diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c707549..77ce865 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -43,13 +43,21 @@ const getErrorLocation = (string, message) => {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	const {index, line, column} = match.groups;
+	let {index, line, column} = match.groups;
 
 	if (line && column) {
 		return {line: Number(line), column: Number(column)};
 	}
 
-	return indexToPosition(string, Number(index), {oneBased: true});
+	index = Number(index);
+
+	// The error location can be out of bounds.
+	if (index === string.length) {
+		const {line, column} = indexToPosition(string, string.length - 1, {oneBased: true});
+		return {line, column: column + 1};
+	}
+
+	return indexToPosition(string, index, {oneBased: true});
 };
 
 export default function parseJson(string, reviver, filename) {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 208c77c..fff1022 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import {outdent} from 'outdent';
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
 import parseJson, {JSONError} from './index.js';
 
-const errorMessageRegex = (() => {
-	const version = Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]);
+const NODE_JS_VERSION = Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]);
 
-	if (version < 20) {
+const errorMessageRegex = (() => {
+	if (NODE_JS_VERSION < 20) {
 		return /Unexpected token "}"/;
 	}
 
-	if (version < 21) {
+	if (NODE_JS_VERSION < 21) {
 		return /Expected double-quoted property name in JSON at position 16 while parsing/;
 	}
 
@@ -85,3 +85,24 @@ test('has error frame properties', t => {
 		t.is(stripAnsi(error.codeFrame), EXPECTED_CODE_FRAME);
 	}
 });
+
+test('allow error location out of bounds', t => {
+	try {
+		parseJson('{');
+	} catch (error) {
+		t.true(error instanceof JSONError);
+		t.is(error.rawCodeFrame, NODE_JS_VERSION === 18 ? undefined : outdent`
+			> 1 | {
+			    |  ^
+		`);
+	}
+});
+
+test('empty string', t => {
+	try {
+		parseJson('');
+	} catch (error) {
+		t.true(error instanceof JSONError);
+		t.is(error.rawCodeFrame, undefined);
+	}
+});