diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.args b/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.args
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..171ae477352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.args
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+$TESTDATA_DIR$/sourceMapCharEscape.kt
+-no-stdlib
+-source-map
+-source-map-embed-sources
+always
+-output
+$TEMP_DIR$/out.js
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.kt b/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aba87cc3237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.kt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fun foo() = "©∑\n"
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.out b/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d86bac9de59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+OK
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.test b/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19f6cbe5320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// EXISTS: out.js
+// CONTAINS: out.js.map, \"©∑\\n\"\n
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
index 650a1db7883..448383b6b4b 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
@@ -545,6 +545,12 @@ public class CliTestGenerated extends AbstractCliTest {
             doJsTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("sourceMapCharEscape.args")
+        public void testSourceMapCharEscape() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapCharEscape.args");
+            doJsTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("sourceMapDuplicateRelativePaths.args")
         public void testSourceMapDuplicateRelativePaths() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/cli/js/sourceMapDuplicateRelativePaths.args");
diff --git a/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml b/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml
index e522b8393b3..602eee31925 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml
+++ b/js/js.translator/js.translator.iml
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="js.parser" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="js.serializer" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="util" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="json-org" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/sourceMap/SourceMap3Builder.java b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/sourceMap/SourceMap3Builder.java
index 72408b57f7a..43db1fe0f15 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/sourceMap/SourceMap3Builder.java
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/sourceMap/SourceMap3Builder.java
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ import gnu.trove.TObjectIntHashMap;
 import kotlin.io.TextStreamsKt;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.backend.JsToStringGenerationVisitor;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.util.TextOutput;
+import org.json.JSONWriter;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -70,55 +72,44 @@ public class SourceMap3Builder implements SourceMapBuilder {
 
     @Override
     public String build() {
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(out.length() + (128 * orderedSources.size()));
-        sb.append("{\"version\":3,\"file\":\"").append(generatedFile.getName()).append('"').append(',');
+        try {
+            StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+            JSONWriter writer = new JSONWriter(stringWriter);
+            writer.object();
+            writer.key("version").value(3);
+            writer.key("file").value(generatedFile.getName());
 
-        appendSources(sb);
-        sb.append(",");
-        appendSourcesContent(sb);
+            appendSources(writer);
+            appendSourcesContent(writer);
 
-        sb.append(",\"names\":[");
-        sb.append("],\"mappings\":\"");
-        sb.append(out);
-        sb.append("\"}");
-        return sb.toString();
+            writer.key("names").array().endArray();
+            writer.key("mappings").value(out.toString());
+
+            writer.endObject();
+            stringWriter.close();
+
+            return stringWriter.toString();
+        }
+        catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError("This exception should have not been thrown from StringWriter", e);
+        }
     }
 
-    private void appendSources(StringBuilder sb) {
-        boolean isNotFirst = false;
-        sb.append('"').append("sources").append("\":[");
+    private void appendSources(JSONWriter writer) {
+        writer.key("sources").array();
         for (String source : orderedSources) {
-            if (isNotFirst) {
-                sb.append(',');
-            }
-            else {
-                isNotFirst = true;
-            }
-            sb.append(JsToStringGenerationVisitor.javaScriptString(pathPrefix + source, true));
+            writer.value(pathPrefix + source);
         }
-        sb.append(']');
+        writer.endArray();
     }
 
-    private void appendSourcesContent(StringBuilder sb) {
-        boolean isNotFirst = false;
-        sb.append('"').append("sourcesContent").append("\":[");
+    private void appendSourcesContent(JSONWriter writer) {
+        writer.key("sourcesContent").array();
         for (Supplier<Reader> contentSupplier : orderedSourceContentSuppliers) {
-            if (isNotFirst) {
-                sb.append(',');
-            }
-            else {
-                isNotFirst = true;
-            }
-
             Reader reader = contentSupplier.get();
-            if (reader != null) {
-                sb.append(JsToStringGenerationVisitor.javaScriptString(TextStreamsKt.readText(reader), true));
-            }
-            else {
-                sb.append("null");
-            }
+            writer.value(reader != null ? TextStreamsKt.readText(reader) : null);
         }
-        sb.append(']');
+        writer.endArray();
     }
 
     @Override