diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/json/JsonExpressionUtils.java b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/json/JsonExpressionUtils.java
index ca2ae80042df7..07e13610aa950 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/json/JsonExpressionUtils.java
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/json/JsonExpressionUtils.java
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.json;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.SharedFactory;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.json.CreateJacksonParser;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.GenericArrayData;
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String;
 
 public class JsonExpressionUtils {
@@ -55,4 +58,32 @@ public static Integer lengthOfJsonArray(UTF8String json) {
       return null;
     }
   }
+
+  public static GenericArrayData jsonObjectKeys(UTF8String json) {
+    // return null for `NULL` input
+    if (json == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    try (JsonParser jsonParser =
+        CreateJacksonParser.utf8String(SharedFactory.jsonFactory(), json)) {
+      // return null if an empty string or any other valid JSON string is encountered
+      if (jsonParser.nextToken() == null || jsonParser.currentToken() != JsonToken.START_OBJECT) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      // Parse the JSON string to get all the keys of outermost JSON object
+      List<UTF8String> arrayBufferOfKeys = new ArrayList<>();
+
+      // traverse until the end of input and ensure it returns valid key
+      while (jsonParser.nextValue() != null && jsonParser.currentName() != null) {
+        // add current fieldName to the ArrayBuffer
+        arrayBufferOfKeys.add(UTF8String.fromString(jsonParser.currentName()));
+
+        // skip all the children of inner object or array
+        jsonParser.skipChildren();
+      }
+      return new GenericArrayData(arrayBufferOfKeys.toArray());
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/jsonExpressions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/jsonExpressions.scala
index e1f2b1c1df62a..e01531cc821c9 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/jsonExpressions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/jsonExpressions.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions
 
 import java.io._
 
-import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 import scala.util.parsing.combinator.RegexParsers
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core._
@@ -1014,50 +1013,23 @@ case class LengthOfJsonArray(child: Expression)
   group = "json_funcs",
   since = "3.1.0"
 )
-case class JsonObjectKeys(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with CodegenFallback
-  with ExpectsInputTypes {
+case class JsonObjectKeys(child: Expression)
+  extends UnaryExpression
+  with ExpectsInputTypes
+  with RuntimeReplaceable {
 
   override def inputTypes: Seq[AbstractDataType] = Seq(StringTypeWithCaseAccentSensitivity)
   override def dataType: DataType = ArrayType(SQLConf.get.defaultStringType)
   override def nullable: Boolean = true
   override def prettyName: String = "json_object_keys"
 
-  override def eval(input: InternalRow): Any = {
-    val json = child.eval(input).asInstanceOf[UTF8String]
-    // return null for `NULL` input
-    if(json == null) {
-      return null
-    }
-
-    try {
-      Utils.tryWithResource(CreateJacksonParser.utf8String(SharedFactory.jsonFactory, json)) {
-        parser => {
-          // return null if an empty string or any other valid JSON string is encountered
-          if (parser.nextToken() == null || parser.currentToken() != JsonToken.START_OBJECT) {
-            return null
-          }
-          // Parse the JSON string to get all the keys of outermost JSON object
-          getJsonKeys(parser, input)
-        }
-      }
-    } catch {
-      case _: JsonProcessingException | _: IOException => null
-    }
-  }
-
-  private def getJsonKeys(parser: JsonParser, input: InternalRow): GenericArrayData = {
-    val arrayBufferOfKeys = ArrayBuffer.empty[UTF8String]
-
-    // traverse until the end of input and ensure it returns valid key
-    while(parser.nextValue() != null && parser.currentName() != null) {
-      // add current fieldName to the ArrayBuffer
-      arrayBufferOfKeys += UTF8String.fromString(parser.currentName)
-
-      // skip all the children of inner object or array
-      parser.skipChildren()
-    }
-    new GenericArrayData(arrayBufferOfKeys.toArray[Any])
-  }
+  override def replacement: Expression = StaticInvoke(
+    classOf[JsonExpressionUtils],
+    dataType,
+    "jsonObjectKeys",
+    Seq(child),
+    inputTypes
+  )
 
   override protected def withNewChildInternal(newChild: Expression): JsonObjectKeys =
     copy(child = newChild)
diff --git a/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_json_object_keys.explain b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_json_object_keys.explain
index 30153bb192e55..8a2ea5336c160 100644
--- a/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_json_object_keys.explain
+++ b/sql/connect/common/src/test/resources/query-tests/explain-results/function_json_object_keys.explain
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Project [json_object_keys(g#0) AS json_object_keys(g)#0]
+Project [static_invoke(JsonExpressionUtils.jsonObjectKeys(g#0)) AS json_object_keys(g)#0]
 +- LocalRelation <empty>, [id#0L, a#0, b#0, d#0, e#0, f#0, g#0]