diff --git a/asdf/resource.py b/asdf/resource.py
index adadfba75..f7f0daf56 100644
--- a/asdf/resource.py
+++ b/asdf/resource.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 """
 import pkgutil
 from collections.abc import Mapping
+import importlib_metadata
 
 from asdf_standard import DirectoryResourceMapping as _DirectoryResourceMapping
 
@@ -168,9 +169,16 @@ def __repr__(self):
         return f"<ResourceManager len: {self.__len__()}>"
 
 
-_JSONSCHEMA_URI_TO_FILENAME = {
-    "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema": "draft4.json",
-}
+if importlib_metadata.version('jsonschema') >= '4.18':
+    USE_JSONSCHEMA_SPECIFICATIONS = True
+    _JSONSCHEMA_URI_TO_FILENAME = {
+        "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema": "metaschema.json",
+    }
+else:
+    USE_JSONSCHEMA_SPECIFICATIONS = False
+    _JSONSCHEMA_URI_TO_FILENAME = {
+        "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema": "draft4.json",
+    }
 
 
 class JsonschemaResourceMapping(Mapping):
@@ -181,7 +189,10 @@ class JsonschemaResourceMapping(Mapping):
 
     def __getitem__(self, uri):
         filename = _JSONSCHEMA_URI_TO_FILENAME[uri]
-        return pkgutil.get_data("jsonschema", f"schemas/{filename}")
+        if USE_JSONSCHEMA_SPECIFICATIONS:
+            return pkgutil.get_data("jsonschema_specifications", f"schemas/draft4/{filename}")
+        else:
+            return pkgutil.get_data("jsonschema", f"schemas/{filename}")
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(_JSONSCHEMA_URI_TO_FILENAME)
diff --git a/asdf/schema.py b/asdf/schema.py
index 97dc8eeec..463e830b7 100644
--- a/asdf/schema.py
+++ b/asdf/schema.py
@@ -11,8 +11,16 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import yaml
+import importlib_metadata
+if importlib_metadata.version('jsonschema') >= "4.18":
+    USE_REFERENCING = True
+    import referencing
+    from referencing.exceptions import Unretrievable as RefError
+else:
+    from jsonschema.exceptions import RefResolutionError as RefError
+    USE_REFERENCING = False
 from jsonschema import validators as mvalidators
-from jsonschema.exceptions import RefResolutionError, ValidationError
+from jsonschema.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 from . import constants, extension, generic_io, reference, tagged, treeutil, util, versioning, yamlutil
 from .config import get_config
@@ -215,7 +223,10 @@ def has_seen_pair(self, schema, instance):
         return (id(schema), id(instance)) in self._seen_id_pairs
 
     def create(self, schema, resolver):
-        return self._validator_class(schema, resolver=resolver)
+        if USE_REFERENCING:
+            return self._validator_class(schema, registry=resolver)
+        else:
+            return self._validator_class(schema, resolver=resolver)
 
 
 class _CycleCheckingValidatorProxy:
@@ -384,13 +395,20 @@ def get_schema(url):
     # remote schemas here in `load_schema`, so we don't need
     # jsonschema to do it on our behalf.  Setting it to `True`
     # counterintuitively makes things slower.
-    return mvalidators.RefResolver(
-        "",
-        {},
-        cache_remote=False,
-        handlers=handlers,
-        urljoin_cache=urljoin_cache,
-    )
+    if USE_REFERENCING:
+        def retrieve_schema(url):
+            schema = get_schema(url)
+            resource = referencing.Resource(schema, specification=referencing.jsonschema.DRAFT4)
+            return resource
+        return referencing.Registry({}, retrieve=retrieve_schema)
+    else:
+        return mvalidators.RefResolver(
+            "",
+            {},
+            cache_remote=False,
+            handlers=handlers,
+            urljoin_cache=urljoin_cache,
+        )
 
 
 @lru_cache
@@ -569,11 +587,18 @@ def _iter_errors(self, instance, _schema=None):
 
                 for schema_uri in schema_uris:
                     try:
-                        tag_schema = self._resolver.resolve(schema_uri)[1]
-                        yield from self._json_schema_validator_factory.create(tag_schema, self._resolver).iter_errors(
-                            node,
-                        )
-                    except RefResolutionError:
+                        if USE_REFERENCING:
+                            tag_resource = self._resolver.get_or_retrieve(schema_uri)
+                            resolver = tag_resource.value @ self._resolver
+                            v = self._json_schema_validator_factory.create(tag_resource.value.contents, resolver)
+                            v._resolver = resolver.resolver_with_root(tag_resource.value)
+                            yield from v.iter_errors(node)
+                        else:
+                            tag_schema = self._resolver.resolve(schema_uri)[1]
+                            yield from self._json_schema_validator_factory.create(tag_schema, self._resolver).iter_errors(
+                                node,
+                            )
+                    except RefError:
                         warnings.warn(f"Unable to locate schema file for '{tag}': '{schema_uri}'", AsdfWarning)
 
     def validate(self, instance, _schema=None):
@@ -803,21 +828,13 @@ def check_schema(schema, validate_default=True):
     validators = util.HashableDict(mvalidators.Draft4Validator.VALIDATORS.copy())
 
     if validate_default:
-        # The jsonschema library doesn't validate defaults
-        # on its own.
-        instance_validator = _create_json_schema_validator_factory().create(schema, _make_resolver(None))
-        instance_scope = schema.get("id", "")
-
         def _validate_default(validator, default, instance, schema):
             if not validator.is_type(instance, "object"):
                 return
 
             if "default" in instance:
-                instance_validator.resolver.push_scope(instance_scope)
-                try:
-                    yield from instance_validator.descend(instance["default"], instance)
-                finally:
-                    instance_validator.resolver.pop_scope()
+                get_validator(instance).validate(instance['default'])
+                return
 
         validators.update({"default": _validate_default})
 
@@ -841,5 +858,8 @@ def applicable_validators(schema):
         id_of=mvalidators.Draft4Validator.ID_OF,
         applicable_validators=applicable_validators,
     )
-    validator = cls(meta_schema, resolver=resolver)
+    if USE_REFERENCING:
+        validator = cls(meta_schema, registry=resolver)
+    else:
+        validator = cls(meta_schema, resolver=resolver)
     validator.validate(schema)