diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/supportedExprs.csv b/core/src/main/resources/supportedExprs.csv
index c5f273891..d1090ca0d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/supportedExprs.csv
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/supportedExprs.csv
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ GetArrayItem,S, ,None,project,ordinal,NA,S,S,S,S,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,N
 GetArrayItem,S, ,None,project,result,S,S,S,S,S,S,S,S,PS,S,S,S,S,NS,PS,PS,PS,NS
 GetArrayStructFields,S, ,None,project,input,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,PS,NA,NA,NA
 GetArrayStructFields,S, ,None,project,result,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,PS,NA,NA,NA
-GetJsonObject,S,`get_json_object`,None,project,json,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,S,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
-GetJsonObject,S,`get_json_object`,None,project,path,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,PS,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
-GetJsonObject,S,`get_json_object`,None,project,result,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,S,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
+GetJsonObject,NS,`get_json_object`,This is disabled by default because escape sequences are not processed correctly; the input is not validated; and the output is not normalized the same as Spark,project,json,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,S,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
+GetJsonObject,NS,`get_json_object`,This is disabled by default because escape sequences are not processed correctly; the input is not validated; and the output is not normalized the same as Spark,project,path,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,PS,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
+GetJsonObject,NS,`get_json_object`,This is disabled by default because escape sequences are not processed correctly; the input is not validated; and the output is not normalized the same as Spark,project,result,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,S,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA
 GetMapValue,S, ,None,project,map,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,NA,PS,NA,NA
 GetMapValue,S, ,None,project,key,S,S,S,S,S,S,S,S,PS,S,S,NS,NS,NS,NS,NS,NS,NS
 GetMapValue,S, ,None,project,result,S,S,S,S,S,S,S,S,PS,S,S,S,S,NS,PS,PS,PS,NS
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/planparser/SqlPlanParserSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/planparser/SqlPlanParserSuite.scala
index a5a4ae4c2..16a0f4388 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/planparser/SqlPlanParserSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/planparser/SqlPlanParserSuite.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.scalatest.exceptions.TestFailedException
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.TrampolineUtil
 import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.Window
-import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.{ceil, col, collect_list, count, explode, flatten, floor, hex, json_tuple, round, row_number, sum, translate, xxhash64}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.{ceil, col, collect_list, count, explode, flatten, floor, get_json_object, hex, json_tuple, round, row_number, sum, translate, xxhash64}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.rapids.tool.ToolUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.rapids.tool.qualification.QualificationAppInfo
 import org.apache.spark.sql.rapids.tool.util.RapidsToolsConfUtil
@@ -847,6 +847,35 @@ class SQLPlanParserSuite extends BaseTestSuite {
     }
   }
 
+  test("get_json_object is supported in Project") {
+    // get_json_object is disabled by default in the RAPIDS plugin
+    TrampolineUtil.withTempDir { parquetoutputLoc =>
+      TrampolineUtil.withTempDir { eventLogDir =>
+        val (eventLog, _) = ToolTestUtils.generateEventLog(eventLogDir,
+          "Expressions in Generate") { spark =>
+          import spark.implicits._
+          val jsonString =
+            """{"Zipcode":123,"ZipCodeType":"STANDARD",
+              |"City":"ABCDE","State":"YZ"}""".stripMargin
+          val data = Seq((1, jsonString))
+          val df1 = data.toDF("id", "jValues")
+          df1.write.parquet(s"$parquetoutputLoc/parquetfile")
+          val df2 = spark.read.parquet(s"$parquetoutputLoc/parquetfile")
+          df2.select(col("id"), get_json_object(col("jValues"), "$.ZipCodeType").as("ZipCodeType"))
+        }
+        val pluginTypeChecker = new PluginTypeChecker()
+        val app = createAppFromEventlog(eventLog)
+        assert(app.sqlPlans.size == 2)
+        val parsedPlans = app.sqlPlans.map { case (sqlID, plan) =>
+          SQLPlanParser.parseSQLPlan(app.appId, plan, sqlID, "", pluginTypeChecker, app)
+        }
+        val execInfo = getAllExecsFromPlan(parsedPlans.toSeq)
+        val projectExprs = execInfo.filter(_.exec == "Project")
+        assertSizeAndNotSupported(1, projectExprs)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("Expressions supported in SortAggregateExec") {
     TrampolineUtil.withTempDir { eventLogDir =>
       val aggConfs = Map("spark.sql.execution.useObjectHashAggregateExec" -> "false")