cylconedx diff two json files error

[RicardoAReyes]

cyclonedx diff api-json/jenkins.json json/jenkins-cyclonedx.json --component-versions
Unhandled exception: System.Text.Json.JsonException: The JSON value could not be converted to CycloneDX.Models.Bom. Path: $ | LineNumber: 0 | BytePositionInLine: 1.
   at System.Text.Json.ThrowHelper.ThrowJsonException_DeserializeUnableToConvertValue(Type )
   at System.Text.Json.Serialization.Converters.ObjectDefaultConverter`1.OnTryRead(Utf8JsonReader& , Type , JsonSerializerOptions , ReadStack& , T& )
   at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.TryRead(Utf8JsonReader& , Type , JsonSerializerOptions , ReadStack& , T& )
   at System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter`1.ReadCore(Utf8JsonReader& , JsonSerializerOptions , ReadStack& )
   at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.ReadCore[TValue](JsonConverter , Utf8JsonReader& , JsonSerializerOptions , ReadStack& )
   at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.ReadCore[TValue](JsonReaderState& , Boolean , ReadOnlySpan`1 , JsonSerializerOptions , ReadStack& , JsonConverter )
   at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.ContinueDeserialize[TValue](ReadBufferState& , JsonReaderState& , ReadStack& , JsonConverter , JsonSerializerOptions )
   at System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.ReadAllAsync[TValue](Stream , JsonTypeInfo , CancellationToken )
   at CycloneDX.Json.Serializer.DeserializeAsync(Stream jsonStream)
   at CycloneDX.Cli.CliUtils.InputBomHelper(String filename, CycloneDXBomFormat format)
   at CycloneDX.Cli.Commands.DiffCommand.Diff(DiffCommandOptions options)
   at System.CommandLine.Invocation.CommandHandler.GetExitCodeAsync(Object value, InvocationContext context)
   at System.CommandLine.Invocation.ModelBindingCommandHandler.InvokeAsync(InvocationContext context)
   at System.CommandLine.Invocation.InvocationPipeline.<>c__DisplayClass4_0.<<BuildInvocationChain>b__0>d.MoveNext()
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   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass23_0.<<UseParseErrorReporting>b__0>d.MoveNext()
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   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass16_0.<<UseHelp>b__0>d.MoveNext()
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   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass27_0.<<UseVersionOption>b__1>d.MoveNext()
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   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass25_0.<<UseTypoCorrections>b__0>d.MoveNext()
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   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c.<<UseSuggestDirective>b__24_0>d.MoveNext()
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   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass22_0.<<UseParseDirective>b__0>d.MoveNext()
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   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass11_0.<<UseDebugDirective>b__0>d.MoveNext()
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   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c.<<RegisterWithDotnetSuggest>b__10_0>d.MoveNext()
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   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass14_0.<<UseExceptionHandler>b__0>d.MoveNext()

I am comparing two CycloneDX JSON SBOM files from reputable sources.

[RicardoAReyes]

It looks the like cyclonedx diff only works with xml file formats.

 % cyclonedx diff api-xml/elasticsearch-cyclonedx.xml xml/elasticsearch-cyclonedx.xml.xml --from-format xml --to-format xml --component-versions

Component versions that have changed:

+  aiohttp @ 3.7.4.post0

+  asgiref @ 3.3.4

+  async-timeout @ 3.0.1

+  attrs @ 21.2.0

+  certifi @ 2022.9.24
+  certifi @ 2021.5.30

-  chardet @ 3.0.4
+  chardet @ 4.0.0

+  click @ 8.0.1

+  elastic-apm @ 6.2.1

-  elasticsearch @ 8.6.0
+  elasticsearch @ 8.5.2
+  elasticsearch @ 7.13.1

+  elastic-transport @ 
+  elastic-transport @ 8.4.0

+  fastapi @ 0.65.1

+  h11 @ 0.12.0

-  idna @ 2.5
+  idna @ 3.2

+  multidict @ 5.1.0

+  pydantic @ 1.8.2

+  starlette @ 0.14.2