diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 552ec08f7..9d796990d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
 	github.com/tbrandon/mbserver v0.0.0-20170611213546-993e1772cc62
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.12.0
-	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.10.2
+	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.1
 	github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.6
 	github.com/vapourismo/knx-go v0.0.0-20211128234507-8198fa17db36
 	github.com/vjeantet/grok v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 70f89ab2a..6349769a9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2176,8 +2176,8 @@ github.com/tedsuo/ifrit v0.0.0-20180802180643-bea94bb476cc/go.mod h1:eyZnKCc955u
 github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.12.0 h1:SK0NryGHIx7aifF6YqReORL18aGAA4bsDPtikDVCEyg=
 github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.12.0/go.mod h1:SIndOQXZng0IW8iWU1Js0ynrfZ8xcxrTtDfF6rD2pxs=
 github.com/tetafro/godot v1.4.4/go.mod h1:FVDd4JuKliW3UgjswZfJfHq4vAx0bD/Jd5brJjGeaz4=
-github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.10.2 h1:APbLGOM0rrEkd8WBw9C24nllro4ajFuJu0Sc9hRz8Bo=
-github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.10.2/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.1 h1:iymTbGkQBhveq21bEvAQ81I0LEBork8BFe1CUZXdyuo=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.1/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
 github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JTxsfmM=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
index 20bf99fa9..52ba0156c 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ func (p *Parser) processMetric(input []byte, data []DataSet, tag bool, timestamp
 				map[string]interface{}{},
 				timestamp,
 			),
-			Result: result,
+			Result:      result,
+			ParentIndex: result.Index,
 		}
 
 		// Expand all array's and nested arrays into separate metrics
@@ -296,9 +297,10 @@ func (p *Parser) expandArray(result MetricNode, timestamp time.Time) ([]telegraf
 			)
 			if val.IsObject() {
 				n := result
-				n.ParentIndex += val.Index
 				n.Metric = m
 				n.Result = val
+				n.Index = val.Index - result.Index
+				n.ParentIndex = n.Index + result.ParentIndex
 				r, err := p.combineObject(n, timestamp)
 				if err != nil {
 					return false
@@ -315,9 +317,10 @@ func (p *Parser) expandArray(result MetricNode, timestamp time.Time) ([]telegraf
 
 			mergeMetric(result.Metric, m)
 			n := result
-			n.ParentIndex += val.Index
 			n.Metric = m
 			n.Result = val
+			n.Index = val.Index - result.Index
+			n.ParentIndex = n.Index + result.ParentIndex
 			r, err := p.expandArray(n, timestamp)
 			if err != nil {
 				return false
@@ -454,15 +457,16 @@ func (p *Parser) processObjects(input []byte, objects []JSONObject, timestamp ti
 		}
 
 		rootObject := MetricNode{
-			ParentIndex: 0,
 			Metric: metric.New(
 				p.measurementName,
 				map[string]string{},
 				map[string]interface{}{},
 				timestamp,
 			),
-			Result: result,
+			Result:      result,
+			ParentIndex: 0,
 		}
+
 		metrics, err := p.expandArray(rootObject, timestamp)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -534,6 +538,8 @@ func (p *Parser) combineObject(result MetricNode, timestamp time.Time) ([]telegr
 					return false
 				}
 			} else {
+				arrayNode.Index -= result.Index
+				arrayNode.ParentIndex -= result.Index
 				r, err := p.expandArray(arrayNode, timestamp)
 				if err != nil {
 					return false