diff --git a/bdk-ffi/Cargo.lock b/bdk-ffi/Cargo.lock
index 3d4b5f50..86ae78e7 100644
--- a/bdk-ffi/Cargo.lock
+++ b/bdk-ffi/Cargo.lock
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3441f0f7b02788e948e47f457ca01f1d7e6d92c693bc132c22b087d3141c03ff"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.21.7"
@@ -161,15 +167,26 @@ version = "1.0.0-alpha.11"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
  "bdk",
+ "bdk_bitcoind_rpc",
  "bdk_electrum",
  "bdk_esplora",
  "bdk_file_store",
  "bitcoin-internals",
- "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
  "uniffi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bdk_bitcoind_rpc"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54fe9410002d5c350b59145ed0b18af1bb81521e7d62515defe539a450e20551"
+dependencies = [
+ "bdk_chain",
+ "bitcoin",
+ "bitcoincore-rpc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bdk_chain"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -292,6 +309,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitcoincore-rpc"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eb70725a621848c83b3809913d5314c0d20ca84877d99dd909504b564edab00"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitcoincore-rpc-json",
+ "jsonrpc",
+ "log",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitcoincore-rpc-json"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "856ffbee2e492c23bca715d72ea34aae80d58400f2bda26a82015d6bc2ec3662"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitcoin",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.16.0"
@@ -515,6 +556,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonrpc"
+version = "0.14.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8128f36b47411cd3f044be8c1f5cc0c9e24d1d1bfdc45f0a57897b32513053f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.1",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.153"
diff --git a/bdk-ffi/Cargo.toml b/bdk-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 751c94cf..31c32fb0 100644
--- a/bdk-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bdk-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ bdk = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.11", features = ["all-keys", "keys-bip39"] }
 bdk_esplora = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "blocking", "blocking-https-rustls"] }
 bdk_electrum = { version = "0.13.0" }
 bdk_file_store = { version = "0.11.0" }
+bdk_bitcoind_rpc = { version = "0.10.0" }
 
 uniffi = { version = "=0.27.1" }
 bitcoin-internals = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["alloc"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.58"
-serde_json = "1.0.116"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 uniffi = { version = "=0.27.1", features = ["build"] }
diff --git a/bdk-ffi/src/bitcoin.rs b/bdk-ffi/src/bitcoin.rs
index 247805d4..8bc9231c 100644
--- a/bdk-ffi/src/bitcoin.rs
+++ b/bdk-ffi/src/bitcoin.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use bdk::bitcoin::Psbt as BdkPsbt;
 use bdk::bitcoin::Transaction as BdkTransaction;
 use bdk::bitcoin::TxIn as BdkTxIn;
 use bdk::bitcoin::Txid;
+use bdk_bitcoind_rpc::bitcoincore_rpc::jsonrpc::serde_json;
 
 use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::ops::Deref;