diff --git a/docs/cli/shortcuts.md b/docs/cli/shortcuts.md
index e3e70ff6..beeac60f 100644
--- a/docs/cli/shortcuts.md
+++ b/docs/cli/shortcuts.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Command Shortcuts
 
-Package managers that execute scripts from a `package.json` or `deno.(json|jsonc)` file can be shortened when in concurrently.<br/>
+Package managers that execute scripts from a `package.json` / `package.json5` or `deno.(json|jsonc)` file can be shortened when in concurrently.<br/>
 The following are supported:
 
 | Syntax          | Expands to            |
diff --git a/lib/command-parser/expand-wildcard.spec.ts b/lib/command-parser/expand-wildcard.spec.ts
index 1a6d1afb..8e985abd 100644
--- a/lib/command-parser/expand-wildcard.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/command-parser/expand-wildcard.spec.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ describe('#readPackage()', () => {
             name: 'concurrently',
             version: '6.4.0',
         };
+        vi.spyOn(fs, 'existsSync').mockImplementation((path: PathOrFileDescriptor) => {
+            return path === 'package.json';
+        });
         vi.spyOn(fs, 'readFileSync').mockImplementation((path: PathOrFileDescriptor) => {
             if (path === 'package.json') {
                 return JSON.stringify(expectedPackage);
@@ -118,6 +121,47 @@ describe('#readPackage()', () => {
         expect(() => ExpandWildcard.readPackage()).not.toThrow();
         expect(ExpandWildcard.readPackage()).toEqual({});
     });
+
+    it('can read package.json5', () => {
+        const expectedPackage = {
+            name: 'concurrently',
+            version: '6.4.0',
+            scripts: {
+                'test:unit': '',
+            },
+        };
+        vi.spyOn(fs, 'existsSync').mockImplementation((path: PathOrFileDescriptor) => {
+            return path === 'package.json5';
+        });
+        vi.spyOn(fs, 'readFileSync').mockImplementation((path: PathOrFileDescriptor) => {
+            if (path === 'package.json5') {
+                return `/* comment */\n${JSON.stringify(expectedPackage)}`;
+            }
+            return '';
+        });
+
+        const actualReadPackage = ExpandWildcard.readPackage();
+        expect(actualReadPackage).toEqual(expectedPackage);
+    });
+
+    it('prefers package.json over package.json5', () => {
+        const expectedPackage = {
+            name: 'from-json',
+            version: '1.0.0',
+        };
+        vi.spyOn(fs, 'existsSync').mockImplementation((path: PathOrFileDescriptor) => {
+            return path === 'package.json' || path === 'package.json5';
+        });
+        vi.spyOn(fs, 'readFileSync').mockImplementation((path: PathOrFileDescriptor) => {
+            if (path === 'package.json') {
+                return JSON.stringify(expectedPackage);
+            }
+            return '';
+        });
+
+        const actualReadPackage = ExpandWildcard.readPackage();
+        expect(actualReadPackage).toEqual(expectedPackage);
+    });
 });
 
 it('returns same command if not an npm run command', () => {
diff --git a/lib/command-parser/expand-wildcard.ts b/lib/command-parser/expand-wildcard.ts
index 4aa37ecc..557ebc09 100644
--- a/lib/command-parser/expand-wildcard.ts
+++ b/lib/command-parser/expand-wildcard.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,15 @@ export class ExpandWildcard implements CommandParser {
 
     static readPackage() {
         try {
-            const json = fs.readFileSync('package.json', { encoding: 'utf-8' });
-            return JSON.parse(json);
+            let json: string = '{}';
+
+            if (fs.existsSync('package.json')) {
+                json = fs.readFileSync('package.json', { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+            } else if (fs.existsSync('package.json5')) {
+                json = fs.readFileSync('package.json5', { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+            }
+
+            return JSONC.parse(json);
         } catch {
             return {};
         }