diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f41d43..9cf4d7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Fixes
 - Fixed Combination.IsModifierDown querying one of its modifiers instead of all of them
 
 Removals
+- Removed DataContract attribute from GenericDataHolder
 - Marked EnumHelper as obsolete due to its reimplementation in [DynamicEnums](https://www.nuget.org/packages/DynamicEnums)
 
 ### MLEM.Ui
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ Improvements
 - Multi-target net452, making MLEM compatible with MonoGame for consoles
 - Added trimming and AOT annotations and made MLEM.Data trimmable
 - Store a RuntimeTexturePacker packed texture region's source region
+- Use JSON.NET attributes in favor of DataContract and DataMember
 
 Fixes
 - Fixed data texture atlases not allowing most characters in their region names
diff --git a/MLEM.Data/Json/JsonTypeSafeGenericDataHolder.cs b/MLEM.Data/Json/JsonTypeSafeGenericDataHolder.cs
index 7d44685..85e1d94 100644
--- a/MLEM.Data/Json/JsonTypeSafeGenericDataHolder.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Data/Json/JsonTypeSafeGenericDataHolder.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using MLEM.Misc;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ namespace MLEM.Data.Json {
     /// An <see cref="IGenericDataHolder"/> represents an object that can hold generic key-value based data.
     /// This class uses <see cref="JsonTypeSafeWrapper"/> for each object stored to ensure that objects with a custom <see cref="JsonConverter"/> get deserialized as an instance of their original type if <see cref="JsonSerializer.TypeNameHandling"/> is not set to <see cref="TypeNameHandling.None"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    [DataContract]
     #if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
     [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.RequiresDynamicCode("The native code for instantiation of JsonTypeSafeWrapper instances might not be available at runtime.")]
     #endif
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Data.Json {
 
         private static readonly string[] EmptyStrings = new string[0];
 
-        [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        [JsonProperty]
         private Dictionary<string, JsonTypeSafeWrapper> data;
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/MLEM.Data/Json/JsonTypeSafeWrapper.cs b/MLEM.Data/Json/JsonTypeSafeWrapper.cs
index 5c46dbd..1bb9ea7 100644
--- a/MLEM.Data/Json/JsonTypeSafeWrapper.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Data/Json/JsonTypeSafeWrapper.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace MLEM.Data.Json {
@@ -45,12 +44,12 @@ namespace MLEM.Data.Json {
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    [DataContract]
     public class JsonTypeSafeWrapper<T> : JsonTypeSafeWrapper {
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public override object Value => this.value;
-        [DataMember]
+
+        [JsonProperty]
         private readonly T value;
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MLEM/Misc/GenericDataHolder.cs b/MLEM/Misc/GenericDataHolder.cs
index fd5e19e..4014ca9 100644
--- a/MLEM/Misc/GenericDataHolder.cs
+++ b/MLEM/Misc/GenericDataHolder.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 
 namespace MLEM.Misc {
     /// <summary>
@@ -7,12 +6,9 @@ namespace MLEM.Misc {
     /// A lot of MLEM components extend this class to allow for users to add additional data to them easily.
     /// This <see cref="IGenericDataHolder"/> implemention uses an underlying <see cref="Dictionary{String,Object}"/> that only keeps track of non-default values.
     /// </summary>
-    [DataContract]
     public class GenericDataHolder : IGenericDataHolder {
 
         private static readonly string[] EmptyStrings = new string[0];
-
-        [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
         private Dictionary<string, object> data;
 
         /// <inheritdoc />