diff --git a/.circleci/workflows.yml b/.circleci/workflows.yml
index 0e8e091eab61..36b3a114b9f6 100644
--- a/.circleci/workflows.yml
+++ b/.circleci/workflows.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mainBuildFilters: &mainBuildFilters
         - /^release\/\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/
         # use the following branch as well to ensure that v8 snapshot cache updates are fully tested
         - 'update-v8-snapshot-cache-on-develop'
-        - 'investigate/darwin-ci-build-order'
+        - 'remove-json-lint'
         - 'publish-binary'
         - 'fix/element_highlighting_origin_test_replay'
 
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ macWorkflowFilters: &darwin-workflow-filters
     - equal: [ develop, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
     # use the following branch as well to ensure that v8 snapshot cache updates are fully tested
     - equal: [ 'update-v8-snapshot-cache-on-develop', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-    - equal: [ 'fix/element_highlighting_origin_test_replay', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-    - equal: [ 'investigate/darwin-ci-build-order', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
+    - equal: [ 'remove-json-lint', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
     - matches:
         pattern: /^release\/\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/
         value: << pipeline.git.branch >>
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ linuxArm64WorkflowFilters: &linux-arm64-workflow-filters
     - equal: [ develop, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
     # use the following branch as well to ensure that v8 snapshot cache updates are fully tested
     - equal: [ 'update-v8-snapshot-cache-on-develop', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-    - equal: [ 'fix/element_highlighting_origin_test_replay', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
+    - equal: [ 'remove-json-lint', << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
     - matches:
         pattern: /^release\/\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/
         value: << pipeline.git.branch >>
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ commands:
           name: Set environment variable to determine whether or not to persist artifacts
           command: |
             echo "Setting SHOULD_PERSIST_ARTIFACTS variable"
-            echo 'if ! [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "develop" && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "release/"* && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "fix/element_highlighting_origin_test_replay" ]]; then
+            echo 'if ! [[ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "develop" && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "release/"* && "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "remove-json-lint" ]]; then
                 export SHOULD_PERSIST_ARTIFACTS=true
             fi' >> "$BASH_ENV"
   # You must run `setup_should_persist_artifacts` command and be using bash before running this command
diff --git a/cli/CHANGELOG.md b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
index e1e8684347d3..d5ba6a321b56 100644
--- a/cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ _Released 7/16/2024 (PENDING)_
 **Dependency Updates:**
 
 - Updated `jquery` from `3.1.1` to `3.4.1`. Addresses [#29822](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/29822). Addressed in [#29837](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/29837).
+- Replaced `json-lint` with `json-parse-even-better-errors`. This removes the CVE-2021-23358 vulnerability being reported in security scans. Addresses [#28207](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/28207).
 - Updated `minimatch` from `3.0.4` to `3.1.2`. Addressed in [#29821](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/29821).
 
 ## 13.13.0
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ _Released 7/01/2024_
 
 **Dependency Updates:**
 
+- Replaced `json-lint` with `json-parse-even-better-errors`. This removes the CVE-2021-23358 vulnerability being reported in security scans. Addresses [#28207](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/28207).
 - Updated `launch-editor` from `2.3.0` to `2.8.0`. Addressed in [#29770](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/29770).
 - Updated `memfs` from `3.4.12` to `3.5.3`. Addressed in [#29746](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/pull/29746).
 - Updated `tmp` from `0.2.1` to `0.2.3`. Addresses [#29693](https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/29693).
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/fixture.js b/packages/server/lib/fixture.js
index 121fe269c8db..19668b37b436 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/fixture.js
+++ b/packages/server/lib/fixture.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const check = require('syntax-error')
 const debug = require('debug')('cypress:server:fixture')
 const coffee = require('coffeescript')
 const Promise = require('bluebird')
-const jsonlint = require('jsonlint')
+const jsonParseBetterErrors = require('json-parse-even-better-errors')
 const stripAnsi = require('strip-ansi')
 
 const errors = require('./errors')
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const extensions = [
 const queue = {}
 
 const friendlyJsonParse = function (s) {
-  jsonlint.parse(s) // might throw good error
+  jsonParseBetterErrors(s) // should throw an error with better formatting
 
   return JSON.parse(s) // actually parses correctly all the edge cases
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index b7857d197333..1104f6aa6b1c 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "is-html": "2.0.0",
     "jimp": "0.22.12",
     "jose": "^4.15.5",
-    "jsonlint": "1.6.3",
+    "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^3.0.2",
     "launch-editor": "2.8.0",
     "lazy-ass": "1.6.0",
     "lockfile": "1.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/server/test/unit/fixture_spec.js b/packages/server/test/unit/fixture_spec.js
index e1867ac9e62e..ddcd9dee73b9 100644
--- a/packages/server/test/unit/fixture_spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/test/unit/fixture_spec.js
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ const fixture = require(`../../lib/fixture`)
 const { fs } = require(`../../lib/util/fs`)
 const FixturesHelper = require('@tooling/system-tests')
 const { getCtx } = require(`../../lib/makeDataContext`)
-const os = require('os')
-const eol = require('eol')
-
-const isWindows = () => {
-  return os.platform() === 'win32'
-}
 
 let ctx
 
@@ -75,29 +69,13 @@ describe('lib/fixture', () => {
   context('json files', () => {
     it('throws when json is invalid', function () {
       const e =
-        `\
-'bad_json.json' is not valid JSON.
-Parse error on line 2:
-{  "bad": "json"  "should": "not parse
-------------------^
-Expecting 'EOF', '}', ':', ',', ']', got 'STRING'\
-`
+        `\'bad_json.json\' is not valid JSON.\nUnexpected string in JSON at position 20 while parsing near "{\\n  \\"bad\\": \\"json\\"\\n  \\"should\\": \\"not parse..."`
 
       return fixture.get(this.fixturesFolder, 'bad_json.json')
       .then(() => {
         throw new Error('should have failed but did not')
       }).catch((err) => {
-        if (isWindows()) {
-          // there is weird trailing whitespace in the lines
-          // of the error message on Windows
-          expect(err.message).to.include('\'bad_json.json\' is not valid JSON.')
-          expect(err.message).to.include('Parse error on line 2:')
-
-          expect(err.message).to.include('Expecting \'EOF\', \'}\', \':\', \',\', \']\', got \'STRING\'')
-        } else {
-          // on other platforms can match the error directly
-          expect(eol.auto(err.message)).to.eq(eol.auto(e))
-        }
+        expect(err.message).to.eq(e)
       })
     })
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 26ca3b02d910..403e4865de28 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9374,11 +9374,6 @@ JSONStream@^1.0.4:
     jsonparse "^1.2.0"
     through ">=2.2.7 <3"
 
-JSV@^4.0.x:
-  version "4.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/JSV/-/JSV-4.0.2.tgz#d077f6825571f82132f9dffaed587b4029feff57"
-  integrity sha1-0Hf2glVx+CEy+d/67Vh7QCn+/1c=
-
 abbrev@1, abbrev@^1.0.0, abbrev@~1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz#f8f2c887ad10bf67f634f005b6987fed3179aac8"
@@ -9745,11 +9740,6 @@ ansi-styles@^6.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-6.2.1.tgz#0e62320cf99c21afff3b3012192546aacbfb05c5"
   integrity sha512-bN798gFfQX+viw3R7yrGWRqnrN2oRkEkUjjl4JNn4E8GxxbjtG3FbrEIIY3l8/hrwUwIeCZvi4QuOTP4MErVug==
 
-ansi-styles@~1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-1.0.0.tgz#cb102df1c56f5123eab8b67cd7b98027a0279178"
-  integrity sha1-yxAt8cVvUSPquLZ817mAJ6AnkXg=
-
 ansi-to-html@0.6.14:
   version "0.6.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-to-html/-/ansi-to-html-0.6.14.tgz#65fe6d08bba5dd9db33f44a20aec331e0010dad8"
@@ -11750,15 +11740,6 @@ chalk@^4.0.0, chalk@^4.0.2, chalk@^4.1.0, chalk@^4.1.1, chalk@^4.1.2:
     ansi-styles "^4.1.0"
     supports-color "^7.1.0"
 
-chalk@~0.4.0:
-  version "0.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-0.4.0.tgz#5199a3ddcd0c1efe23bc08c1b027b06176e0c64f"
-  integrity sha1-UZmj3c0MHv4jvAjBsCewYXbgxk8=
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-styles "~1.0.0"
-    has-color "~0.1.0"
-    strip-ansi "~0.1.0"
-
 change-case-all@1.0.14:
   version "1.0.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/change-case-all/-/change-case-all-1.0.14.tgz#bac04da08ad143278d0ac3dda7eccd39280bfba1"
@@ -17909,11 +17890,6 @@ has-binary2@~1.0.2:
   dependencies:
     isarray "2.0.1"
 
-has-color@~0.1.0:
-  version "0.1.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-color/-/has-color-0.1.7.tgz#67144a5260c34fc3cca677d041daf52fe7b78b2f"
-  integrity sha1-ZxRKUmDDT8PMpnfQQdr1L+e3iy8=
-
 has-cors@1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-cors/-/has-cors-1.1.0.tgz#5e474793f7ea9843d1bb99c23eef49ff126fff39"
@@ -19936,10 +19912,10 @@ json-parse-even-better-errors@^2.3.0, json-parse-even-better-errors@^2.3.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-parse-even-better-errors/-/json-parse-even-better-errors-2.3.1.tgz#7c47805a94319928e05777405dc12e1f7a4ee02d"
   integrity sha512-xyFwyhro/JEof6Ghe2iz2NcXoj2sloNsWr/XsERDK/oiPCfaNhl5ONfp+jQdAZRQQ0IJWNzH9zIZF7li91kh2w==
 
-json-parse-even-better-errors@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-parse-even-better-errors/-/json-parse-even-better-errors-3.0.0.tgz#2cb2ee33069a78870a0c7e3da560026b89669cf7"
-  integrity sha512-iZbGHafX/59r39gPwVPRBGw0QQKnA7tte5pSMrhWOW7swGsVvVTjmfyAV9pNqk8YGT7tRCdxRu8uzcgZwoDooA==
+json-parse-even-better-errors@^3.0.0, json-parse-even-better-errors@^3.0.2:
+  version "3.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-parse-even-better-errors/-/json-parse-even-better-errors-3.0.2.tgz#b43d35e89c0f3be6b5fbbe9dc6c82467b30c28da"
+  integrity sha512-fi0NG4bPjCHunUJffmLd0gxssIgkNmArMvis4iNah6Owg1MCJjWhEcDLmsK6iGkJq3tHwbDkTlce70/tmXN4cQ==
 
 json-schema-traverse@^0.4.1:
   version "0.4.1"
@@ -20066,14 +20042,6 @@ jsonify@~0.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonify/-/jsonify-0.0.0.tgz#2c74b6ee41d93ca51b7b5aaee8f503631d252a73"
   integrity sha1-LHS27kHZPKUbe1qu6PUDYx0lKnM=
 
-jsonlint@1.6.3:
-  version "1.6.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonlint/-/jsonlint-1.6.3.tgz#cb5e31efc0b78291d0d862fbef05900adf212988"
-  integrity sha512-jMVTMzP+7gU/IyC6hvKyWpUU8tmTkK5b3BPNuMI9U8Sit+YAWLlZwB6Y6YrdCxfg2kNz05p3XY3Bmm4m26Nv3A==
-  dependencies:
-    JSV "^4.0.x"
-    nomnom "^1.5.x"
-
 jsonparse@^1.2.0, jsonparse@^1.3.1:
   version "1.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonparse/-/jsonparse-1.3.1.tgz#3f4dae4a91fac315f71062f8521cc239f1366280"
@@ -23103,14 +23071,6 @@ node-uuid@^1.4.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-uuid/-/node-uuid-1.4.8.tgz#b040eb0923968afabf8d32fb1f17f1167fdab907"
   integrity sha1-sEDrCSOWivq/jTL7HxfxFn/auQc=
 
-nomnom@^1.5.x:
-  version "1.8.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nomnom/-/nomnom-1.8.1.tgz#2151f722472ba79e50a76fc125bb8c8f2e4dc2a7"
-  integrity sha1-IVH3Ikcrp55Qp2/BJbuMjy5Nwqc=
-  dependencies:
-    chalk "~0.4.0"
-    underscore "~1.6.0"
-
 noop-logger@^0.1.1:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/noop-logger/-/noop-logger-0.1.1.tgz#94a2b1633c4f1317553007d8966fd0e841b6a4c2"
@@ -30481,11 +30441,6 @@ underscore.string@3.3.6, underscore.string@^3.3.6:
     sprintf-js "^1.1.1"
     util-deprecate "^1.0.2"
 
-underscore@~1.6.0:
-  version "1.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/underscore/-/underscore-1.6.0.tgz#8b38b10cacdef63337b8b24e4ff86d45aea529a8"
-  integrity sha1-izixDKze9jM3uLJOT/htRa6lKag=
-
 undertaker-registry@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/undertaker-registry/-/undertaker-registry-1.0.1.tgz#5e4bda308e4a8a2ae584f9b9a4359a499825cc50"