diff --git a/src/encoding/json/decode.go b/src/encoding/json/decode.go
index f8205704e38..69a1013b859 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/decode.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/decode.go
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ import (
 //   - bool, for JSON booleans
 //   - float64, for JSON numbers
 //   - string, for JSON strings
-//   - []interface{}, for JSON arrays
-//   - map[string]interface{}, for JSON objects
+//   - []any, for JSON arrays
+//   - map[string]any, for JSON objects
 //   - nil for JSON null
 //
 // To unmarshal a JSON array into a slice, Unmarshal resets the slice length
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ func indirect(v reflect.Value, decodingNull bool) (Unmarshaler, encoding.TextUnm
 		}
 
 		// Prevent infinite loop if v is an interface pointing to its own address:
-		//     var v interface{}
+		//     var v any
 		//     v = &v
 		if v.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Interface && v.Elem().Elem() == v {
 			v = v.Elem()
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ func (d *decodeState) literalStore(item []byte, v reflect.Value, fromQuoted bool
 // in an empty interface. They are not strictly necessary,
 // but they avoid the weight of reflection in this common case.
 
-// valueInterface is like value but returns interface{}
+// valueInterface is like value but returns any.
 func (d *decodeState) valueInterface() (val any) {
 	switch d.opcode {
 	default:
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ func (d *decodeState) valueInterface() (val any) {
 	return
 }
 
-// arrayInterface is like array but returns []interface{}.
+// arrayInterface is like array but returns []any.
 func (d *decodeState) arrayInterface() []any {
 	var v = make([]any, 0)
 	for {
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ func (d *decodeState) arrayInterface() []any {
 	return v
 }
 
-// objectInterface is like object but returns map[string]interface{}.
+// objectInterface is like object but returns map[string]any.
 func (d *decodeState) objectInterface() map[string]any {
 	m := make(map[string]any)
 	for {
diff --git a/src/encoding/json/encode.go b/src/encoding/json/encode.go
index 7bee1a6805f..988de716124 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/encode.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/encode.go
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ func (se sliceEncoder) encode(e *encodeState, v reflect.Value, opts encOpts) {
 		// Here we use a struct to memorize the pointer to the first element of the slice
 		// and its length.
 		ptr := struct {
-			ptr interface{} // always an unsafe.Pointer, but avoids a dependency on package unsafe
+			ptr any // always an unsafe.Pointer, but avoids a dependency on package unsafe
 			len int
 		}{v.UnsafePointer(), v.Len()}
 		if _, ok := e.ptrSeen[ptr]; ok {
diff --git a/src/encoding/json/fuzz_test.go b/src/encoding/json/fuzz_test.go
index 778664c3e57..f01960398a0 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/fuzz_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/fuzz_test.go
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ func FuzzUnmarshalJSON(f *testing.F) {
 }`))
 
 	f.Fuzz(func(t *testing.T, b []byte) {
-		for _, typ := range []func() interface{}{
-			func() interface{} { return new(interface{}) },
-			func() interface{} { return new(map[string]interface{}) },
-			func() interface{} { return new([]interface{}) },
+		for _, typ := range []func() any{
+			func() any { return new(any) },
+			func() any { return new(map[string]any) },
+			func() any { return new([]any) },
 		} {
 			i := typ()
 			if err := Unmarshal(b, i); err != nil {
diff --git a/src/encoding/json/stream.go b/src/encoding/json/stream.go
index cb61ea72120..e2d9470bcc7 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/stream.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/stream.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ func NewDecoder(r io.Reader) *Decoder {
 	return &Decoder{r: r}
 }
 
-// UseNumber causes the Decoder to unmarshal a number into an interface{} as a
-// [Number] instead of as a float64.
+// UseNumber causes the Decoder to unmarshal a number into an
+// interface value as a [Number] instead of as a float64.
 func (dec *Decoder) UseNumber() { dec.d.useNumber = true }
 
 // DisallowUnknownFields causes the Decoder to return an error when the destination