T>
+struct is_ordered_map
+{
+    using one = char;
+
+    struct two
+    {
+        char x[2]; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays)
+    };
+
+    template <typename C> static one test( decltype(&C::capacity) ) ;
+    template <typename C> static two test(...);
+
+    enum { value = sizeof(test<T>(nullptr)) == sizeof(char) }; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
+};
+
 // to avoid useless casts (see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2893#issuecomment-889152324)
 template < typename T, typename U, enable_if_t < !std::is_same<T, U>::value, int > = 0 >
 T conditional_static_cast(U value)
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index b679febe63..1e85feb4e5 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -1336,6 +1336,21 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             }
         }
 
+        // ordered_json uses a vector internally, so pointers could have
+        // been invalidated; see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2962
+#ifdef JSON_HEDLEY_MSVC_VERSION
+#pragma warning(push )
+#pragma warning(disable : 4127) // ignore warning to replace if with if constexpr
+#endif
+        if (detail::is_ordered_map<object_t>::value)
+        {
+            set_parents();
+            return j;
+        }
+#ifdef JSON_HEDLEY_MSVC_VERSION
+#pragma warning( pop )
+#endif
+
         j.m_parent = this;
 #else
         static_cast<void>(j);
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index 077338cb23..cedac86fa9 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -3845,6 +3845,24 @@ struct is_constructible_tuple : std::false_type {};
 template<typename T1, typename... Args>
 struct is_constructible_tuple<T1, std::tuple<Args...>> : conjunction<is_constructible<T1, Args>...> {};
 
+// a naive helper to check if a type is an ordered_map (exploits the fact that
+// ordered_map inherits capacity() from std::vector)
+template <typename T>
+struct is_ordered_map
+{
+    using one = char;
+
+    struct two
+    {
+        char x[2]; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays,hicpp-avoid-c-arrays,modernize-avoid-c-arrays)
+    };
+
+    template <typename C> static one test( decltype(&C::capacity) ) ;
+    template <typename C> static two test(...);
+
+    enum { value = sizeof(test<T>(nullptr)) == sizeof(char) }; // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg,hicpp-vararg)
+};
+
 // to avoid useless casts (see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2893#issuecomment-889152324)
 template < typename T, typename U, enable_if_t < !std::is_same<T, U>::value, int > = 0 >
 T conditional_static_cast(U value)
@@ -18719,6 +18737,21 @@ class basic_json // NOLINT(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions,hicpp-spec
             }
         }
 
+        // ordered_json uses a vector internally, so pointers could have
+        // been invalidated; see https://github.com/nlohmann/json/issues/2962
+#ifdef JSON_HEDLEY_MSVC_VERSION
+#pragma warning(push )
+#pragma warning(disable : 4127) // ignore warning to replace if with if constexpr
+#endif
+        if (detail::is_ordered_map<object_t>::value)
+        {
+            set_parents();
+            return j;
+        }
+#ifdef JSON_HEDLEY_MSVC_VERSION
+#pragma warning( pop )
+#endif
+
         j.m_parent = this;
 #else
         static_cast<void>(j);
diff --git a/test/src/unit-diagnostics.cpp b/test/src/unit-diagnostics.cpp
index 4a88f768c0..28c4a37a09 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-diagnostics.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-diagnostics.cpp
@@ -174,4 +174,14 @@ TEST_CASE("Better diagnostics")
             j_obj["key"] = j_arr;
         }
     }
+
+    SECTION("Regression test for issue #2962 - JSON_DIAGNOSTICS assertion for ordered_json")
+    {
+        nlohmann::ordered_json j;
+        nlohmann::ordered_json j2;
+        const std::string value;
+        j["first"] = value;
+        j["second"] = value;
+        j2["something"] = j;
+    }
 }