diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 55a78b2e..15c484e5 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ yarn.lock                    merge=binary
 #
 # For more information, see this issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/web-build-tools/issues/1088
 #
-*.json            linguist-language=JSON-With-Comments
+*.json            linguist-language=JSON5