diff --git a/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/json/json_parser.py b/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/json/json_parser.py
index 219ccfed2..f57456920 100644
--- a/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/json/json_parser.py
+++ b/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/json/json_parser.py
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@ def parse_from_file(file_name: str, encoding: str = "utf-8") -> Document:
     with open(file_name, encoding=encoding) as file:
         input_doc_as_dict: Dict = json.load(file)
 
+    if "sbom" in input_doc_as_dict.keys():
+        input_doc_as_dict = input_doc_as_dict.get("sbom", {})
+
     return JsonLikeDictParser().parse(input_doc_as_dict)