diff --git a/cli/go.mod b/cli/go.mod
index 9727374e828ec..dac30e59b7e86 100644
--- a/cli/go.mod
+++ b/cli/go.mod
@@ -75,4 +75,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20211208223120-3a66f561d7aa // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
+	muzzammil.xyz/jsonc v1.0.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/cli/go.sum b/cli/go.sum
index b21f4727ea8e1..29d6e11156d43 100644
--- a/cli/go.sum
+++ b/cli/go.sum
@@ -895,6 +895,8 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
+muzzammil.xyz/jsonc v1.0.0 h1:B6kaT3wHueZ87mPz3q1nFuM1BlL32IG0wcq0/uOsQ18=
+muzzammil.xyz/jsonc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:rFv8tUUKe+QLh7v02BhfxXEf4ZHhYD7unR93HL/1Uvo=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
diff --git a/cli/internal/fs/testdata/turbo.json b/cli/internal/fs/testdata/turbo.json
index 2fddfbba55baf..9a3e877bcea64 100644
--- a/cli/internal/fs/testdata/turbo.json
+++ b/cli/internal/fs/testdata/turbo.json
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+// mocked test comment
 {
   "pipeline": {
     "build": {
+      // mocked test comment
       "dependsOn": [
+        // mocked test comment
         "^build"
       ],
       "outputs": [
@@ -9,7 +12,7 @@
         ".next/**"
       ],
       "outputMode": "new-only"
-    },
+    }, // mocked test comment
     "lint": {
       "outputs": [],
       "dependsOn": [
@@ -22,15 +25,19 @@
       "cache": false,
       "outputMode": "full"
     },
+    /* mocked test comment */
     "publish": {
       "outputs": [
         "dist/**"
       ],
       "inputs": [
+         /* 
+          mocked test comment 
+         */
         "build/**/*"
       ],
       "dependsOn": [
-        "^publish",
+         /* mocked test comment */"^publish",
         "build",
         "admin#lint"
       ],
diff --git a/cli/internal/fs/turbo_json.go b/cli/internal/fs/turbo_json.go
index 03ec595dc9149..b45635e87c96f 100644
--- a/cli/internal/fs/turbo_json.go
+++ b/cli/internal/fs/turbo_json.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package fs
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/vercel/turborepo/cli/internal/util"
-	"github.com/yosuke-furukawa/json5/encoding/json5"
+	"muzzammil.xyz/jsonc"
 )
 
 // TurboJSON is the root turborepo configuration
@@ -57,10 +58,12 @@ func ReadTurboJSON(path AbsolutePath) (*TurboJSON, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	var turboJSON *TurboJSON
-	decoder := json5.NewDecoder(file)
-	err = decoder.Decode(&turboJSON)
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = jsonc.Unmarshal(data, &turboJSON)
 	if err != nil {
 		println("error unmarshalling", err.Error())
 		return nil, err