diff --git a/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroFieldDefaulters.java b/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroFieldDefaulters.java
index 5e44037e0..f3973714c 100644
--- a/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroFieldDefaulters.java
+++ b/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroFieldDefaulters.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static AvroFieldReader createDefaulter(String name,
                 return new ScalarDefaults.FloatDefaults(name, defaultAsNode.asLong());
             }
         case VALUE_STRING:
-            return new ScalarDefaults.StringDefaults(name, defaultAsNode.asText());
+            return new ScalarDefaults.StringDefaults(name, defaultAsNode.asString());
         case START_OBJECT:
             {
                 List<AvroFieldReader> readers = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/RecordVisitor.java b/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/RecordVisitor.java
index 4755e6024..0dd3e2909 100644
--- a/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/RecordVisitor.java
+++ b/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/schema/RecordVisitor.java
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ protected Schema reorderUnionToMatchDefaultType(Schema schema, JsonNode defaultV
             if (matchingIndex == null) {
                 matchingIndex = schema.getIndexNamed(Type.INT.getName());
             }
-        } else if (defaultValue.isTextual()) {
+        } else if (defaultValue.isString()) {
             matchingIndex = schema.getIndexNamed(Type.STRING.getName());
             if (matchingIndex == null) {
                 // search for an enum
diff --git a/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/mapper/TreeNodesTest.java b/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/mapper/TreeNodesTest.java
index 7aa70145c..f08929273 100644
--- a/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/mapper/TreeNodesTest.java
+++ b/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/mapper/TreeNodesTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public void testSimple() throws Exception
          // now, deserialize
          JsonNode top2 = MAPPER.readValue(doc, JsonNode.class);
          JsonNode foo2 = top2.get("foo");
-         assertEquals("baz", foo2.get("bar").textValue());
+         assertEquals("baz", foo2.get("bar").stringValue());
 
          JsonNode datNode = foo2.get("dat");
          if (!datNode.isBinary()) {
diff --git a/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/mapper/TreeReadViaMapperTest.java b/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/mapper/TreeReadViaMapperTest.java
index 8bd50d842..33efbac40 100644
--- a/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/mapper/TreeReadViaMapperTest.java
+++ b/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/mapper/TreeReadViaMapperTest.java
@@ -41,21 +41,21 @@ public void testSimple() throws Exception
         assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_HEIGHT, ob.intValue());
 
         ob = imageMap.get("Title");
-        assertTrue(ob.isTextual());
-        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TITLE, ob.textValue());
+        assertTrue(ob.isString());
+        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TITLE, ob.stringValue());
 
         ob = imageMap.get("Thumbnail");
         assertType(ob, ObjectNode.class);
         ObjectNode tn = (ObjectNode) ob;
         ob = tn.get("Url");
-        assertTrue(ob.isTextual());
-        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_URL, ob.textValue());
+        assertTrue(ob.isString());
+        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_URL, ob.stringValue());
         ob = tn.get("Height");
         assertTrue(ob.isIntegralNumber());
         assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_HEIGHT, ob.intValue());
         ob = tn.get("Width");
-        assertTrue(ob.isTextual());
-        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_WIDTH, ob.textValue());
+        assertTrue(ob.isString());
+        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_WIDTH, ob.stringValue());
 
         ob = imageMap.get("IDs");
         assertTrue(ob.isArray());
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ public void testMultiple() throws Exception
 
         assertTrue(result.isIntegralNumber());
         assertTrue(result.isInt());
-        assertFalse(result.isTextual());
+        assertFalse(result.isString());
         assertEquals(12, result.intValue());
 
         result = MAPPER.readTree(p);
-        assertTrue(result.isTextual());
+        assertTrue(result.isString());
         assertFalse(result.isIntegralNumber());
         assertFalse(result.isInt());
-        assertEquals("string", result.textValue());
+        assertEquals("string", result.stringValue());
 
         result = MAPPER.readTree(p);
         assertTrue(result.isArray());
diff --git a/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/MapperSimpleReadTest.java b/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/MapperSimpleReadTest.java
index bd3b790df..25e786f31 100644
--- a/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/MapperSimpleReadTest.java
+++ b/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/MapperSimpleReadTest.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public void testWithNestedMaps() throws IOException
         assertEquals(1, n2.size());
         JsonNode n3 = n2.get("");
         assertNotNull(n3);
-        assertTrue(n3.isTextual());
+        assertTrue(n3.isString());
     }
 
     // for [dataformat-smile#26]
diff --git a/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/TreeNodesTest.java b/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/TreeNodesTest.java
index 590ccdd79..ecefde902 100644
--- a/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/TreeNodesTest.java
+++ b/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/TreeNodesTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public void testSimple() throws Exception
          // now, deserialize
          JsonNode top2 = MAPPER.readValue(doc, JsonNode.class);
          JsonNode foo2 = top2.get("foo");
-         assertEquals("baz", foo2.get("bar").textValue());
+         assertEquals("baz", foo2.get("bar").stringValue());
 
          JsonNode datNode = foo2.get("dat");
          if (!datNode.isBinary()) {
diff --git a/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/TreeReadViaMapperTest.java b/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/TreeReadViaMapperTest.java
index 796945a9f..760b99fbe 100644
--- a/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/TreeReadViaMapperTest.java
+++ b/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/mapper/TreeReadViaMapperTest.java
@@ -41,21 +41,21 @@ public void testSimple() throws Exception
         assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_HEIGHT, ob.intValue());
 
         ob = imageMap.get("Title");
-        assertTrue(ob.isTextual());
-        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TITLE, ob.textValue());
+        assertTrue(ob.isString());
+        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TITLE, ob.stringValue());
 
         ob = imageMap.get("Thumbnail");
         assertType(ob, ObjectNode.class);
         ObjectNode tn = (ObjectNode) ob;
         ob = tn.get("Url");
-        assertTrue(ob.isTextual());
-        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_URL, ob.textValue());
+        assertTrue(ob.isString());
+        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_URL, ob.stringValue());
         ob = tn.get("Height");
         assertTrue(ob.isIntegralNumber());
         assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_HEIGHT, ob.intValue());
         ob = tn.get("Width");
-        assertTrue(ob.isTextual());
-        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_WIDTH, ob.textValue());
+        assertTrue(ob.isString());
+        assertEquals(SAMPLE_SPEC_VALUE_TN_WIDTH, ob.stringValue());
 
         ob = imageMap.get("IDs");
         assertTrue(ob.isArray());
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ public void testMultiple() throws Exception
 
         assertTrue(result.isIntegralNumber());
         assertTrue(result.isInt());
-        assertFalse(result.isTextual());
+        assertFalse(result.isString());
         assertEquals(12, result.intValue());
 
         result = MAPPER.readTree(p);
-        assertTrue(result.isTextual());
+        assertTrue(result.isString());
         assertFalse(result.isIntegralNumber());
         assertFalse(result.isInt());
-        assertEquals("string", result.textValue());
+        assertEquals("string", result.stringValue());
 
         result = MAPPER.readTree(p);
         assertTrue(result.isArray());