diff --git a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
index 086788e28..5bd215440 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@ package json_v2
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/dimchansky/utfbom"
+	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/temporary/json_v2"
-	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
 )
 
 // Parser adheres to the parser interface, contains the parser configuration, and data required to parse JSON
@@ -68,6 +71,13 @@ func (p *Parser) Init() error {
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) Parse(input []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
+	reader := strings.NewReader(string(input))
+	body, _ := utfbom.Skip(reader)
+	input, err := io.ReadAll(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read body after BOM removal: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	// Only valid JSON is supported
 	if !gjson.Valid(string(input)) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid JSON provided, unable to parse")