diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f3b2fab0..cf47ec8d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ Unreleased
 -   The request context does route matching before opening the session.
     This could allow a session interface to change behavior based on
     ``request.endpoint``. :issue:`3776`
+-   Use Jinja's implementation of the ``|tojson`` filter. :issue:`3881`
 
 
 Version 1.1.2
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 2df286fa..e6862878 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -250,14 +250,15 @@ for easier customization. By default it handles some extra data types:
 -   :class:`~markupsafe.Markup` (or any object with a ``__html__``
     method) will call the ``__html__`` method to get a string.
 
-:func:`~htmlsafe_dumps` is also available as the ``|tojson`` template
-filter. The filter marks the output with ``|safe`` so it can be used
-inside ``script`` tags.
+Jinja's ``|tojson`` filter is configured to use Flask's :func:`dumps`
+function. The filter marks the output with ``|safe`` automatically. Use
+the filter to render data inside ``<script>`` tags.
 
 .. sourcecode:: html+jinja
 
     <script type=text/javascript>
-        renderChart({{ axis_data|tojson }});
+        const names = {{ names|tosjon }};
+        renderChart(names, {{ axis_data|tojson }});
     </script>
 
 .. autofunction:: jsonify
diff --git a/docs/patterns/jquery.rst b/docs/patterns/jquery.rst
index b0c0287f..fafbdf18 100644
--- a/docs/patterns/jquery.rst
+++ b/docs/patterns/jquery.rst
@@ -60,27 +60,9 @@ like this:
 .. sourcecode:: html+jinja
 
    <script type=text/javascript>
-     $SCRIPT_ROOT = {{ request.script_root|tojson|safe }};
+     $SCRIPT_ROOT = {{ request.script_root|tojson }};
    </script>
 
-The ``|safe`` is necessary in Flask before 0.10 so that Jinja does not
-escape the JSON encoded string with HTML rules.  Usually this would be
-necessary, but we are inside a ``script`` block here where different rules
-apply.
-
-.. admonition:: Information for Pros
-
-   In HTML the ``script`` tag is declared ``CDATA`` which means that entities
-   will not be parsed.  Everything until ``</script>`` is handled as script.
-   This also means that there must never be any ``</`` between the script
-   tags.  ``|tojson`` is kind enough to do the right thing here and
-   escape slashes for you (``{{ "</script>"|tojson|safe }}`` is rendered as
-   ``"<\/script>"``).
-
-   In Flask 0.10 it goes a step further and escapes all HTML tags with
-   unicode escapes.  This makes it possible for Flask to automatically
-   mark the result as HTML safe.
-
 
 JSON View Functions
 -------------------
diff --git a/docs/templating.rst b/docs/templating.rst
index bf18426b..b0964df8 100644
--- a/docs/templating.rst
+++ b/docs/templating.rst
@@ -95,37 +95,6 @@ by default:
 
       {% from '_helpers.html' import my_macro with context %}
 
-Standard Filters
-----------------
-
-Flask provides the following Jinja2 filters in addition to the filters provided
-by Jinja2 itself:
-
-.. function:: tojson
-   :noindex:
-
-   This function converts the given object into JSON representation.  This
-   is for example very helpful if you try to generate JavaScript on the
-   fly.
-
-   .. sourcecode:: html+jinja
-
-       <script type=text/javascript>
-           doSomethingWith({{ user.username|tojson }});
-       </script>
-
-   It is also safe to use the output of `|tojson` in a *single-quoted* HTML
-   attribute:
-
-   .. sourcecode:: html+jinja
-
-       <button onclick='doSomethingWith({{ user.username|tojson }})'>
-           Click me
-       </button>
-
-   Note that in versions of Flask prior to 0.10, if using the output of
-   ``|tojson`` inside ``script``, make sure to disable escaping with ``|safe``.
-   In Flask 0.10 and above, this happens automatically.
 
 Controlling Autoescaping
 ------------------------
diff --git a/src/flask/app.py b/src/flask/app.py
index e58ee983..87058495 100644
--- a/src/flask/app.py
+++ b/src/flask/app.py
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ class Flask(Scaffold):
             session=session,
             g=g,
         )
-        rv.filters["tojson"] = json.tojson_filter
+        rv.policies["json.dumps_function"] = json.dumps
         return rv
 
     def create_global_jinja_loader(self):
diff --git a/src/flask/json/__init__.py b/src/flask/json/__init__.py
index f6feeb23..6d7fe564 100644
--- a/src/flask/json/__init__.py
+++ b/src/flask/json/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import warnings
 from datetime import date
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from markupsafe import Markup
+from jinja2.utils import htmlsafe_json_dumps as _jinja_htmlsafe_dumps
 from werkzeug.http import http_date
 
 from ..globals import current_app
@@ -234,30 +234,28 @@ def load(fp, app=None, **kwargs):
     return _json.load(fp, **kwargs)
 
 
-_htmlsafe_map = str.maketrans(
-    {"<": "\\u003c", ">": "\\u003e", "&": "\\u0026", "'": "\\u0027"}
-)
-
-
 def htmlsafe_dumps(obj, **kwargs):
-    """Serialize an object to a string of JSON, replacing HTML-unsafe
-    characters with Unicode escapes. Otherwise behaves the same as
-    :func:`dumps`.
+    """Serialize an object to a string of JSON with :func:`dumps`, then
+    replace HTML-unsafe characters with Unicode escapes and mark the
+    result safe with :class:`~markupsafe.Markup`.
 
-    This is available in templates as the ``|tojson`` filter, which will
-    also mark the result with ``|safe``.
+    This is available in templates as the ``|tojson`` filter.
 
     The returned string is safe to render in HTML documents and
     ``<script>`` tags. The exception is in HTML attributes that are
     double quoted; either use single quotes or the ``|forceescape``
     filter.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 2.0
+        Uses :func:`jinja2.utils.htmlsafe_json_dumps`. The returned
+        value is marked safe by wrapping in :class:`~markupsafe.Markup`.
+
     .. versionchanged:: 0.10
         Single quotes are escaped, making this safe to use in HTML,
         ``<script>`` tags, and single-quoted attributes without further
         escaping.
     """
-    return dumps(obj, **kwargs).translate(_htmlsafe_map)
+    return _jinja_htmlsafe_dumps(obj, dumps=dumps, **kwargs)
 
 
 def htmlsafe_dump(obj, fp, **kwargs):
@@ -335,7 +333,3 @@ def jsonify(*args, **kwargs):
         f"{dumps(data, indent=indent, separators=separators)}\n",
         mimetype=current_app.config["JSONIFY_MIMETYPE"],
     )
-
-
-def tojson_filter(obj, **kwargs):
-    return Markup(htmlsafe_dumps(obj, **kwargs))
diff --git a/tests/test_json.py b/tests/test_json.py
index d3aba5a9..f66abd85 100644
--- a/tests/test_json.py
+++ b/tests/test_json.py
@@ -204,24 +204,17 @@ def test_json_attr(app, client):
     assert rv.data == b"3"
 
 
-def test_template_escaping(app, req_ctx):
-    render = flask.render_template_string
-    rv = flask.json.htmlsafe_dumps("</script>")
-    assert rv == '"\\u003c/script\\u003e"'
-    rv = render('{{ "</script>"|tojson }}')
-    assert rv == '"\\u003c/script\\u003e"'
-    rv = render('{{ "<\0/script>"|tojson }}')
-    assert rv == '"\\u003c\\u0000/script\\u003e"'
-    rv = render('{{ "<!--<script>"|tojson }}')
-    assert rv == '"\\u003c!--\\u003cscript\\u003e"'
-    rv = render('{{ "&"|tojson }}')
-    assert rv == '"\\u0026"'
-    rv = render('{{ "\'"|tojson }}')
-    assert rv == '"\\u0027"'
-    rv = render(
-        "<a ng-data='{{ data|tojson }}'></a>", data={"x": ["foo", "bar", "baz'"]}
+def test_tojson_filter(app, req_ctx):
+    # The tojson filter is tested in Jinja, this confirms that it's
+    # using Flask's dumps.
+    rv = flask.render_template_string(
+        "const data = {{ data|tojson }};",
+        data={"name": "</script>", "time": datetime.datetime(2021, 2, 1, 7, 15)},
+    )
+    assert rv == (
+        'const data = {"name": "\\u003c/script\\u003e",'
+        ' "time": "Mon, 01 Feb 2021 07:15:00 GMT"};'
     )
-    assert rv == '<a ng-data=\'{"x": ["foo", "bar", "baz\\u0027"]}\'></a>'
 
 
 def test_json_customization(app, client):