diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index a4dbce3..82ba653 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     // End External dependencies
 
     // Private modules/dependencies
-    const mod_json = b.createModule(.{
-        .root_source_file = b.path("codegen/src/json.zig"),
+    const dep_json = b.dependency("json", .{
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
+    const mod_json = dep_json.module("json");
+    mod_exe.addImport("json", mod_json);
 
     const dep_date = b.dependency("date", .{
         .target = target,
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     });
     cg_mod.addImport("smithy", mod_smithy);
     cg_mod.addImport("date", mod_date);
+    cg_mod.addImport("json", mod_json);
 
     const cg_exe = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "codegen",
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     service_manifest_module.addImport("json", mod_json);
     service_manifest_module.addImport("zeit", mod_zeit);
 
-    exe.root_module.addImport("service_manifest", service_manifest_module);
+    mod_exe.addImport("service_manifest", service_manifest_module);
 
     // Expose module to others
     const mod_aws = b.addModule("aws", .{
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     mod_aws.addImport("smithy", mod_smithy);
     mod_aws.addImport("service_manifest", service_manifest_module);
     mod_aws.addImport("date", mod_date);
+    mod_aws.addImport("json", mod_json);
     mod_aws.addImport("zeit", mod_zeit);
 
     // Expose module to others
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
     });
     mod_aws_signing.addImport("date", mod_date);
     mod_aws_signing.addImport("smithy", mod_smithy);
+    mod_aws_signing.addImport("json", mod_json);
 
     // Similar to creating the run step earlier, this exposes a `test` step to
     // the `zig build --help` menu, providing a way for the user to request
@@ -214,6 +218,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *Builder) !void {
         mod_unit_tests.addImport("service_manifest", service_manifest_module);
         mod_unit_tests.addImport("date", mod_date);
         mod_unit_tests.addImport("zeit", mod_zeit);
+        mod_unit_tests.addImport("json", mod_json);
 
         // Creates a step for unit testing. This only builds the test executable
         // but does not run it.
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 6f3c913..b0be3a9 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -28,5 +28,8 @@
         .date = .{
             .path = "lib/date",
         },
+        .json = .{
+            .path = "lib/json",
+        },
     },
 }
diff --git a/codegen/src/json.zig b/codegen/src/json.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fe93ec..0000000
--- a/codegen/src/json.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-// options is a json.Options, but since we're using our hacked json.zig we don't want to
-// specifically call this out
-pub fn serializeMap(map: anytype, key: []const u8, options: anytype, out_stream: anytype) !bool {
-    if (@typeInfo(@TypeOf(map)) == .optional) {
-        if (map == null)
-            return false
-        else
-            return serializeMapInternal(map.?, key, options, out_stream);
-    }
-    return serializeMapInternal(map, key, options, out_stream);
-}
-
-fn serializeMapInternal(map: anytype, key: []const u8, options: anytype, out_stream: anytype) !bool {
-    if (map.len == 0) {
-        var child_options = options;
-        if (child_options.whitespace) |*child_ws|
-            child_ws.indent_level += 1;
-
-        try out_stream.writeByte('"');
-        try out_stream.writeAll(key);
-        _ = try out_stream.write("\":");
-        if (options.whitespace) |ws| {
-            if (ws.separator) {
-                try out_stream.writeByte(' ');
-            }
-        }
-        try out_stream.writeByte('{');
-        try out_stream.writeByte('}');
-        return true;
-    }
-    // TODO: Map might be [][]struct{key, value} rather than []struct{key, value}
-    var child_options = options;
-    if (child_options.whitespace) |*child_ws|
-        child_ws.indent_level += 1;
-
-    try out_stream.writeByte('"');
-    try out_stream.writeAll(key);
-    _ = try out_stream.write("\":");
-    if (options.whitespace) |ws| {
-        if (ws.separator) {
-            try out_stream.writeByte(' ');
-        }
-    }
-    try out_stream.writeByte('{');
-    if (options.whitespace) |_|
-        try out_stream.writeByte('\n');
-    for (map, 0..) |tag, i| {
-        if (tag.key == null or tag.value == null) continue;
-        // TODO: Deal with escaping and general "json.stringify" the values...
-        if (child_options.whitespace) |ws|
-            try ws.outputIndent(out_stream);
-        try out_stream.writeByte('"');
-        try jsonEscape(tag.key.?, child_options, out_stream);
-        _ = try out_stream.write("\":");
-        if (child_options.whitespace) |ws| {
-            if (ws.separator) {
-                try out_stream.writeByte(' ');
-            }
-        }
-        try out_stream.writeByte('"');
-        try jsonEscape(tag.value.?, child_options, out_stream);
-        try out_stream.writeByte('"');
-        if (i < map.len - 1) {
-            try out_stream.writeByte(',');
-        }
-        if (child_options.whitespace) |_|
-            try out_stream.writeByte('\n');
-    }
-    if (options.whitespace) |ws|
-        try ws.outputIndent(out_stream);
-    try out_stream.writeByte('}');
-    return true;
-}
-// code within jsonEscape lifted from json.zig in stdlib
-fn jsonEscape(value: []const u8, options: anytype, out_stream: anytype) !void {
-    var i: usize = 0;
-    while (i < value.len) : (i += 1) {
-        switch (value[i]) {
-            // normal ascii character
-            0x20...0x21, 0x23...0x2E, 0x30...0x5B, 0x5D...0x7F => |c| try out_stream.writeByte(c),
-            // only 2 characters that *must* be escaped
-            '\\' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\\\"),
-            '\"' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\\""),
-            // solidus is optional to escape
-            '/' => {
-                if (options.string.String.escape_solidus) {
-                    try out_stream.writeAll("\\/");
-                } else {
-                    try out_stream.writeByte('/');
-                }
-            },
-            // control characters with short escapes
-            // TODO: option to switch between unicode and 'short' forms?
-            0x8 => try out_stream.writeAll("\\b"),
-            0xC => try out_stream.writeAll("\\f"),
-            '\n' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\n"),
-            '\r' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\r"),
-            '\t' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\t"),
-            else => {
-                const ulen = std.unicode.utf8ByteSequenceLength(value[i]) catch unreachable;
-                // control characters (only things left with 1 byte length) should always be printed as unicode escapes
-                if (ulen == 1 or options.string.String.escape_unicode) {
-                    const codepoint = std.unicode.utf8Decode(value[i .. i + ulen]) catch unreachable;
-                    try outputUnicodeEscape(codepoint, out_stream);
-                } else {
-                    try out_stream.writeAll(value[i .. i + ulen]);
-                }
-                i += ulen - 1;
-            },
-        }
-    }
-}
-// outputUnicodeEscape and assert lifted from json.zig in stdlib
-fn outputUnicodeEscape(
-    codepoint: u21,
-    out_stream: anytype,
-) !void {
-    if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF) {
-        // If the character is in the Basic Multilingual Plane (U+0000 through U+FFFF),
-        // then it may be represented as a six-character sequence: a reverse solidus, followed
-        // by the lowercase letter u, followed by four hexadecimal digits that encode the character's code point.
-        try out_stream.writeAll("\\u");
-        try std.fmt.formatIntValue(codepoint, "x", std.fmt.FormatOptions{ .width = 4, .fill = '0' }, out_stream);
-    } else {
-        assert(codepoint <= 0x10FFFF);
-        // To escape an extended character that is not in the Basic Multilingual Plane,
-        // the character is represented as a 12-character sequence, encoding the UTF-16 surrogate pair.
-        const high = @as(u16, @intCast((codepoint - 0x10000) >> 10)) + 0xD800;
-        const low = @as(u16, @intCast(codepoint & 0x3FF)) + 0xDC00;
-        try out_stream.writeAll("\\u");
-        try std.fmt.formatIntValue(high, "x", std.fmt.FormatOptions{ .width = 4, .fill = '0' }, out_stream);
-        try out_stream.writeAll("\\u");
-        try std.fmt.formatIntValue(low, "x", std.fmt.FormatOptions{ .width = 4, .fill = '0' }, out_stream);
-    }
-}
-
-/// This function invokes undefined behavior when `ok` is `false`.
-/// In Debug and ReleaseSafe modes, calls to this function are always
-/// generated, and the `unreachable` statement triggers a panic.
-/// In ReleaseFast and ReleaseSmall modes, calls to this function are
-/// optimized away, and in fact the optimizer is able to use the assertion
-/// in its heuristics.
-/// Inside a test block, it is best to use the `std.testing` module rather
-/// than this function, because this function may not detect a test failure
-/// in ReleaseFast and ReleaseSmall mode. Outside of a test block, this assert
-/// function is the correct function to use.
-pub fn assert(ok: bool) void {
-    if (!ok) unreachable; // assertion failure
-}
diff --git a/lib/json/build.zig b/lib/json/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b37239a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/json/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
+
+    const lib_mod = b.addModule("json", .{
+        .root_source_file = b.path("src/root.zig"),
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+
+    const lib = b.addLibrary(.{
+        .linkage = .static,
+        .name = "json",
+        .root_module = lib_mod,
+    });
+
+    b.installArtifact(lib);
+
+    const lib_unit_tests = b.addTest(.{
+        .root_module = lib_mod,
+    });
+
+    const run_lib_unit_tests = b.addRunArtifact(lib_unit_tests);
+
+    const test_step = b.step("test", "Run unit tests");
+    test_step.dependOn(&run_lib_unit_tests.step);
+}
diff --git a/lib/json/build.zig.zon b/lib/json/build.zig.zon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..280c75c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/json/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.{
+    .name = .json,
+    .version = "0.0.0",
+    .fingerprint = 0x6b0725452065211c, // Changing this has security and trust implications.
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.14.0",
+    .dependencies = .{},
+    .paths = .{
+        "build.zig",
+        "build.zig.zon",
+        "src",
+    },
+}
diff --git a/src/json.zig b/lib/json/src/json.zig
similarity index 96%
rename from src/json.zig
rename to lib/json/src/json.zig
index eeb4c05..d307e9e 100644
--- a/src/json.zig
+++ b/lib/json/src/json.zig
@@ -14,8 +14,116 @@ const testing = std.testing;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
 
-// pub const WriteStream = @import("json/write_stream.zig").WriteStream;
-// pub const writeStream = @import("json/write_stream.zig").writeStream;
+pub fn serializeMap(map: anytype, key: []const u8, options: anytype, out_stream: anytype) !bool {
+    if (@typeInfo(@TypeOf(map)) == .optional) {
+        if (map == null)
+            return false
+        else
+            return serializeMapInternal(map.?, key, options, out_stream);
+    }
+    return serializeMapInternal(map, key, options, out_stream);
+}
+
+fn serializeMapInternal(map: anytype, key: []const u8, options: anytype, out_stream: anytype) !bool {
+    if (map.len == 0) {
+        var child_options = options;
+        if (child_options.whitespace) |*child_ws|
+            child_ws.indent_level += 1;
+
+        try out_stream.writeByte('"');
+        try out_stream.writeAll(key);
+        _ = try out_stream.write("\":");
+        if (options.whitespace) |ws| {
+            if (ws.separator) {
+                try out_stream.writeByte(' ');
+            }
+        }
+        try out_stream.writeByte('{');
+        try out_stream.writeByte('}');
+        return true;
+    }
+    // TODO: Map might be [][]struct{key, value} rather than []struct{key, value}
+    var child_options = options;
+    if (child_options.whitespace) |*child_ws|
+        child_ws.indent_level += 1;
+
+    try out_stream.writeByte('"');
+    try out_stream.writeAll(key);
+    _ = try out_stream.write("\":");
+    if (options.whitespace) |ws| {
+        if (ws.separator) {
+            try out_stream.writeByte(' ');
+        }
+    }
+    try out_stream.writeByte('{');
+    if (options.whitespace) |_|
+        try out_stream.writeByte('\n');
+    for (map, 0..) |tag, i| {
+        if (tag.key == null or tag.value == null) continue;
+        // TODO: Deal with escaping and general "json.stringify" the values...
+        if (child_options.whitespace) |ws|
+            try ws.outputIndent(out_stream);
+        try out_stream.writeByte('"');
+        try jsonEscape(tag.key.?, child_options, out_stream);
+        _ = try out_stream.write("\":");
+        if (child_options.whitespace) |ws| {
+            if (ws.separator) {
+                try out_stream.writeByte(' ');
+            }
+        }
+        try out_stream.writeByte('"');
+        try jsonEscape(tag.value.?, child_options, out_stream);
+        try out_stream.writeByte('"');
+        if (i < map.len - 1) {
+            try out_stream.writeByte(',');
+        }
+        if (child_options.whitespace) |_|
+            try out_stream.writeByte('\n');
+    }
+    if (options.whitespace) |ws|
+        try ws.outputIndent(out_stream);
+    try out_stream.writeByte('}');
+    return true;
+}
+// code within jsonEscape lifted from json.zig in stdlib
+fn jsonEscape(value: []const u8, options: anytype, out_stream: anytype) !void {
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    while (i < value.len) : (i += 1) {
+        switch (value[i]) {
+            // normal ascii character
+            0x20...0x21, 0x23...0x2E, 0x30...0x5B, 0x5D...0x7F => |c| try out_stream.writeByte(c),
+            // only 2 characters that *must* be escaped
+            '\\' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\\\"),
+            '\"' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\\""),
+            // solidus is optional to escape
+            '/' => {
+                if (options.string.String.escape_solidus) {
+                    try out_stream.writeAll("\\/");
+                } else {
+                    try out_stream.writeByte('/');
+                }
+            },
+            // control characters with short escapes
+            // TODO: option to switch between unicode and 'short' forms?
+            0x8 => try out_stream.writeAll("\\b"),
+            0xC => try out_stream.writeAll("\\f"),
+            '\n' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\n"),
+            '\r' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\r"),
+            '\t' => try out_stream.writeAll("\\t"),
+            else => {
+                const ulen = std.unicode.utf8ByteSequenceLength(value[i]) catch unreachable;
+                // control characters (only things left with 1 byte length) should always be printed as unicode escapes
+                if (ulen == 1 or options.string.String.escape_unicode) {
+                    const codepoint = std.unicode.utf8Decode(value[i .. i + ulen]) catch unreachable;
+                    try outputUnicodeEscape(codepoint, out_stream);
+                } else {
+                    try out_stream.writeAll(value[i .. i + ulen]);
+                }
+                i += ulen - 1;
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 const StringEscapes = union(enum) {
     None,
@@ -1316,8 +1424,8 @@ pub const Value = union(enum) {
     }
 
     pub fn dump(self: Value) void {
-        var held = std.debug.getStderrMutex().acquire();
-        defer held.release();
+        std.debug.lockStdErr();
+        defer std.debug.unlockStdErr();
 
         const stderr = std.io.getStdErr().writer();
         stringify(self, StringifyOptions{ .whitespace = null }, stderr) catch return;
diff --git a/lib/json/src/root.zig b/lib/json/src/root.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ad6008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/json/src/root.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const testing = std.testing;
+
+pub usingnamespace @import("json.zig");
diff --git a/src/aws.zig b/src/aws.zig
index e259731..a44423b 100644
--- a/src/aws.zig
+++ b/src/aws.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const zeit = @import("zeit");
 
 const awshttp = @import("aws_http.zig");
-const json = @import("json.zig");
+const json = @import("json");
 const url = @import("url.zig");
 const case = @import("case.zig");
 const date = @import("date");
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index ed3024a..1a7bfaf 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const aws = @import("aws.zig");
-const json = @import("json.zig");
+const json = @import("json");
 
 var verbose: u8 = 0;