diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 1118208d40..ecb7db6751 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Add\ssupport\sfor\shexadecimal\sinteger\sliterals\sin\sJSON.
-D 2023-04-27T18:28:10.882
+C Faster\simplementation\sof\snumberic\sliteral\sparsing\sin\sJSON.
+D 2023-04-27T19:13:20.680
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ F src/hash.h 3340ab6e1d13e725571d7cee6d3e3135f0779a7d8e76a9ce0a85971fa3953c51
 F src/hwtime.h b638809e083b601b618df877b2e89cb87c2a47a01f4def10be4c4ebb54664ac7
 F src/in-operator.md 10cd8f4bcd225a32518407c2fb2484089112fd71
 F src/insert.c a8de1db43335fc4946370a7a7e47d89975ad678ddb15078a150e993ba2fb37d4
-F src/json.c e2830f713ac361dbdabcd9017acfb8e8e4a783ff5ca0f3925626edd8c7b11909
+F src/json.c dc5befb58a71eca4c3703b2b62f4ef7bfe2087f261a21f84c0aa0f0d930e04f3
 F src/legacy.c d7874bc885906868cd51e6c2156698f2754f02d9eee1bae2d687323c3ca8e5aa
 F src/loadext.c be5af440f3192c58681b5d43167dbca3ccbfce394d89faa22378a14264781136
 F src/main.c 09bc5191f75dc48fc4dfddda143cb864c0c3dbc3297eb9a9c8e01fea58ff847d
@@ -2063,8 +2063,8 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P c13346afbecb92275e741252897d00478dab4be2d158889bc735e80efd9444f5
-R 6e312c065e46414b9040d6fd248d4cee
+P 85e00c9e68d0695592e8f72555ee133c096bfca5a860a8e21d1e0ef756705aaf
+R 2024c2bf9c60e37e973abadb1fa7e9e0
 U drh
-Z e7a3b5e2b439e9e4434717ea6eca66ea
+Z 1a9a05d48349450ebaef68906cd35ee3
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 30c4114d5d..b162c93512 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-85e00c9e68d0695592e8f72555ee133c096bfca5a860a8e21d1e0ef756705aaf
\ No newline at end of file
+58398292e8473b0b9e4b77dd5ed27334bc24a85d0c399e8d0b86de6fb59dadce
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/json.c b/src/json.c
index 10f6b9839d..ce33f83d54 100644
--- a/src/json.c
+++ b/src/json.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ json_parse_restart:
     /* Parse number */
     jnFlags = 0;
   parse_number:
-    seenDP = 0;
+    seenDP = JSON_INT;
     seenE = 0;
     assert( '-' < '0' );
     assert( '+' < '0' );
@@ -1304,6 +1304,12 @@ json_parse_restart:
         if( sqlite3Isdigit(z[i+1]) ){
           pParse->has5 = 1;
           jnFlags = JNODE_JSON5;
+        }else if( (z[i+1]=='x' || z[i+1]=='X') && sqlite3Isxdigit(z[i+2]) ){
+          assert( seenDP==JSON_INT );
+          pParse->has5 = 1;
+          jnFlags |= JNODE_JSON5;
+          for(j=i+3; sqlite3Isxdigit(z[j]); j++){}
+          goto parse_number_finish;
         }
       }else{
         if( !sqlite3Isdigit(z[i+1]) ){
@@ -1335,20 +1341,27 @@ json_parse_restart:
 #endif
           return -1;
         }
-        if( z[i+1]=='0' && sqlite3Isdigit(z[i+2]) ){
-          pParse->has5 = 1;
-          jnFlags = JNODE_JSON5;
+        if( z[i+1]=='0' ){
+          if( sqlite3Isdigit(z[i+2]) ){
+            pParse->has5 = 1;
+            jnFlags = JNODE_JSON5;
+          }else if( (z[i+2]=='x' || z[i+2]=='X') && sqlite3Isxdigit(z[i+3]) ){
+            pParse->has5 = 1;
+            jnFlags |= JNODE_JSON5;
+            for(j=i+4; sqlite3Isxdigit(z[j]); j++){}
+            goto parse_number_finish;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
   parse_number_2:
     for(j=i+1;; j++){
       c = z[j];
-      if( c>='0' && c<='9' ) continue;
+      if( sqlite3Isdigit(c) ) continue;
       if( c=='.' ){
         if( z[j-1]=='-' ) return -1;
-        if( seenDP ) return -1;
-        seenDP = 1;
+        if( seenDP==JSON_REAL ) return -1;
+        seenDP = JSON_REAL;
         continue;
       }
       if( c=='e' || c=='E' ){
@@ -1361,7 +1374,8 @@ json_parse_restart:
           }
         }
         if( seenE ) return -1;
-        seenDP = seenE = 1;
+        seenDP = JSON_REAL;
+        seenE = 1;
         c = z[j+1];
         if( c=='+' || c=='-' ){
           j++;
@@ -1370,16 +1384,6 @@ json_parse_restart:
         if( c<'0' || c>'9' ) return -1;
         continue;
       }
-      if( (c=='x' || c=='X')
-       && (j==i+1 || (j==i+2 && (z[i]=='-' || z[i]=='+')))
-       && z[j-1]=='0'
-       && sqlite3Isxdigit(z[j+1])
-      ){
-        assert( seenDP==0 );
-        pParse->has5 = 1;
-        jnFlags |= JNODE_JSON5;
-        for(j=j+2; sqlite3Isxdigit(z[j]); j++){}
-      }
       break;
     }
     if( z[j-1]<'0' ){
@@ -1390,8 +1394,8 @@ json_parse_restart:
         return -1;
       }
     }
-    jsonParseAddNode(pParse, seenDP ? JSON_REAL : JSON_INT,
-                        j - i, &z[i]);
+  parse_number_finish:
+    jsonParseAddNode(pParse, seenDP, j - i, &z[i]);
     if( jnFlags && !pParse->oom ){
       pParse->aNode[pParse->nNode-1].jnFlags = jnFlags;
     }