diff --git a/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/json.go b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/config.go
similarity index 64%
rename from pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/json.go
rename to pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/config.go
index b5e278f551d9..42595239f466 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/json.go
+++ b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/config.go
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 package json // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json"
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/entry"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator/helper"
 )
@@ -50,29 +46,3 @@ func (c Config) Build(logger *zap.SugaredLogger) (operator.Operator, error) {
 		json:           jsoniter.ConfigFastest,
 	}, nil
 }
-
-// Parser is an operator that parses JSON.
-type Parser struct {
-	helper.ParserOperator
-	json jsoniter.API
-}
-
-// Process will parse an entry for JSON.
-func (j *Parser) Process(ctx context.Context, entry *entry.Entry) error {
-	return j.ParserOperator.ProcessWith(ctx, entry, j.parse)
-}
-
-// parse will parse a value as JSON.
-func (j *Parser) parse(value any) (any, error) {
-	var parsedValue map[string]any
-	switch m := value.(type) {
-	case string:
-		err := j.json.UnmarshalFromString(m, &parsedValue)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("type %T cannot be parsed as JSON", value)
-	}
-	return parsedValue, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/parser.go b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..429a49c6ecca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package json // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json"
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/entry"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/stanza/operator/helper"
+)
+
+// Parser is an operator that parses JSON.
+type Parser struct {
+	helper.ParserOperator
+	json jsoniter.API
+}
+
+// Process will parse an entry for JSON.
+func (p *Parser) Process(ctx context.Context, entry *entry.Entry) error {
+	return p.ParserOperator.ProcessWith(ctx, entry, p.parse)
+}
+
+// parse will parse a value as JSON.
+func (p *Parser) parse(value any) (any, error) {
+	var parsedValue map[string]any
+	switch m := value.(type) {
+	case string:
+		err := p.json.UnmarshalFromString(m, &parsedValue)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("type %T cannot be parsed as JSON", value)
+	}
+	return parsedValue, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/json_test.go b/pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/parser_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/json_test.go
rename to pkg/stanza/operator/parser/json/parser_test.go