diff --git a/json/parser.scm b/json/parser.scm
index 8b33a22..23c04fd 100644
--- a/json/parser.scm
+++ b/json/parser.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; (json parser) --- Guile JSON implementation.
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Aleix Conchillo Flaque <aconchillo@gmail.com>
+;; Copyright (C) 2013-2025 Aleix Conchillo Flaque <aconchillo@gmail.com>
 ;;
 ;; This file is part of guile-json.
 ;;
@@ -401,12 +401,12 @@
 ;;
 
 (define* (json->scm #:optional (port (current-input-port))
-                    #:key (null 'null) (ordered #f) (concatenated #f))
+                    #:key (null 'null) (ordered #t) (concatenated #f))
   "Parse a JSON document into native. Takes one optional argument,
 @var{port}, which defaults to the current input port from where the JSON
 document is read. It also takes a few of keyword arguments: @{null}: value for
 JSON's null, it defaults to the 'null symbol, @{ordered} to indicate whether
-JSON objects order should be preserved or not (the default) and @{concatenated}
+JSON objects order should be preserved (the default) or not and @{concatenated}
 which can be used to tell the parser that more JSON documents might come after a
 properly parsed document."
   (let loop ((value (json-read port null ordered)))
@@ -421,23 +421,23 @@ properly parsed document."
       (cond (concatenated value)
             (else (json-exception port)))))))
 
-(define* (json-string->scm str #:key (null 'null) (ordered #f))
+(define* (json-string->scm str #:key (null 'null) (ordered #t))
   "Parse a JSON document into native. Takes a string argument,
 @var{str}, that contains the JSON document. It also takes a couple of keyword
 argument: @{null}: value for JSON's null, it defaults to the 'null symbol and
-@{ordered} to indicate whether JSON objects order should be preserved or
-not (the default)."
+@{ordered} to indicate whether JSON objects order should be preserved (the
+default) or not."
   (call-with-input-string str (lambda (p) (json->scm p #:null null #:ordered ordered))))
 
 (define* (json-seq->scm #:optional (port (current-input-port))
-                        #:key (null 'null) (ordered #f)
+                        #:key (null 'null) (ordered #t)
                         (handle-truncate 'skip) (truncated-object 'truncated))
   "Lazy parse a JSON text sequence from the port @var{port}.
 This procedure returns a stream of parsed documents. The optional argument
 @var{port} defines the port to read from and defaults to the current input
 port. It also takes a few keyword arguments: @{null}: value for JSON's null
 (defaults to the 'null symbol), @{ordered} to indicate whether JSON objects
-order should be preserved or not (the default), @{handle-truncate}: defines how
+order should be preserved (the default) or not, @{handle-truncate}: defines how
 to handle data loss, @{truncated-object}: used to replace unparsable
 objects. Allowed values for @{handle-truncate} argument are 'throw (throw an
 exception), 'stop (stop parsing and end the stream), 'skip (default, skip
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ and return @{truncated-object} instead)."
                       (handle-truncation port)))))))))
     (port->stream port read-entry)))
 
-(define* (json-seq-string->scm str #:key (null 'null) (ordered #f)
+(define* (json-seq-string->scm str #:key (null 'null) (ordered #t)
                                (handle-truncate 'skip) (truncated-object 'truncated))
   "Lazy parse a JSON text sequence from the string @var{str}.
 This procedure returns a stream of parsed documents and also takes the same
diff --git a/tests/test-parser.scm b/tests/test-parser.scm
index 380e0ba..577e913 100644
--- a/tests/test-parser.scm
+++ b/tests/test-parser.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; (tests test-parser) --- Guile JSON implementation.
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2018-2022 Aleix Conchillo Flaque <aconchillo@gmail.com>
+;; Copyright (C) 2018-2025 Aleix Conchillo Flaque <aconchillo@gmail.com>
 ;;
 ;; This file is part of guile-json.
 ;;
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 ;; Objects
 (test-equal '() (json-string->scm "{}"))
 (test-equal '(("foo" . "bar")) (json-string->scm "{\"foo\":\"bar\"}"))
+(test-equal '(("foo" . "bar") ("fooz" . "barz")) (json-string->scm "{\"foo\":\"bar\", \"fooz\":\"barz\"}"))
 (test-equal '(("foo" . #(1 2 3))) (json-string->scm "{\"foo\"   :   [1,2,3]}"))
 (test-equal '(("foo" . (("bar" . #(1 2 3))))) (json-string->scm "{\"foo\"   :{\"bar\":  [1,2,3]}}"))
 (test-equal '(("foo" . #(1 (("two" . "three"))))) (json-string->scm "{\"foo\":[1,{\"two\":\"three\"}]}"))
@@ -99,14 +100,14 @@
 (test-error #t (json-string->scm "{,}"))
 (test-error #t (json-string->scm "{"))
 
-;; Objects (ordered)
-(test-equal '() (json-string->scm "{}" #:ordered #t))
-(test-equal '(("green" . 1) ("eggs" . 2) ("ham" . 3)) (json-string->scm "{\"green\":1, \"eggs\":2, \"ham\":3}" #:ordered #t))
+;; Objects (unordered)
+(test-equal '() (json-string->scm "{}" #:ordered #f))
+(test-equal '(("ham" . 3) ("eggs" . 2) ("green" . 1)) (json-string->scm "{\"green\":1, \"eggs\":2, \"ham\":3}" #:ordered #f))
 
 ;; Objects with duplicate keys
-(test-equal '(("bar" . 2) ("baz" . #(1 2 3)) ("foo" . "last")) (json-string->scm "{\"foo\": \"first\", \"bar\": 2, \"foo\": \"second\", \"baz\": [1, 2, 3], \"foo\": \"last\"}" #:ordered #t))
+(test-equal '(("bar" . 2) ("baz" . #(1 2 3)) ("foo" . "last")) (json-string->scm "{\"foo\": \"first\", \"bar\": 2, \"foo\": \"second\", \"baz\": [1, 2, 3], \"foo\": \"last\"}" ))
 
-(test-equal '(("foo" . "last") ("baz" . #(1 2 3)) ("bar" . 2)) (json-string->scm "{\"foo\": \"first\", \"bar\": 2, \"foo\": \"second\", \"baz\": [1, 2, 3], \"foo\": \"last\"}" ))
+(test-equal '(("foo" . "last") ("baz" . #(1 2 3)) ("bar" . 2)) (json-string->scm "{\"foo\": \"first\", \"bar\": 2, \"foo\": \"second\", \"baz\": [1, 2, 3], \"foo\": \"last\"}" #:ordered #f))
 
 ;; Since the following JSON object contains more than one key-value pair, we
 ;; can't use "test-equal" directly since the output could be unordered.