JSON_TABLE() does not decode JSON strings properly

When you use JSON_VALUE to get the value of a string, it correctly decodes any escaped characters. For example, \u003d is correctly decoded to =

 JSON_VALUE(respBody, '$.data.files[0].content') -- WORKS!!

When I try to use JSON_TABLE things like \u003d are NOT decoded.
So, for example, decoding some base64 fails because \u003d is present instead of =

SELECT * FROM JSON_TABLE(respBody, '$.data.files[*]' COLUMNS(

   filename VARCHAR(255) path '$.filename', 

   folder BOOLEAN path '$.folder',

   size INTEGER path '$.size',

   timestamp DATETIME path '$.timestamp', 

   content MEDIUMTEXT path '$.content'

  )

) AS files

It would be great if this could be fixed soon so my workarounds don't keep piling up!
Thank you!