diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 34de352..3bf8570 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package jsonrpc2
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
@@ -141,7 +142,9 @@ func (c *conn) Call(ctx context.Context, method string, params, result interface
 			return id, nil
 		}
 
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(resp.result, result); err != nil {
+		dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(resp.result))
+		dec.ZeroCopy()
+		if err := dec.Decode(result); err != nil {
 			return id, fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling result: %w", err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e2a8ff..4d7ddb2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module go.lsp.dev/jsonrpc2
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.16
 
 require (
-	github.com/segmentio/encoding v0.2.7
+	github.com/segmentio/encoding v0.2.17
 	go.lsp.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210125030640-b6310ac75a91
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 444d703..5462feb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-github.com/segmentio/encoding v0.2.7 h1:TKxEiKbernCFCTFW5wnSlE21kIQpqcY/ABXjhc9YeJU=
-github.com/segmentio/encoding v0.2.7/go.mod h1:MJjRE6bMDocliO2FyFC2Dusp+uYdBfHWh5Bw7QyExto=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.5 h1:qnfhwbFriwDIX51QncuNU5mEMf+6KE3t7O8V2KQl3Dg=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
+github.com/segmentio/encoding v0.2.17 h1:cgfmPc44u1po1lz5bSgF00gLCROBjDNc7h+H7I20zpc=
+github.com/segmentio/encoding v0.2.17/go.mod h1:7E68jTSWMnNoYhHi1JbLd7NBSB6XfE4vzqhR88hDBQc=
 go.lsp.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210125030640-b6310ac75a91 h1:JPKNt/RzBcOc89rhZ4Vl6U05Y1nN37FAc8PTKE3hssk=
 go.lsp.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20210125030640-b6310ac75a91/go.mod h1:gtSHRuYfbCT0qnbLnovpie/WEmqyJ7T4n6VXiFMBtcw=
diff --git a/jsonrpc2_test.go b/jsonrpc2_test.go
index c604c88..405ee14 100644
--- a/jsonrpc2_test.go
+++ b/jsonrpc2_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package jsonrpc2_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -141,21 +142,27 @@ func testHandler() jsonrpc2.Handler {
 
 		case methodOneString:
 			var v string
-			if err := json.Unmarshal(req.Params(), &v); err != nil {
+			dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(req.Params()))
+			dec.ZeroCopy()
+			if err := dec.Decode(&v); err != nil {
 				return reply(ctx, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", jsonrpc2.ErrParse, err))
 			}
 			return reply(ctx, "got:"+v, nil)
 
 		case methodOneNumber:
 			var v int
-			if err := json.Unmarshal(req.Params(), &v); err != nil {
+			dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(req.Params()))
+			dec.ZeroCopy()
+			if err := dec.Decode(&v); err != nil {
 				return reply(ctx, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", jsonrpc2.ErrParse, err))
 			}
 			return reply(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("got:%d", v), nil)
 
 		case methodJoin:
 			var v []string
-			if err := json.Unmarshal(req.Params(), &v); err != nil {
+			dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(req.Params()))
+			dec.ZeroCopy()
+			if err := dec.Decode(&v); err != nil {
 				return reply(ctx, nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", jsonrpc2.ErrParse, err))
 			}
 			return reply(ctx, path.Join(v...), nil)
diff --git a/message.go b/message.go
index 2fdc817..ba89a09 100644
--- a/message.go
+++ b/message.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package jsonrpc2
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
@@ -102,7 +103,9 @@ func (c Call) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 // UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
 func (c *Call) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	var req wireRequest
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &req); err != nil {
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
+	dec.ZeroCopy()
+	if err := dec.Decode(&req); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling call: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -181,7 +184,9 @@ func (r Response) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 // UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
 func (r *Response) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	var resp wireResponse
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &resp); err != nil {
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
+	dec.ZeroCopy()
+	if err := dec.Decode(&resp); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling jsonrpc response: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -276,7 +281,9 @@ func (n Notification) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 // UnmarshalJSON implements json.Unmarshaler.
 func (n *Notification) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	var req wireRequest
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &req); err != nil {
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
+	dec.ZeroCopy()
+	if err := dec.Decode(&req); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling notification: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -291,7 +298,9 @@ func (n *Notification) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 // DecodeMessage decodes data to Message.
 func DecodeMessage(data []byte) (Message, error) {
 	var msg combined
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &msg); err != nil {
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
+	dec.ZeroCopy()
+	if err := dec.Decode(&msg); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unmarshaling jsonrpc message: %w", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/wire_test.go b/wire_test.go
index 9052646..66c6026 100644
--- a/wire_test.go
+++ b/wire_test.go
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ func TestIDDecode(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
 			var got *jsonrpc2.ID
-			if err := json.Unmarshal(tt.encoded, &got); err != nil {
+			dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(tt.encoded))
+			dec.ZeroCopy()
+			if err := dec.Decode(&got); err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}