diff --git a/src/shared/json.c b/src/shared/json.c
index e1ee98ef2d..4af34e5213 100644
--- a/src/shared/json.c
+++ b/src/shared/json.c
@@ -5272,14 +5272,14 @@ int json_variant_unbase64(JsonVariant *v, void **ret, size_t *ret_size) {
         if (!json_variant_is_string(v))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        return unbase64mem(json_variant_string(v), ret, ret_size);
+        return unbase64mem_full(json_variant_string(v), SIZE_MAX, /* secure= */ json_variant_is_sensitive(v), ret, ret_size);
 }
 
 int json_variant_unhex(JsonVariant *v, void **ret, size_t *ret_size) {
         if (!json_variant_is_string(v))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        return unhexmem(json_variant_string(v), ret, ret_size);
+        return unhexmem_full(json_variant_string(v), SIZE_MAX, /* secure= */ json_variant_is_sensitive(v), ret, ret_size);
 }
 
 static const char* const json_variant_type_table[_JSON_VARIANT_TYPE_MAX] = {