diff --git a/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/Serialise/TextEnvelope.hs b/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/Serialise/TextEnvelope.hs
index 5ead3bd0dc..73cf701bf2 100644
--- a/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/Serialise/TextEnvelope.hs
+++ b/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/Serialise/TextEnvelope.hs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ module Cardano.Api.Serialise.TextEnvelope
     -- ** Reading one of several key types
   , FromSomeType (..)
   , deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeAnyOf
+  , decodeTextEnvelopeJSON
+  , deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSON
+  , deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSONAnyOf
   , readFileTextEnvelopeAnyOf
 
     -- ** Data family instances
diff --git a/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/Serialise/TextEnvelope/Internal.hs b/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/Serialise/TextEnvelope/Internal.hs
index 2c3f28c5bf..c07e206ab1 100644
--- a/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/Serialise/TextEnvelope/Internal.hs
+++ b/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/Serialise/TextEnvelope/Internal.hs
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ module Cardano.Api.Serialise.TextEnvelope.Internal
     -- * Reading one of several key types
   , FromSomeType (..)
   , deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeAnyOf
+  , decodeTextEnvelopeJSON
+  , deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSON
+  , deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSONAnyOf
   , readFileTextEnvelopeAnyOf
 
     -- * Data family instances
@@ -250,6 +253,33 @@ deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeAnyOf types te =
 
   matching (FromSomeType ttoken _f) = textEnvelopeType ttoken `legacyComparison` actualType
 
+-- | Decode a JSON-encoded 'TextEnvelope' from a strict 'ByteString' (UTF-8).
+-- Returns 'TextEnvelopeAesonDecodeError' if the JSON parsing fails.
+decodeTextEnvelopeJSON :: ByteString -> Either TextEnvelopeError TextEnvelope
+decodeTextEnvelopeJSON bs =
+  first TextEnvelopeAesonDecodeError $ Aeson.eitherDecodeStrict' bs
+
+-- | Deserialise a value from a JSON-encoded text envelope 'ByteString' (UTF-8).
+-- This performs no file I\/O. Returns 'TextEnvelopeAesonDecodeError' for JSON
+-- parse failures, or downstream errors from 'deserialiseFromTextEnvelope' for
+-- type mismatches and CBOR decoding failures.
+deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSON
+  :: HasTextEnvelope a
+  => ByteString -> Either TextEnvelopeError a
+deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSON bs =
+  decodeTextEnvelopeJSON bs >>= deserialiseFromTextEnvelope
+
+-- | Like 'deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSON' but accepts multiple target types.
+-- This performs no file I\/O. Returns 'TextEnvelopeAesonDecodeError' for JSON
+-- parse failures, or downstream errors from 'deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeAnyOf'
+-- for type mismatches and CBOR decoding failures.
+deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSONAnyOf
+  :: [FromSomeType HasTextEnvelope b]
+  -> ByteString
+  -> Either TextEnvelopeError b
+deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSONAnyOf types bs =
+  decodeTextEnvelopeJSON bs >>= deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeAnyOf types
+
 writeFileTextEnvelope
   :: HasTextEnvelope a
   => File content Out
@@ -274,9 +304,9 @@ readFileTextEnvelope
 readFileTextEnvelope path =
   runExceptT $ do
     content <- fileIOExceptT (unFile path) readFileBlocking
-    firstExceptT (FileError (unFile path)) $ hoistEither $ do
-      te <- first TextEnvelopeAesonDecodeError $ Aeson.eitherDecodeStrict' content
-      deserialiseFromTextEnvelope te
+    firstExceptT (FileError (unFile path)) $
+      hoistEither $
+        deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSON content
 
 readFileTextEnvelopeAnyOf
   :: [FromSomeType HasTextEnvelope b]
@@ -285,9 +315,9 @@ readFileTextEnvelopeAnyOf
 readFileTextEnvelopeAnyOf types path =
   runExceptT $ do
     content <- fileIOExceptT (unFile path) readFileBlocking
-    firstExceptT (FileError (unFile path)) $ hoistEither $ do
-      te <- first TextEnvelopeAesonDecodeError $ Aeson.eitherDecodeStrict' content
-      deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeAnyOf types te
+    firstExceptT (FileError (unFile path)) $
+      hoistEither $
+        deserialiseFromTextEnvelopeJSONAnyOf types content
 
 readTextEnvelopeFromFile
   :: FilePath