diff --git a/src/Contracts/Data/Augmentable.php b/src/Contracts/Data/Augmentable.php
index 3ef410e154..6fb1766f4d 100644
--- a/src/Contracts/Data/Augmentable.php
+++ b/src/Contracts/Data/Augmentable.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Statamic\Contracts\Data;
 
-interface Augmentable
+interface Augmentable extends \JsonSerializable
 {
     public function augmentedValue($key);
 
diff --git a/src/Data/HasAugmentedData.php b/src/Data/HasAugmentedData.php
index d1ba21606b..4fb055ea97 100644
--- a/src/Data/HasAugmentedData.php
+++ b/src/Data/HasAugmentedData.php
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ public function newAugmentedInstance(): Augmented
 
     public function augmentedArrayData()
     {
-        return method_exists($this, 'values') ? $this->values() : $this->data();
+        if (method_exists($this, 'values')) {
+            return $this->values();
+        }
+
+        if (method_exists($this, 'data')) {
+            return $this->data();
+        }
+
+        throw new \Exception('Augmentable object must have a values() or data() method, or override the augmentedArrayData() method.');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Data/HasAugmentedInstance.php b/src/Data/HasAugmentedInstance.php
index 635f54f927..e278c2e790 100644
--- a/src/Data/HasAugmentedInstance.php
+++ b/src/Data/HasAugmentedInstance.php
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ public function toArray()
         return $this->toEvaluatedAugmentedArray();
     }
 
+    public function jsonSerialize(): mixed
+    {
+        return $this->toArray();
+    }
+
     public function __get($key)
     {
         $value = $this->augmentedValue($key);
diff --git a/src/Fields/Value.php b/src/Fields/Value.php
index 0ddd7b024b..b51ff8097f 100644
--- a/src/Fields/Value.php
+++ b/src/Fields/Value.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use JsonSerializable;
 use Statamic\Contracts\Data\Augmentable;
 use Statamic\Contracts\View\Antlers\Parser;
+use Statamic\Facades\Compare;
 use Statamic\Support\Str;
 use Statamic\View\Antlers\Language\Parser\DocumentTransformer;
 
@@ -60,8 +61,12 @@ public function jsonSerialize($options = 0)
     {
         $value = $this->value();
 
+        if (Compare::isQueryBuilder($value)) {
+            $value = $value->get();
+        }
+
         if ($value instanceof Augmentable || $value instanceof Collection) {
-            $value = $value->toAugmentedArray();
+            $value = $value->toArray();
         }
 
         return $value;
diff --git a/src/Modifiers/CoreModifiers.php b/src/Modifiers/CoreModifiers.php
index 00bc863338..d2efb0417f 100644
--- a/src/Modifiers/CoreModifiers.php
+++ b/src/Modifiers/CoreModifiers.php
@@ -2545,10 +2545,6 @@ public function toJson($value, $params)
             $value = $value->get();
         }
 
-        if ($value instanceof Collection || $value instanceof Augmentable) {
-            $value = $value->toAugmentedArray();
-        }
-
         return json_encode($value, $options);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Data/AugmentedCollectionTest.php b/tests/Data/AugmentedCollectionTest.php
index c600791f0b..50271578bf 100644
--- a/tests/Data/AugmentedCollectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Data/AugmentedCollectionTest.php
@@ -7,20 +7,15 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder as LaravelQueryBuilder;
 use JsonSerializable;
 use Mockery as m;
-use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Statamic\Contracts\Data\Augmentable;
 use Statamic\Contracts\Query\Builder as StatamicQueryBuilder;
 use Statamic\Data\AugmentedCollection;
 use Statamic\Data\HasAugmentedData;
 use Statamic\Fields\Value;
+use Tests\TestCase;
 
 class AugmentedCollectionTest extends TestCase
 {
-    public function tearDown(): void
-    {
-        m::close();
-    }
-
     /** @test */
     public function it_calls_toArray_on_each_item()
     {
@@ -147,7 +142,7 @@ public function it_json_serializes()
             new TestArrayableObject,
             new TestJsonableObject,
             new TestJsonSerializeObject,
-            $augmentable = new TestAugmentableObject,
+            $augmentable = new TestAugmentableObject(['foo' => 'bar']),
             'baz',
             $value,
         ]);
@@ -156,7 +151,7 @@ public function it_json_serializes()
             ['foo' => 'bar'],
             ['foo' => 'bar'],
             ['foo' => 'bar'],
-            $augmentable,
+            ['foo' => 'bar'],
             'baz',
             'value json serialized',
         ], $c->jsonSerialize());
@@ -172,7 +167,7 @@ public function augmentables_get_shallow_augmented_when_json_serializing_with_fl
             new TestArrayableObject,
             new TestJsonableObject,
             new TestJsonSerializeObject,
-            new TestAugmentableObject,
+            new TestAugmentableObject(['foo' => 'bar']),
             'baz',
             $value,
         ]);
@@ -217,6 +212,16 @@ class TestAugmentableObject implements Augmentable
 {
     use HasAugmentedData;
 
+    public function __construct(private $data)
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    public function augmentedArrayData()
+    {
+        return $this->data;
+    }
+
     public function toShallowAugmentedArray()
     {
         return ['shallow augmented augmentable'];
diff --git a/tests/Modifiers/ToJsonTest.php b/tests/Modifiers/ToJsonTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14d2d2f3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Modifiers/ToJsonTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Modifiers;
+
+use Facades\Tests\Factories\EntryFactory;
+use Statamic\Facades\Entry;
+use Statamic\Modifiers\Modify;
+use Tests\PreventSavingStacheItemsToDisk;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class ToJsonTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use PreventSavingStacheItemsToDisk;
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     *
+     * @dataProvider bourneJsonBourneProvider
+     */
+    public function it_converts_to_json($input, $expected): void
+    {
+        $modified = $this->modify(value($input));
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $modified);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     *
+     * @dataProvider bourneJsonBourneProvider
+     */
+    public function it_pretty_prints($input, $expected): void
+    {
+        $modified = $this->modify(value($input), ['pretty']);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(json_encode(json_decode($expected, true), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT), $modified);
+    }
+
+    private function modify($value, $options = [])
+    {
+        return Modify::value($value)->toJson($options)->fetch();
+    }
+
+    public static function bourneJsonBourneProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'empty array' => [[], '[]'],
+            'array' => [['book' => 'All The Places You\'ll Go'], '{"book":"All The Places You\'ll Go"}'],
+            'string' => ['foo bar baz', '"foo bar baz"'],
+            'null' => [null, 'null'],
+            'collection' => [collect(['book' => 'All The Places You\'ll Go']), '{"book":"All The Places You\'ll Go"}'],
+            'collection with JsonSerializables' => [
+                collect([
+                    new class implements \JsonSerializable
+                    {
+                        public function jsonSerialize(): array
+                        {
+                            return ['book' => 'All The Places You\'ll Go'];
+                        }
+                    },
+                    new class implements \JsonSerializable
+                    {
+                        public function jsonSerialize(): array
+                        {
+                            return ['book' => 'Oh, The Places You\'ll Go'];
+                        }
+                    },
+                ]), '[{"book":"All The Places You\'ll Go"},{"book":"Oh, The Places You\'ll Go"}]',
+            ],
+            'JsonSerializable object' => [
+                new class implements \JsonSerializable
+                {
+                    public function jsonSerialize(): array
+                    {
+                        return ['book' => 'All The Places You\'ll Go'];
+                    }
+                }, '{"book":"All The Places You\'ll Go"}',
+            ],
+            'query builder' => [
+                function () {
+                    EntryFactory::collection('blog')->data(['title' => 'Post One'])->create();
+                    EntryFactory::collection('blog')->data(['title' => 'Post Two'])->create();
+
+                    return Entry::query()->get(['title']);
+                }, '[{"title":"Post One"},{"title":"Post Two"}]',
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+}