JSON ChangeLog - Error Parsing - Do not use \t(TAB) for indentation

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I get the following error when using a JSON formatted change log…

ERROR: Exception Primary Reason:  while scanning for the next token
found character '\t(TAB)' that cannot start any token. (Do not use \t(TAB) for indentation)
 in 'reader', line 2, column 1:
                {
    ^

ERROR: Exception Primary Source:  Microsoft SQL Server 17.00.4050

Unexpected error running Liquibase: Error parsing db.changelog.json : Syntax error in file latest/db.changelog.json: while scanning for the next token
found character '\t(TAB)' that cannot start any token. (Do not use \t(TAB) for indentation)
 in 'reader', line 2, column 1:
                {
    ^

The JSON change log file starts like this…

{"databaseChangeLog": [
		{
			"includeAll": {
				"errorIfMissing": true,
				"path": "objects/dbo/tables",
				"relativeToChangelogFile": true
			}
		},

I'm not a developer, but I'm sure that JSON doesn't care how indentation is done.  The error makes me thing Liquibase thinks it is parsing a YAML file.

I’m using…

Liquibase Secure at 14:00:14 using Java 21.0.10 (version 5.1.1 #59 built at 2026-03-26 15:14:01 UTC)

What am I doing wrong?