diff --git a/packages/plugin-js-packages/src/lib/runner/index.ts b/packages/plugin-js-packages/src/lib/runner/index.ts
index e2784e30e..f8bca562d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-js-packages/src/lib/runner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-js-packages/src/lib/runner/index.ts
@@ -78,18 +78,13 @@ async function processOutdated(
   packageJsonPaths: PackageJsonPaths,
 ) {
   const pm = packageManagers[id];
-  const { stdout, stderr } = await executeProcess({
+  const { stdout } = await executeProcess({
     command: pm.command,
     args: pm.outdated.commandArgs,
     cwd: process.cwd(),
     ignoreExitCode: true, // outdated returns exit code 1 when outdated dependencies are found
   });
 
-  // Successful outdated check has empty stderr
-  if (stderr) {
-    throw new Error(`JS packages plugin: outdated error: ${stderr}`);
-  }
-
   // Locate all package.json files in the repository if not provided
   const finalPaths = Array.isArray(packageJsonPaths)
     ? packageJsonPaths
@@ -122,16 +117,12 @@ async function processAudit(
   const auditResults = await Promise.allSettled(
     compatibleAuditDepGroups.map(
       async (depGroup): Promise<[DependencyGroup, AuditResult]> => {
-        const { stdout, stderr } = await executeProcess({
+        const { stdout } = await executeProcess({
           command: pm.command,
           args: pm.audit.getCommandArgs(depGroup),
           cwd: process.cwd(),
           ignoreExitCode: pm.audit.ignoreExitCode,
         });
-        // Successful audit check has empty stderr
-        if (stderr) {
-          throw new Error(`JS packages plugin: audit error: ${stderr}`);
-        }
         return [depGroup, pm.audit.unifyResult(stdout)];
       },
     ),
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/transform.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/transform.ts
index f33aaa40e..86caf9aef 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/transform.ts
@@ -114,9 +114,19 @@ export function toUnixNewlines(text: string): string {
   return platform() === 'win32' ? text.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n') : text;
 }
 
-export function fromJsonLines<T = unknown>(jsonLines: string) {
+export function fromJsonLines<T extends unknown[]>(jsonLines: string) {
   const unifiedNewLines = toUnixNewlines(jsonLines).trim();
-  return JSON.parse(`[${unifiedNewLines.split('\n').join(',')}]`) as T;
+  const invalid = Symbol('invalid json');
+  return unifiedNewLines
+    .split('\n')
+    .map(line => {
+      try {
+        return JSON.parse(line);
+      } catch {
+        return invalid;
+      }
+    })
+    .filter(line => line !== invalid) as T;
 }
 
 export function toJsonLines<T>(json: T[]) {
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/transform.unit.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/transform.unit.test.ts
index d4ad2cfcf..b72982e3d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/transform.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/transform.unit.test.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,17 @@ describe('JSON lines format', () => {
 
       expect(fromJsonLines(jsonLines)).toEqual([head, body]);
     });
+
+    it('should ignore non-JSON lines', () => {
+      const jsonLines = [
+        '(node:346640) [DEP0040] DeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated. Please use a userland alternative instead.',
+        '(Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)',
+        JSON.stringify(head),
+        JSON.stringify(body),
+      ].join('\n');
+
+      expect(fromJsonLines(jsonLines)).toEqual([head, body]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('toJsonLines', () => {