diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9051104..fe44241a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "markdownlint-rule-github-internal-links": "0.1.0",
     "markdownlint-rule-helpers": "0.17.2",
     "npm-run-all": "4.1.5",
-    "strip-json-comments": "4.0.0",
+    "strip-json-comments": "5.0.0",
     "toml": "3.0.0",
     "ts-loader": "9.3.0",
     "tv4": "1.3.0",