diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fe79df..216cf33 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ A simple helper to decode and encode JSON, including from files.
 
 ```php
 use Beste\Json;
-use InvalidArgumentException;
+use UnexpectedValueException;
 
 $object = Json::decode('{"key": "value"}');
 
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ $json = Json::encode($object);
 $prettyJson = Json::pretty($object);
 
 // When something goes wring while decoding/encoding,
-// an `InvalidArgumentException` is thrown
+// an `UnexpectedValueException` is thrown
 try {
     Json::decode('{]');
-} catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+} catch (UnexpectedValueException $e) {
     // Handle error
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/Json.php b/src/Json.php
index 497f62a..ff38e9c 100644
--- a/src/Json.php
+++ b/src/Json.php
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 namespace Beste;
 
-use InvalidArgumentException;
 use JsonException;
+use UnexpectedValueException;
 
 final class Json
 {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ final class Json
     private const DECODE_DEFAULT = JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING;
 
     /**
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+     * @throws UnexpectedValueException
      *
      * @return mixed
      */
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ public static function decode(string $json, ?bool $forceArray = null)
         try {
             return json_decode($json, $forceArray, 512, $flags | self::DECODE_DEFAULT | JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
         } catch (JsonException $e) {
-            throw new InvalidArgumentException($e->getMessage());
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($e->getMessage());
         }
     }
 
     /**
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+     * @throws UnexpectedValueException
      *
      * @return mixed
      */
     public static function decodeFile(string $path, bool $forceArray = null)
     {
         if (!is_readable($path)) {
-            throw new InvalidArgumentException("The file at '$path' does not exist");
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException("The file at '$path' does not exist");
         }
 
         return self::decode((string) file_get_contents($path), $forceArray);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public static function decodeFile(string $path, bool $forceArray = null)
     /**
      * @param mixed $data
      *
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+     * @throws UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public static function encode($data, ?int $options = null): string
     {
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ public static function encode($data, ?int $options = null): string
         try {
             return json_encode($data, $options | self::ENCODE_DEFAULT | JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
         } catch (JsonException $e) {
-            throw new InvalidArgumentException($e->getMessage());
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($e->getMessage());
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * @param mixed $value
      *
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+     * @throws UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public static function pretty($value, ?int $options = null): string
     {
diff --git a/tests/DecodeJsonTest.php b/tests/DecodeJsonTest.php
index d2d623a..ec52930 100644
--- a/tests/DecodeJsonTest.php
+++ b/tests/DecodeJsonTest.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 namespace Beste\Json\Tests;
 
 use Beste\Json;
-use InvalidArgumentException;
+use UnexpectedValueException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 /**
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class DecodeJsonTest extends TestCase
     /** @test */
     public function it_rejects_invalid_json(): void
     {
-        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectException(UnexpectedValueException::class);
 
         Json::decode('{');
     }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function it_rejects_an_unreadable_file(): void
     {
         $path = __DIR__.'/non-existing.json';
 
-        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectException(UnexpectedValueException::class);
         assert(!file_exists($path));
 
         Json::decodeFile($path);
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public function it_rejects_a_file_with_invalid_json(): void
     {
         $path = __DIR__.'/invalid.json';
 
-        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectException(UnexpectedValueException::class);
         assert(file_exists($path));
 
         $this->assertIsObject(Json::decodeFile($path));
diff --git a/tests/EncodeJsonTest.php b/tests/EncodeJsonTest.php
index 878090f..7d8d918 100644
--- a/tests/EncodeJsonTest.php
+++ b/tests/EncodeJsonTest.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 namespace Beste\Json\Tests;
 
 use Beste\Json;
-use InvalidArgumentException;
+use UnexpectedValueException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 /**
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public function it_does_not_escape_unicode(): void
     /** @test */
     public function it_rejects_invalid_resources(): void
     {
-        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectException(UnexpectedValueException::class);
 
         // The point is that resources cannot be encoded, not what's in the file :)
         Json::encode(fopen(__DIR__.'/valid.json', 'rb'));