diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index adce709e8..93931480d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2861,6 +2861,12 @@
             "integrity": "sha512-3c+yGKvVP5Y9TYBEibGNR+kLtijnj7mYrXRg+WpFb2X9xm04g/DXYkfg4hmzJQosc9snFNUPkbYIhu+KAm6jJw==",
             "dev": true
         },
+        "@types/json5": {
+            "version": "0.0.30",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/json5/-/json5-0.0.30.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-sqm9g7mHlPY/43fcSNrCYfOeX9zkTTK+euO5E6+CVijSMm5tTjkVdwdqRkY3ljjIAf8679vps5jKUoJBCLsMDA==",
+            "dev": true
+        },
         "@types/lodash": {
             "version": "4.14.162",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.162.tgz",
@@ -6679,7 +6685,6 @@
             "version": "2.1.3",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.1.3.tgz",
             "integrity": "sha512-KXPvOm8K9IJKFM0bmdn8QXh7udDh1g/giieX0NLCaMnb4hEiVFqnop2ImTXCc5e0/oHz3LTqmHGtExn5hfMkOA==",
-            "dev": true,
             "requires": {
                 "minimist": "^1.2.5"
             }
@@ -8584,7 +8589,8 @@
         "strip-json-comments": {
             "version": "3.1.1",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-3.1.1.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-6fPc+R4ihwqP6N/aIv2f1gMH8lOVtWQHoqC4yK6oSDVVocumAsfCqjkXnqiYMhmMwS/mEHLp7Vehlt3ql6lEig=="
+            "integrity": "sha512-6fPc+R4ihwqP6N/aIv2f1gMH8lOVtWQHoqC4yK6oSDVVocumAsfCqjkXnqiYMhmMwS/mEHLp7Vehlt3ql6lEig==",
+            "dev": true
         },
         "supports-color": {
             "version": "7.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 840defc13..9a90fdf3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
         "cson-parser": "4.0.5",
         "eslint-config-prettier": "6.14.0",
         "glob": "7.1.6",
+        "json5": "^2.1.3",
         "lodash": "4.17.20",
         "minimatch": "3.0.4",
-        "strip-json-comments": "3.1.1",
         "tslint": "6.1.3",
         "typescript": "4.0.3"
     },
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         "@types/eslint-config-prettier": "6.11.0",
         "@types/glob": "7.1.3",
         "@types/jest": "26.0.15",
+        "@types/json5": "0.0.30",
         "@types/lodash": "4.14.162",
         "@types/minimatch": "3.0.3",
         "@types/node": "12.12.21",
diff --git a/src/input/importer.test.ts b/src/input/importer.test.ts
index 861bc37ba..02377971e 100644
--- a/src/input/importer.test.ts
+++ b/src/input/importer.test.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe("importer", () => {
         // Assert
         expect(imported).toEqual(
             expect.objectContaining({
-                message: "Unexpected token N in JSON at position 0",
+                message: "JSON5: invalid character 'O' at 1:2",
             }),
         );
     });
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 798c4c0e2..391af14f3 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import stripJsonComments from "strip-json-comments";
+import JSON5 from "json5";
 
 export const isDefined = <Item>(item: Item | undefined): item is Item => item !== undefined;
 
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ export const uniqueFromSources = <T>(...sources: (T | T[] | undefined)[]) => {
     return Array.from(new Set(items));
 };
 
-export const parseJson = (text: string) => JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(text));
+export const parseJson = (text: string) => JSON5.parse(text);