diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 95be3f6d..885087cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 semver = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.107", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.1"
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.59", features = ["unbounded_depth"] }
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/src/messages.rs b/src/messages.rs
index 2aded38f..9b4fceb1 100644
--- a/src/messages.rs
+++ b/src/messages.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ impl<R: BufRead> Iterator for MessageIter<R> {
     type Item = io::Result<Message>;
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
         let line = self.lines.next()?;
-        let message = line.map(|it| serde_json::from_str(&it).unwrap_or(Message::TextLine(it)));
+        let message = line.map(|it| {
+            let mut deserializer = serde_json::Deserializer::from_str(&it);
+            deserializer.disable_recursion_limit();
+            Message::deserialize(&mut deserializer).unwrap_or(Message::TextLine(it))
+        });
         Some(message)
     }
 }