diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index aa892899696a5..45ebe290e105e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@
         "eslint-plugin-promise": "^4.2.1",
         "eslint-plugin-standard": "^5.0.0",
         "jsdom": "^16.4.0",
+        "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^2.3.1",
         "marked-man": "^0.7.0",
         "require-inject": "^1.4.4",
         "tap": "^14.11.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8de84dd7bd157..4bd00bd5c9381 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
     "ini",
     "init-package-json",
     "is-cidr",
+    "json-parse-even-better-errors",
     "leven",
     "libnpmaccess",
     "libnpmfund",
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^4.2.1",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "^5.0.0",
     "jsdom": "^16.4.0",
+    "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^2.3.1",
     "marked-man": "^0.7.0",
     "require-inject": "^1.4.4",
     "tap": "^14.11.0",