diff --git a/data_juicer/core/ray_data.py b/data_juicer/core/ray_data.py
index b252b5989..4e76063df 100644
--- a/data_juicer/core/ray_data.py
+++ b/data_juicer/core/ray_data.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 from functools import partial
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Union
 
-import pyarrow as pa
+import pyarrow
 from loguru import logger
 
 from data_juicer import cuda_device_count
@@ -12,6 +15,7 @@
 from data_juicer.utils.process_utils import calculate_np
 
 rd = LazyLoader('rd', 'ray.data')
+ds = LazyLoader('ds', 'ray.data.datasource')
 
 
 def get_abs_path(path, dataset_dir):
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ def convert_to_absolute_paths(samples, dataset_dir, path_keys):
                 samples[key][idx] = [
                     get_abs_path(item, dataset_dir) for item in paths
                 ]
-    return pa.Table.from_pydict(samples)
+    return pyarrow.Table.from_pydict(samples)
 
 
 # TODO: check path for nestdataset
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ def preprocess_dataset(dataset: rd.Dataset, dataset_path, cfg) -> rd.Dataset:
         dataset = set_dataset_to_absolute_path(dataset, dataset_path, cfg)
     if Fields.stats not in columns:
 
-        def process_batch_arrow(table: pa.Table) -> pa.Table:
+        def process_batch_arrow(table: pyarrow.Table) -> pyarrow.Table:
             new_column_data = [{} for _ in range(len(table))]
             new_talbe = table.append_column(Fields.stats, [new_column_data])
             return new_talbe
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ def get_num_gpus(op, op_proc):
 
 
 def filter_batch(batch, filter_func):
-    mask = pa.array(filter_func(batch.to_pydict()))
+    mask = pyarrow.array(filter_func(batch.to_pydict()))
     return batch.filter(mask)
 
 
@@ -148,3 +152,86 @@ def _run_single_op(self, op):
             import traceback
             traceback.print_exc()
             exit(1)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read_json(cls, paths: Union[str, List[str]]) -> RayDataset:
+        # Note: a temp solution for reading json stream
+        # TODO: replace with ray.data.read_json_stream once it is available
+        import pyarrow.json as js
+        try:
+            js.open_json
+            return read_json_stream(paths)
+        except AttributeError:
+            return rd.read_json(paths)
+
+
+class JSONStreamDatasource(ds.JSONDatasource):
+
+    def _read_stream(self, f: 'pyarrow.NativeFile', path: str):
+        from pyarrow.json import open_json
+
+        try:
+            reader = open_json(
+                f,
+                read_options=self.read_options,
+                **self.arrow_json_args,
+            )
+            schema = None
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    batch = reader.read_next_batch()
+                    table = pyarrow.Table.from_batches([batch], schema=schema)
+                    if schema is None:
+                        schema = table.schema
+                    yield table
+                except StopIteration:
+                    return
+        except pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid as e:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f'Failed to read JSON file: {path}. '
+                'Please check the JSON file has correct format, or filter out '
+                "non-JSON file with 'partition_filter' field. See read_csv() "
+                'documentation for more details.') from e
+
+
+def read_json_stream(
+    paths: Union[str, List[str]],
+    *,
+    filesystem: Optional['pyarrow.fs.FileSystem'] = None,
+    parallelism: int = -1,
+    ray_remote_args: Dict[str, Any] = None,
+    arrow_open_stream_args: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+    meta_provider=None,
+    partition_filter=None,
+    partitioning=ds.partitioning.Partitioning('hive'),
+    include_paths: bool = False,
+    ignore_missing_paths: bool = False,
+    shuffle: Union[Literal['files'], None] = None,
+    file_extensions: Optional[List[str]] = ['json', 'jsonl'],
+    concurrency: Optional[int] = None,
+    override_num_blocks: Optional[int] = None,
+    **arrow_json_args,
+) -> rd.Dataset:
+    if meta_provider is None:
+        meta_provider = ds.file_meta_provider.DefaultFileMetadataProvider()
+
+    datasource = JSONStreamDatasource(
+        paths,
+        arrow_json_args=arrow_json_args,
+        filesystem=filesystem,
+        open_stream_args=arrow_open_stream_args,
+        meta_provider=meta_provider,
+        partition_filter=partition_filter,
+        partitioning=partitioning,
+        ignore_missing_paths=ignore_missing_paths,
+        shuffle=shuffle,
+        include_paths=include_paths,
+        file_extensions=file_extensions,
+    )
+    return rd.read_datasource(
+        datasource,
+        parallelism=parallelism,
+        ray_remote_args=ray_remote_args,
+        concurrency=concurrency,
+        override_num_blocks=override_num_blocks,
+    )
diff --git a/data_juicer/core/ray_executor.py b/data_juicer/core/ray_executor.py
index 1d90e31b3..41990b36a 100644
--- a/data_juicer/core/ray_executor.py
+++ b/data_juicer/core/ray_executor.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def run(self, load_data_np=None):
             from data_juicer.format.formatter import FORMATTERS
             dataset = FORMATTERS.modules[obj_name](**args).load_dataset()
         else:
-            dataset = rd.read_json(self.cfg.dataset_path)
+            dataset = RayDataset.read_json(self.cfg.dataset_path)
 
         # convert all the path in dataset to absolute path
         dataset = RayDataset(dataset, self.cfg.dataset_path, self.cfg)