diff --git a/Source/CarthageKit/BinaryJSONError.swift b/Source/CarthageKit/BinaryJSONError.swift
index bddd6a2700..9aca3b6c15 100644
--- a/Source/CarthageKit/BinaryJSONError.swift
+++ b/Source/CarthageKit/BinaryJSONError.swift
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Foundation
 /// Error parsing a binary-only framework JSON file, used in CarthageError.invalidBinaryJSON.
 public enum BinaryJSONError: Error {
 	/// Unable to parse the JSON.
-	case invalidJSON(NSError)
+	case invalidJSON(Error)
 
 	/// Unable to parse a semantic version from a framework entry.
 	case invalidVersion(ScannableError)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extension BinaryJSONError: Equatable {
 	public static func == (lhs: BinaryJSONError, rhs: BinaryJSONError) -> Bool {
 		switch (lhs, rhs) {
 		case let (.invalidJSON(left), .invalidJSON(right)):
-			return left == right
+			return (left as NSError) == (right as NSError)
 
 		case let (.invalidVersion(left), .invalidVersion(right)):
 			return left == right
diff --git a/Source/CarthageKit/BinaryProject.swift b/Source/CarthageKit/BinaryProject.swift
index ca52e95cc4..22afcaa5f4 100644
--- a/Source/CarthageKit/BinaryProject.swift
+++ b/Source/CarthageKit/BinaryProject.swift
@@ -2,20 +2,14 @@ import Foundation
 import Result
 
 public struct BinaryProject {
+	private static let jsonDecoder = JSONDecoder()
+
 	public var versions: [PinnedVersion: URL]
 
 	public static func from(jsonData: Data) -> Result<BinaryProject, BinaryJSONError> {
-		return Result<Any, NSError>(attempt: { try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: jsonData, options: []) })
-			.mapError(BinaryJSONError.invalidJSON)
-			.flatMap { json in
-				let error = NSError(
-					domain: Constants.bundleIdentifier,
-					code: 1,
-					userInfo: [NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: "Binary definition was not expected type [String: String]"]
-				)
-				return Result(json as? [String: String], failWith: BinaryJSONError.invalidJSON(error))
-			}
-			.flatMap { (json: [String: String]) -> Result<BinaryProject, BinaryJSONError> in
+		return Result<[String: String], AnyError>(attempt: { try jsonDecoder.decode([String: String].self, from: jsonData) })
+			.mapError { .invalidJSON($0.error) }
+			.flatMap { json -> Result<BinaryProject, BinaryJSONError> in
 				var versions = [PinnedVersion: URL]()
 
 				for (key, value) in json {
diff --git a/Tests/CarthageKitTests/BinaryProjectSpec.swift b/Tests/CarthageKitTests/BinaryProjectSpec.swift
index 1875d025ea..3b6a17cdb0 100644
--- a/Tests/CarthageKitTests/BinaryProjectSpec.swift
+++ b/Tests/CarthageKitTests/BinaryProjectSpec.swift
@@ -44,12 +44,11 @@ class BinaryProjectSpec: QuickSpec {
 
 				let actualError = BinaryProject.from(jsonData: jsonData).error
 
-				let error = NSError(
-					domain: Constants.bundleIdentifier,
-					code: 1,
-					userInfo: [NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: "Binary definition was not expected type [String: String]"]
-				)
-				expect(actualError) == .invalidJSON(error)
+				if case let .invalidJSON(underlyingError)? = actualError {
+					expect(underlyingError is DecodingError) == true
+				} else {
+					fail()
+				}
 			}
 
 			it("should fail with an invalid semantic version") {