diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b7791e0e3abbefaa3c9ab36ac6dfa39449ac2c3..b1ba19ec318ac197fbffeeb10ebf04337653d164 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -12077,7 +12077,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "paths",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
- "serde_json",
+ "serde_json_lenient",
  "snippet",
  "util",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/snippet_provider/Cargo.toml b/crates/snippet_provider/Cargo.toml
index 6bdc4bbb07209f4cdefb15c8b8fac08729037988..3e312a0923263a97403145628be1bc51e322c8c8 100644
--- a/crates/snippet_provider/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/snippet_provider/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gpui.workspace = true
 parking_lot.workspace = true
 paths.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
-serde_json.workspace = true
+serde_json_lenient.workspace = true
 snippet.workspace = true
 util.workspace = true
 schemars.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/snippet_provider/src/format.rs b/crates/snippet_provider/src/format.rs
index 2a8acf0d654ff418fc6692d80e8f7430eb3b8192..a52df70412359340f801b744e0c5134f71b4ea4b 100644
--- a/crates/snippet_provider/src/format.rs
+++ b/crates/snippet_provider/src/format.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use schemars::{
     JsonSchema,
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use serde_json::Value;
+use serde_json_lenient::Value;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct VSSnippetsFile {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ impl VSSnippetsFile {
             .into_generator()
             .into_root_schema_for::<Self>();
 
-        serde_json::to_value(schema).unwrap()
+        serde_json_lenient::to_value(schema).unwrap()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/snippet_provider/src/lib.rs b/crates/snippet_provider/src/lib.rs
index d5f3de1b647ec7cf4ce1e962956d854f9e4aa584..dc625779b37bc0124d1d452266a223143e320c27 100644
--- a/crates/snippet_provider/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/snippet_provider/src/lib.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ async fn process_updates(
                 let Some(file_contents) = contents else {
                     return;
                 };
-                let Ok(as_json) = serde_json::from_str::<VSSnippetsFile>(&file_contents) else {
+                let Ok(as_json) = serde_json_lenient::from_str::<VSSnippetsFile>(&file_contents)
+                else {
                     return;
                 };
                 let snippets = file_to_snippets(as_json);
diff --git a/crates/snippet_provider/src/registry.rs b/crates/snippet_provider/src/registry.rs
index 0abc7e84b2a2031eb3d354f3cea544cb67ca5ba3..b4b3e3282afffae05030672f1a3e57cd36a88017 100644
--- a/crates/snippet_provider/src/registry.rs
+++ b/crates/snippet_provider/src/registry.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ impl SnippetRegistry {
     }
 
     pub fn register_snippets(&self, file_path: &Path, contents: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        let snippets_in_file: crate::format::VSSnippetsFile = serde_json::from_str(contents)?;
+        let snippets_in_file: crate::format::VSSnippetsFile =
+            serde_json_lenient::from_str(contents)?;
         let kind = file_path
             .file_stem()
             .and_then(|stem| stem.to_str().and_then(file_stem_to_key));