diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/tron/core/Constant.java b/common/src/main/java/org/tron/core/Constant.java
index 3a2c59d513..5d3f3099c9 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/tron/core/Constant.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/tron/core/Constant.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class Constant {
   public static final String LOCAL_HOST = "127.0.0.1";
 
   // JSON parsing (DoS protection)
-  public static final int MAX_NESTING_DEPTH = 100;
+  public static final int MAX_NESTING_DEPTH = 20;
   public static final int MAX_TOKEN_COUNT = 100_000;
 
 }
diff --git a/framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/JsonRpcServlet.java b/framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/JsonRpcServlet.java
index a332757457..ca249da4e5 100644
--- a/framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/JsonRpcServlet.java
+++ b/framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/JsonRpcServlet.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.StreamReadConstraints;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.exc.StreamConstraintsException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
@@ -114,7 +115,11 @@ protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws I
         return;
       }
     } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-      writeJsonRpcError(resp, JsonRpcError.PARSE_ERROR, "JSON parse error", null, false);
+      if (e instanceof StreamConstraintsException) {
+        writeJsonRpcError(resp, JsonRpcError.PARSE_ERROR, e.getMessage(), null, false);
+      } else {
+        writeJsonRpcError(resp, JsonRpcError.PARSE_ERROR, "JSON parse error", null, false);
+      }
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/TronJsonRpcImpl.java b/framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/TronJsonRpcImpl.java
index 825b1ff2f3..fab27a9859 100644
--- a/framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/TronJsonRpcImpl.java
+++ b/framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/TronJsonRpcImpl.java
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ private TransactionJson buildCreateSmartContractTransaction(byte[] ownerAddress,
         String abiStr = "{" + "\"entrys\":" + args.getAbi() + "}";
         try {
           JsonFormat.merge(abiStr, abiBuilder, args.isVisible());
-        } catch (JsonFormat.ParseException | StackOverflowError e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
           throw new JsonRpcInvalidParamsException("invalid abi");
         }
       }
diff --git a/framework/src/test/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/JsonRpcServletTest.java b/framework/src/test/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/JsonRpcServletTest.java
index c5e87384b9..d6c843b5ae 100644
--- a/framework/src/test/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/JsonRpcServletTest.java
+++ b/framework/src/test/java/org/tron/core/services/jsonrpc/JsonRpcServletTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ public void invalidJson_returnsParseError() throws Exception {
     JsonNode body = MAPPER.readTree(resp.getContentAsString());
     assertFalse(body.isArray());
     assertEquals(-32700, body.get("error").get("code").asInt());
+    // A non-constraint JsonProcessingException keeps the generic message (else branch).
+    assertEquals("JSON parse error", body.get("error").get("message").asText());
     assertEquals("2.0", body.get("jsonrpc").asText());
     assertTrue(body.get("id").isNull());
   }
@@ -378,8 +381,14 @@ public void excessivelyNestedRequest_returnsParseError() throws Exception {
 
     MockHttpServletResponse resp = doPost(sb.toString());
     assertEquals(200, resp.getStatus());
-    assertEquals(-32700,
-        MAPPER.readTree(resp.getContentAsString()).get("error").get("code").asInt());
+    JsonNode error = MAPPER.readTree(resp.getContentAsString()).get("error");
+    assertEquals(-32700, error.get("code").asInt());
+    // StreamConstraintsException message must be surfaced verbatim, not the generic text,
+    // so callers can tell which constraint (nesting depth) was hit.
+    String message = error.get("message").asText();
+    assertNotEquals("JSON parse error", message);
+    assertTrue("expected a nesting-depth constraint message, got: " + message,
+        message.contains("nesting depth") && message.contains("exceeds the maximum allowed"));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -396,8 +405,14 @@ public void tooManyTokens_returnsParseError() throws Exception {
 
     MockHttpServletResponse resp = doPost(sb.toString());
     assertEquals(200, resp.getStatus());
-    assertEquals(-32700,
-        MAPPER.readTree(resp.getContentAsString()).get("error").get("code").asInt());
+    JsonNode error = MAPPER.readTree(resp.getContentAsString()).get("error");
+    assertEquals(-32700, error.get("code").asInt());
+    // StreamConstraintsException message must be surfaced verbatim, not the generic text,
+    // so callers can tell which constraint (token count) was hit.
+    String message = error.get("message").asText();
+    assertNotEquals("JSON parse error", message);
+    assertTrue("expected a token-count constraint message, got: " + message,
+        message.contains("Token count") && message.contains("exceeds the maximum allowed"));
   }
 
   // --- helpers ---