diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 29d249f..40414e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ itertools = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["use_std"]
 iota-crypto = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["sha"], optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 json-pointer = "0.3.4"
+serde_with = "3.6.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 josekit = "0.8.4"
diff --git a/src/sd_jwt.rs b/src/sd_jwt.rs
index a0682ec..3f93870 100644
--- a/src/sd_jwt.rs
+++ b/src/sd_jwt.rs
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::Error;
 use crate::Result;
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use serde::Serialize;
 
 /// Representation of an SD-JWT of the format
 /// `<Issuer-signed JWT>~<Disclosure 1>~<Disclosure 2>~...~<Disclosure N>~<optional KB-JWT>`.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct SdJwt {
   /// The JWT part.
   pub jwt: String,
@@ -80,6 +79,13 @@ impl Display for SdJwt {
   }
 }
 
+impl FromStr for SdJwt {
+  type Err = Error;
+  fn from_str(s: &str) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+    Self::parse(s)
+  }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
   use crate::SdJwt;