diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b35ad65e..4f4c40a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Ring fence SQLAlchemy dependency to a facade and integration tests.
 - Add tests for examples.
 - Add _from_str_ and _to_str_ to complement _from_dict_ and _to_dict_ for de-serializing and serializing from JSON.
+- Ring fence jsonschema dependency into a facade.
 
 ## Version 0.12.1 - 2020-01-12
 
diff --git a/open_alchemy/facades/__init__.py b/open_alchemy/facades/__init__.py
index 2f7710ef..76fedf12 100644
--- a/open_alchemy/facades/__init__.py
+++ b/open_alchemy/facades/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Facades for ringfenced modules."""
 # pylint: disable=useless-import-alias
 
+from . import jsonschema as jsonschema
 from . import models as models
 from . import sqlalchemy as sqlalchemy
diff --git a/open_alchemy/facades/jsonschema/__init__.py b/open_alchemy/facades/jsonschema/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1ac6e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open_alchemy/facades/jsonschema/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+"""Facade for jsonschema."""
+
+import functools
+import json
+import typing
+
+import jsonschema
+
+# Re mapping values
+ValidationError = jsonschema.ValidationError
+validate = jsonschema.validate  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+
+
+def _filename_to_dict(filename: str) -> typing.Dict:
+    """
+    Map filename for a JSON file to the de-serialized dictionary.
+
+    Args:
+        filename: The name of the JSON file.
+
+    Returns:
+        The de-serialized contents of the file as a dictionary.
+
+    """
+    with open(filename) as in_file:
+        json_dict = json.loads(in_file.read())
+    return json_dict
+
+
+def resolver(
+    *filenames: str,
+) -> typing.Tuple[
+    jsonschema.RefResolver, typing.Tuple[typing.Dict[str, typing.Any], ...]
+]:
+    """
+    Create resolver for references to schemas in another file.
+
+    Args:
+        filenames: The names for the files to add to the resolver.
+
+    Returns:
+        The resolver and the underlying schemas as a dictionary.
+
+    """
+    schema_dicts = tuple(map(_filename_to_dict, filenames))
+    initial: typing.Dict[str, typing.Any] = {}
+    merged_schema = functools.reduce(lambda x, y: {**x, **y}, schema_dicts, initial)
+    return jsonschema.RefResolver.from_schema(merged_schema), schema_dicts
diff --git a/open_alchemy/helpers/get_ext_prop/__init__.py b/open_alchemy/helpers/get_ext_prop/__init__.py
index 4ebb4523..382f678b 100644
--- a/open_alchemy/helpers/get_ext_prop/__init__.py
+++ b/open_alchemy/helpers/get_ext_prop/__init__.py
@@ -4,19 +4,14 @@ import json
 import os
 import typing
 
-import jsonschema
-
 from open_alchemy import exceptions
+from open_alchemy import facades
 
 _DIRECTORY = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 _SCHEMAS_FILE = os.path.join(_DIRECTORY, "extension-schemas.json")
-with open(_SCHEMAS_FILE) as in_file:
-    _SCHEMAS = json.load(in_file)
 _COMMON_SCHEMAS_FILE = os.path.join(_DIRECTORY, "common-schemas.json")
-with open(_COMMON_SCHEMAS_FILE) as in_file:
-    _COMMON_SCHEMAS = json.load(in_file)
-_resolver = jsonschema.RefResolver.from_schema(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-    {**_COMMON_SCHEMAS, **_SCHEMAS}
+_resolver, (_SCHEMAS, _) = facades.jsonschema.resolver(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+    _SCHEMAS_FILE, _COMMON_SCHEMAS_FILE
 )
 
 
@@ -49,8 +44,8 @@ def get_ext_prop(
 
     schema = _SCHEMAS.get(name)
     try:
-        jsonschema.validate(instance=value, schema=schema, resolver=_resolver)
-    except jsonschema.ValidationError:
+        facades.jsonschema.validate(instance=value, schema=schema, resolver=_resolver)
+    except facades.jsonschema.ValidationError:
         raise exceptions.MalformedExtensionPropertyError(
             f"The value of the {json.dumps(name)} extension property is not "
             "valid. "
diff --git a/open_alchemy/table_args/factory.py b/open_alchemy/table_args/factory.py
index 19703d6b..eaef2338 100644
--- a/open_alchemy/table_args/factory.py
+++ b/open_alchemy/table_args/factory.py
@@ -5,20 +5,19 @@ import json
 import os
 import typing
 
-import jsonschema
 from sqlalchemy import schema
 
 from open_alchemy import exceptions
+from open_alchemy import facades
 from open_alchemy import types
 
 _DIRECTORY = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 _PATHS = ("..", "helpers", "get_ext_prop")
 _COMMON_SCHEMAS_FILE = os.path.join(_DIRECTORY, *_PATHS, "common-schemas.json")
-with open(_COMMON_SCHEMAS_FILE) as in_file:
-    _COMMON_SCHEMAS = json.load(in_file)
-_resolver = jsonschema.RefResolver.from_schema(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-    _COMMON_SCHEMAS
-)
+(
+    _resolver,  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+    (_COMMON_SCHEMAS,),
+) = facades.jsonschema.resolver(_COMMON_SCHEMAS_FILE)
 
 
 def _spec_to_schema_name(
@@ -39,15 +38,15 @@ def _spec_to_schema_name(
 
     """
     if schema_names is None:
-        schema_names = _COMMON_SCHEMAS.keys()
+        schema_names = list(_COMMON_SCHEMAS.keys())
 
     for name in schema_names:
         try:
-            jsonschema.validate(
+            facades.jsonschema.validate(
                 instance=spec, schema=_COMMON_SCHEMAS[name], resolver=_resolver
             )
             return name
-        except jsonschema.ValidationError:
+        except facades.jsonschema.ValidationError:
             continue
     raise exceptions.SchemaNotFoundError("Specification did not match any schemas.")
 
diff --git a/open_alchemy/utility_base.py b/open_alchemy/utility_base.py
index adaadc52..afa5552e 100644
--- a/open_alchemy/utility_base.py
+++ b/open_alchemy/utility_base.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import json
 import sys
 import typing
 
-import jsonschema
-
 from . import exceptions
 from . import facades
 from . import helpers
@@ -134,8 +132,8 @@ class UtilityBase:
         # Check dictionary
         schema = cls._get_schema()
         try:
-            jsonschema.validate(instance=kwargs, schema=schema)
-        except jsonschema.ValidationError:
+            facades.jsonschema.validate(instance=kwargs, schema=schema)
+        except facades.jsonschema.ValidationError:
             raise exceptions.MalformedModelDictionaryError(
                 "The dictionary passed to from_dict is not a valid instance of the "
                 "model schema. "

diff --git a/tests/open_alchemy/facades/test_jsonschema.py b/tests/open_alchemy/facades/test_jsonschema.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93b1fd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/open_alchemy/facades/test_jsonschema.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+"""Tests for jsonschema facade."""
+
+import jsonschema
+import pytest
+
+from open_alchemy import facades
+
+
+@pytest.mark.facade
+def test_filename_to_dict(tmp_path):
+    """
+    GIVEN file with JSON contents
+    WHEN _filename_to_dict is called with the name of the file
+    THEN the dictionary contents of the file are returned.
+    """
+    # pylint: disable=protected-access
+    # Create file
+    directory = tmp_path / "json"
+    directory.mkdir()
+    json_file = directory / "dict.json"
+    json_file.write_text('{"key": "value"}')
+
+    returned_dict = facades.jsonschema._filename_to_dict(str(json_file))
+
+    assert returned_dict == {"key": "value"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.facade
+def test_resolver_single(tmp_path):
+    """
+    GIVEN single file with schema, schema that references that schema and instance of
+        the schema
+    WHEN resolver is created and used to validate the instance
+    THEN no exceptions are raised and the referenced schema is returned as a dictionary.
+    """
+    # Create file
+    directory = tmp_path / "json"
+    directory.mkdir()
+    json_file = directory / "dict.json"
+    json_file.write_text('{"RefSchema": {"type": "string"}}')
+    schema = {"$ref": "#/RefSchema"}
+    instance = "test"
+
+    resolver, (schema_dict,) = facades.jsonschema.resolver(str(json_file))
+    jsonschema.validate(instance, schema, resolver=resolver)
+    assert schema_dict == {"RefSchema": {"type": "string"}}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.facade
+def test_resolver_multiple(tmp_path):
+    """
+    GIVEN multiple files with schema, schema that references those schemas and instance
+        of the schema
+    WHEN resolver is created and used to validate the instance
+    THEN no exceptions are raised and the referenced schemas are returned as
+        dictionaries.
+    """
+    # Create file
+    directory = tmp_path / "json"
+    directory.mkdir()
+    json_file1 = directory / "dict1.json"
+    json_file1.write_text('{"RefSchema1": {"type": "string"}}')
+    json_file2 = directory / "dict2.json"
+    json_file2.write_text('{"RefSchema2": {"type": "integer"}}')
+    schema = {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+            "key1": {"$ref": "#/RefSchema1"},
+            "key2": {"$ref": "#/RefSchema2"},
+        },
+    }
+    instance = {"key1": "value 1", "key2": 1}
+
+    resolver, (schema1_dict, schema2_dict) = facades.jsonschema.resolver(
+        str(json_file1), str(json_file2)
+    )
+    jsonschema.validate(instance, schema, resolver=resolver)
+    assert schema1_dict == {"RefSchema1": {"type": "string"}}
+    assert schema2_dict == {"RefSchema2": {"type": "integer"}}

Ring fence jsonschema
As a developer I want to have a shallow dependency on jsonschema so that it can be switched out for something else in the future.

At the moment jsonschema is deep linked into the code. There should be a module with an interface that abstracts away jasonschema behind an interface so that something else could be used in the future.
tests/open_alchemy/facades/test_jsonschema.py::test_filename_to_dict tests/open_alchemy/facades/test_jsonschema.py::test_resolver_multiple tests/open_alchemy/facades/test_jsonschema.py::test_resolver_single
tests/open_alchemy/facades/test_jsonschema.py::flake-8::FLAKE8