diff --git a/diff/diff_test.go b/diff/diff_test.go
index 2236bb24..e510c896 100644
--- a/diff/diff_test.go
+++ b/diff/diff_test.go
@@ -923,8 +923,10 @@ func TestDiff_Extensions(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	dd := d.PathsDiff.Modified["/example/callback"].OperationsDiff.Modified["POST"].ExtensionsDiff.Modified[extension]
 	require.Len(t, dd, 2)
-	require.Equal(t, "{\"value\":\"200\",\"op\":\"replace\",\"path\":\"/responses/default/statusCode\"}", dd[0].String())
-	require.Equal(t, "{\"value\":\"http://api.example.com/v1/example/calllllllllback\",\"op\":\"replace\",\"path\":\"/uri\"}", dd[1].String())
+	require.Equal(t, "200", dd[0].Value)
+	require.Equal(t, "201", dd[0].OldValue)
+	require.Equal(t, "http://api.example.com/v1/example/calllllllllback", dd[1].Value)
+	require.Equal(t, "http://api.example.com/v1/example/callback", dd[1].OldValue)
 }
 
 func TestDiff_ExtensionsInvalid(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/diff/interface_map_diff.go b/diff/interface_map_diff.go
index f592e2d0..4502076d 100644
--- a/diff/interface_map_diff.go
+++ b/diff/interface_map_diff.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package diff
 
 import (
 	"github.com/tufin/oasdiff/utils"
-	"github.com/wI2L/jsondiff"
 )
 
 // InterfaceMap is a map of string to interface
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func getInterfaceMapDiffInternal(map1, map2 InterfaceMap, filter utils.StringSet
 	for name1, interface1 := range map1 {
 		if _, ok := filter[name1]; ok {
 			if interface2, ok := map2[name1]; ok {
-				patch, err := jsondiff.Compare(interface1, interface2)
+				patch, err := compareJson(interface1, interface2)
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
 				}
diff --git a/diff/json_diff.go b/diff/json_diff.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a795b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diff/json_diff.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package diff
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/wI2L/jsondiff"
+)
+
+// jsonPatch is a wrapper to jsondiff.jsonPatch with proper serialization for json and yaml
+type jsonPatch []*jsonOperation
+
+// jsonOperation is a wrapper to jsondiff.jsonOperation with proper serialization for json and yaml
+type jsonOperation struct {
+	OldValue interface{} `json:"old_value" yaml:"old_value"`
+	Value    interface{} `json:"value" yaml:"value"`
+	Type     string      `json:"op" yaml:"op"`
+	From     string      `json:"from" yaml:"from"`
+	Path     string      `json:"path" yaml:"path"`
+}
+
+func toJsonPatch(patch jsondiff.Patch) jsonPatch {
+	result := make(jsonPatch, len(patch))
+	for i, op := range patch {
+		result[i] = newJsonOperation(op)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func newJsonOperation(op jsondiff.Operation) *jsonOperation {
+	return &jsonOperation{
+		OldValue: op.OldValue,
+		Value:    op.Value,
+		Type:     op.Type,
+		From:     op.From,
+		Path:     op.Path,
+	}
+}
+
+func compareJson(source, target interface{}, opts ...jsondiff.Option) (jsonPatch, error) {
+	patch, err := jsondiff.Compare(source, target, opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return toJsonPatch(patch), nil
+}
+
+// GetJsonOrigValue returns the original value of the diff, only if there is exactly one diff
+func GetJsonOrigValue(patch jsonPatch) (json.RawMessage, bool) {
+	if len(patch) != 1 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	result, ok := patch[0].OldValue.(json.RawMessage)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return result, true
+}
+
+// GetJsonOrigValue returns the new value of the diff, only if there is exactly one diff
+func GetJsonNewValue(patch jsonPatch) (json.RawMessage, bool) {
+	if len(patch) != 1 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	result, ok := patch[0].Value.(json.RawMessage)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return result, true
+}
diff --git a/diff/modified_interfaces.go b/diff/modified_interfaces.go
index 0c6a61f6..2d8ae683 100644
--- a/diff/modified_interfaces.go
+++ b/diff/modified_interfaces.go
@@ -1,39 +1,9 @@
 package diff
 
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-
-	"github.com/wI2L/jsondiff"
-)
-
 // ModifiedInterfaces is map of interface names to their respective diffs
-type ModifiedInterfaces map[string]jsondiff.Patch
+type ModifiedInterfaces map[string]jsonPatch
 
 // Empty indicates whether a change was found in this element
 func (modifiedInterfaces ModifiedInterfaces) Empty() bool {
 	return len(modifiedInterfaces) == 0
 }
-
-// GetJsonOrigValue returns the original value of the diff, only if there is exactly one diff
-func GetJsonOrigValue(patch jsondiff.Patch) (json.RawMessage, bool) {
-	if len(patch) != 1 {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-	result, ok := patch[0].OldValue.(json.RawMessage)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-	return result, true
-}
-
-// GetJsonOrigValue returns the new value of the diff, only if there is exactly one diff
-func GetJsonNewValue(patch jsondiff.Patch) (json.RawMessage, bool) {
-	if len(patch) != 1 {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-	result, ok := patch[0].Value.(json.RawMessage)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, false
-	}
-	return result, true
-}