diff --git a/node_modules/read-package-json/package.json b/node_modules/read-package-json/package.json
index fb263fd711ee7..c86cf45f36d55 100644
--- a/node_modules/read-package-json/package.json
+++ b/node_modules/read-package-json/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "read-package-json",
-  "version": "4.1.1",
+  "version": "4.1.2",
   "author": "Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me> (http://blog.izs.me/)",
   "description": "The thing npm uses to read package.json files with semantics and defaults and validation",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js b/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js
index 468a33e397774..cb2b495521570 100644
--- a/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js
+++ b/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js
@@ -522,6 +522,10 @@ function final (file, data, log, strict, cb) {
 function fillTypes (file, data, cb) {
   var index = data.main ? data.main : 'index.js'
 
+  if (typeof index !== 'string') {
+    return cb(new TypeError('The "main" attribute must be of type string.'))
+  }
+
   // TODO exports is much more complicated than this in verbose format
   // We need to support for instance
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3f9fb7c81e6c8..0e31732a80f3b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         "proc-log": "^2.0.0",
         "qrcode-terminal": "^0.12.0",
         "read": "~1.0.7",
-        "read-package-json": "^4.1.1",
+        "read-package-json": "^4.1.2",
         "read-package-json-fast": "^2.0.3",
         "readdir-scoped-modules": "^1.1.0",
         "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
@@ -6434,9 +6434,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-HJpV9bQpkl6KwjxlJcBoqu9Ba0PQg8TqSNIOrulGt54a0uup0HtevreFHzYzkm0lpnleRdNBzXznKrgxglEHQw=="
     },
     "node_modules/read-package-json": {
-      "version": "4.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/read-package-json/-/read-package-json-4.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-P82sbZJ3ldDrWCOSKxJT0r/CXMWR0OR3KRh55SgKo3p91GSIEEC32v3lSHAvO/UcH3/IoL7uqhOFBduAnwdldw==",
+      "version": "4.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/read-package-json/-/read-package-json-4.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Dqer4pqzamDE2O4M55xp1qZMuLPqi4ldk2ya648FOMHRjwMzFhuxVrG04wd0c38IsvkVdr3vgHI6z+QTPdAjrQ==",
       "inBundle": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "glob": "^7.1.1",
@@ -15746,9 +15746,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-HJpV9bQpkl6KwjxlJcBoqu9Ba0PQg8TqSNIOrulGt54a0uup0HtevreFHzYzkm0lpnleRdNBzXznKrgxglEHQw=="
     },
     "read-package-json": {
-      "version": "4.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/read-package-json/-/read-package-json-4.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-P82sbZJ3ldDrWCOSKxJT0r/CXMWR0OR3KRh55SgKo3p91GSIEEC32v3lSHAvO/UcH3/IoL7uqhOFBduAnwdldw==",
+      "version": "4.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/read-package-json/-/read-package-json-4.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Dqer4pqzamDE2O4M55xp1qZMuLPqi4ldk2ya648FOMHRjwMzFhuxVrG04wd0c38IsvkVdr3vgHI6z+QTPdAjrQ==",
       "requires": {
         "glob": "^7.1.1",
         "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d353ff311a8d9..1fbb2201e7f0f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
     "proc-log": "^2.0.0",
     "qrcode-terminal": "^0.12.0",
     "read": "~1.0.7",
-    "read-package-json": "^4.1.1",
+    "read-package-json": "^4.1.2",
     "read-package-json-fast": "^2.0.3",
     "readdir-scoped-modules": "^1.1.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",