diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4fb2f3f..fca63fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jsonc-parser"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9eb0774546269185d38da823d8583e94448ba0e158e3f50759d9c79aba946ca5"
+checksum = "45157f76d8fbe134e0c97403d69ac48989a1e0249a058b20f9f5eeff11bb09f0"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
+ "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "unicode-width",
 ]
diff --git a/rs_lib/Cargo.toml b/rs_lib/Cargo.toml
index d2b66dd..061c11c 100644
--- a/rs_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rs_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-jsonc-parser = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["cst", "serde", "preserve_order", "error_unicode_width"] }
+jsonc-parser = { version = "0.31.0", features = ["cst", "serde", "serde_json", "preserve_order", "error_unicode_width"] }
 wasm-bindgen = "=0.2.106"
 js-sys = "0.3"
 serde = "1.0"
diff --git a/rs_lib/src/lib.rs b/rs_lib/src/lib.rs
index fab8b19..5d3648b 100644
--- a/rs_lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rs_lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub fn parse_to_value(
 
   // Use the more efficient parse_to_serde_value API from jsonc_parser
   // This skips building the full CST and directly produces a serde_json::Value
-  let serde_value = jsonc_parser::parse_to_serde_value(text, &parse_options)
+  let serde_value: Option<serde_json::Value> = jsonc_parser::parse_to_serde_value(text, &parse_options)
     .map_err(|e| throw_error(&format!("Parse error: {}", e)))?;
 
   // Convert serde_json::Value to JsValue using serde-wasm-bindgen with custom serializer
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 711b3a4..6a89faa 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.92.0"
+channel = "1.94.0"
 components = ["clippy", "rustfmt"]