diff --git a/lib/outdated.js b/lib/outdated.js
index 660f1cd05704e..fa626ecbd0b8b 100644
--- a/lib/outdated.js
+++ b/lib/outdated.js
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ async function outdated_ (tree, deps, opts) {
     try {
       const packument = await getPackument(spec)
       const expected = edge.spec
+      // if it's not a range, version, or tag, skip it
+      if (!npa(`${edge.name}@${edge.spec}`).registry) {
+        return null
+      }
       const wanted = pickManifest(packument, expected, npm.flatOptions)
       const latest = pickManifest(packument, '*', npm.flatOptions)
 
diff --git a/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/LICENSE.md b/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/LICENSE.md
index cb6c4a624cc01..6991b7cbb89db 100644
--- a/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/LICENSE.md
+++ b/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Copyright 2017 Kat Marchán
-Copyright npm, Inc. and Contributors
+Copyright npm, Inc.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
diff --git a/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/index.js b/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/index.js
index 50cd15932c664..86a1fdc1ae809 100644
--- a/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/index.js
+++ b/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/index.js
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ const kIndent = Symbol.for('indent')
 const kNewline = Symbol.for('newline')
 // only respect indentation if we got a line break, otherwise squash it
 // things other than objects and arrays aren't indented, so ignore those
+// Important: in both of these regexps, the $1 capture group is the newline
+// or undefined, and the $2 capture group is the indent, or undefined.
 const formatRE = /^\s*[{\[]((?:\r?\n)+)([\s\t]*)/
+const emptyRE = /^(?:\{\}|\[\])((?:\r?\n)+)?$/
 
 const parseJson = (txt, reviver, context) => {
   const parseText = stripBOM(txt)
@@ -77,7 +80,11 @@ const parseJson = (txt, reviver, context) => {
     // otherwise, pick the indentation of the next line after the first \n
     // If the pattern doesn't match, then it means no indentation.
     // JSON.stringify ignores symbols, so this is reasonably safe.
-    const [, newline, indent] = parseText.match(formatRE) || [, '', '']
+    // if the string is '{}' or '[]', then use the default 2-space indent.
+    const [, newline = '\n', indent = '  '] = parseText.match(emptyRE) ||
+      parseText.match(formatRE) ||
+      [, '', '']
+
     const result = JSON.parse(parseText, reviver)
     if (result && typeof result === 'object') {
       result[kNewline] = newline
diff --git a/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/package.json b/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/package.json
index d2abf42e1849f..ed0fdaf2e0f6f 100644
--- a/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/package.json
+++ b/node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "json-parse-even-better-errors",
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.3.1",
   "description": "JSON.parse with context information on error",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 495f2ff51c6a1..6974829d03e0b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3602,9 +3602,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/json-parse-even-better-errors": {
-      "version": "2.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-parse-even-better-errors/-/json-parse-even-better-errors-2.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-o3aP+RsWDJZayj1SbHNQAI8x0v3T3SKiGoZlNYfbUP1S3omJQ6i9CnqADqkSPaOAxwua4/1YWx5CM7oiChJt2Q==",
+      "version": "2.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-parse-even-better-errors/-/json-parse-even-better-errors-2.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xyFwyhro/JEof6Ghe2iz2NcXoj2sloNsWr/XsERDK/oiPCfaNhl5ONfp+jQdAZRQQ0IJWNzH9zIZF7li91kh2w==",
       "inBundle": true
     },
     "node_modules/json-schema": {
@@ -11931,9 +11931,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "json-parse-even-better-errors": {
-      "version": "2.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-parse-even-better-errors/-/json-parse-even-better-errors-2.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-o3aP+RsWDJZayj1SbHNQAI8x0v3T3SKiGoZlNYfbUP1S3omJQ6i9CnqADqkSPaOAxwua4/1YWx5CM7oiChJt2Q=="
+      "version": "2.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-parse-even-better-errors/-/json-parse-even-better-errors-2.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-xyFwyhro/JEof6Ghe2iz2NcXoj2sloNsWr/XsERDK/oiPCfaNhl5ONfp+jQdAZRQQ0IJWNzH9zIZF7li91kh2w=="
     },
     "json-schema": {
       "version": "0.2.3",