diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
index 68614b2d7..43d6fa551 100644
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
  (json-mode
   . ((eval . (progn
-               (setq-local js-indent-level 2)
+               (setq-local js-indent-level 4)
                (flycheck-checker . json-python-json)))))
 
  (js-mode