diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 265ea820..ac28610e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@
     "globby": "14.0.0",
     "js-yaml": "4.1.0",
     "json-schema-to-typescript": "13.1.2",
+    "jsonc-parser": "3.2.0",
     "markdown-it-for-inline": "2.0.1",
     "markdown-it-sub": "2.0.0",
     "markdown-it-sup": "2.0.0",
     "markdownlint-rule-helpers": "0.24.0",
     "npm-run-all": "4.1.5",
-    "strip-json-comments": "5.0.1",
     "terser-webpack-plugin": "5.3.10",
     "toml": "3.0.0",
     "typescript": "5.3.3",
diff --git a/test/markdownlint-test-repos-mdn-content.js b/test/markdownlint-test-repos-mdn-content.js
index 1af6a5d6..57f6ce7d 100644
--- a/test/markdownlint-test-repos-mdn-content.js
+++ b/test/markdownlint-test-repos-mdn-content.js
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ const { lintTestRepo } = require("./markdownlint-test-repos");
 test("https://github.com/mdn/content", (t) => {
   const rootDir = "./test-repos/mdn-content";
   const globPatterns = [ join(rootDir, "**/*.md") ];
-  const configPath = join(rootDir, ".markdownlint-cli2.jsonc");
+  const configPath = join(rootDir, ".markdownlint.jsonc");
   return lintTestRepo(t, globPatterns, configPath);
 });
diff --git a/test/markdownlint-test-repos.js b/test/markdownlint-test-repos.js
index 436dfcb2..3a0831c5 100644
--- a/test/markdownlint-test-repos.js
+++ b/test/markdownlint-test-repos.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const { join } = require("node:path").posix;
+const jsoncParser = require("jsonc-parser");
 const jsYaml = require("js-yaml");
 const markdownlint = require("../lib/markdownlint");
 
@@ -17,9 +18,8 @@ const markdownlint = require("../lib/markdownlint");
 async function lintTestRepo(t, globPatterns, configPath) {
   t.plan(1);
   const { globby } = await import("globby");
-  const { "default": stripJsonComments } = await import("strip-json-comments");
   const jsoncParse = (json) => {
-    const config = JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(json));
+    const config = jsoncParser.parse(json, [], { "allowTrailingComma": true });
     return config.config || config;
   };
   const yamlParse = (yaml) => jsYaml.load(yaml);
diff --git a/test/markdownlint-test.js b/test/markdownlint-test.js
index bc30202e..9dbb3608 100644
--- a/test/markdownlint-test.js
+++ b/test/markdownlint-test.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 const fs = require("node:fs");
 const path = require("node:path");
 const Ajv = require("ajv");
+const jsoncParser = require("jsonc-parser");
 const jsYaml = require("js-yaml");
 const md = require("markdown-it")();
 const pluginInline = require("markdown-it-for-inline");
@@ -997,9 +998,8 @@ test("validateConfigSchemaAppliesToUnknownProperties", (t) => {
   }
 });
 
-test("validateConfigExampleJson", async(t) => {
+test("validateConfigExampleJson", (t) => {
   t.plan(4);
-  const { "default": stripJsonComments } = await import("strip-json-comments");
 
   // Validate schema
   // @ts-ignore
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ test("validateConfigExampleJson", async(t) => {
     path.join(__dirname, "../schema", fileJson),
     "utf8"
   );
-  const jsonObject = JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(dataJson));
+  const jsonObject = jsoncParser.parse(dataJson);
   const result = validateSchema(jsonObject);
   t.truthy(
     result,
@@ -1218,7 +1218,6 @@ test("configParsersJSON", async(t) => {
 
 test("configParsersJSONC", async(t) => {
   t.plan(1);
-  const { "default": stripJsonComments } = await import("strip-json-comments");
   const options = {
     "strings": {
       "content": [
@@ -1233,7 +1232,7 @@ test("configParsersJSONC", async(t) => {
         ""
       ].join("\n")
     },
-    "configParsers": [ (content) => JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(content)) ]
+    "configParsers": [ jsoncParser.parse ]
   };
   const actual = await markdownlint.promises.markdownlint(options);
   t.is(actual.toString(), "", "Unexpected results.");
@@ -1262,7 +1261,6 @@ test("configParsersYAML", async(t) => {
 
 test("configParsersTOML", async(t) => {
   t.plan(1);
-  const { "default": stripJsonComments } = await import("strip-json-comments");
   const options = {
     "strings": {
       "content": [
@@ -1276,7 +1274,7 @@ test("configParsersTOML", async(t) => {
       ].join("\n")
     },
     "configParsers": [
-      (content) => JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(content)),
+      jsoncParser.parse,
       require("toml").parse
     ]
   };
diff --git a/test/rules/validate-json.js b/test/rules/validate-json.js
index 67767ca6..16a582b9 100644
--- a/test/rules/validate-json.js
+++ b/test/rules/validate-json.js
@@ -3,23 +3,26 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const { filterTokens } = require("markdownlint-rule-helpers");
+const { parse, printParseErrorCode } = require("jsonc-parser");
 
 module.exports = {
   "names": [ "validate-json" ],
   "description": "Rule that validates JSON code",
   "tags": [ "test", "validate", "json" ],
   "asynchronous": true,
-  "function": async(params, onError) => {
-    const { "default": stripJsonComments } =
-      await import("strip-json-comments");
+  "function": (params, onError) => {
     filterTokens(params, "fence", (fence) => {
       if (/jsonc?/i.test(fence.info)) {
-        try {
-          JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(fence.content));
-        } catch (error) {
+        const errors = [];
+        parse(fence.content, errors);
+        if (errors.length > 0) {
+          const detail = errors.map(
+            (err) => `${printParseErrorCode(err.error)} (offset ${err.offset}, length ${err.length})`
+          ).join(", ");
           onError({
+            // @ts-ignore
             "lineNumber": fence.lineNumber,
-            "detail": error.message
+            detail
           });
         }
       }
diff --git a/test/snapshots/markdownlint-test-repos-small.js.md b/test/snapshots/markdownlint-test-repos-small.js.md
index 2b53d749..06573533 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/markdownlint-test-repos-small.js.md
+++ b/test/snapshots/markdownlint-test-repos-small.js.md
@@ -174,20 +174,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
 
 > Expected linting violations
 
-    `test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 361: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 362: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 363: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 364: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 365: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 366: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 367: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 376: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 377: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 378: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 379: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 380: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 381: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]␊
-    test-repos/eslint-eslint/docs/src/extend/scope-manager-interface.md: 382: MD055/table-pipe-style Table pipe style [Expected: leading_and_trailing; Actual: leading_only; Missing trailing pipe]`
+    ''
 
 ## https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs
 
diff --git a/test/snapshots/markdownlint-test-repos-small.js.snap b/test/snapshots/markdownlint-test-repos-small.js.snap
index ff65db30..4d28e8f0 100644
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