diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index ce0ef0026..c408bd934 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ packages/tools/generate-images.js
 packages/tools/git-changelog.test.js
 packages/tools/git-changelog.js
 packages/tools/licenseChecker.js
+packages/tools/packageJsonLint.js
 packages/tools/release-android.js
 packages/tools/release-cli.js
 packages/tools/release-electron.js
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 20bb83916..2089efff3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ packages/tools/generate-images.js
 packages/tools/git-changelog.test.js
 packages/tools/git-changelog.js
 packages/tools/licenseChecker.js
+packages/tools/packageJsonLint.js
 packages/tools/release-android.js
 packages/tools/release-cli.js
 packages/tools/release-electron.js
diff --git a/lint-staged.config.js b/lint-staged.config.js
index ffba84cdd..54a9f2878 100644
--- a/lint-staged.config.js
+++ b/lint-staged.config.js
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ module.exports = {
 	//
 	// '**/*.ts?(x)': () => 'npm run tsc',
 	'*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}': [
-		'yarn run linter-precommit',
+		'yarn run checkIgnoredFiles',
 		'yarn run checkLibPaths',
-		'node packages/tools/checkIgnoredFiles.js',
+		'yarn run packageJsonLint',
+		'yarn run linter-precommit',
 	],
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6823a2f45..2306b41ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "buildWebsiteTranslations": "node packages/tools/website/buildTranslations.js",
     "buildWebsite": "node ./packages/tools/website/build.js && yarn run buildPluginDoc && yarn run buildSettingJsonSchema",
     "checkLibPaths": "node ./packages/tools/checkLibPaths.js",
+    "checkIgnoredFiles": "node ./packages/tools/checkIgnoredFiles.js",
     "circularDependencyCheck": "madge --warning --circular --extensions js ./",
     "clean": "npm run clean --workspaces --if-present && node packages/tools/clean && yarn cache clean",
     "dependencyTree": "madge",
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
     "linter-precommit": "eslint --resolve-plugins-relative-to . --fix --ext .js --ext .jsx --ext .ts --ext .tsx",
     "linter": "eslint --resolve-plugins-relative-to . --fix --quiet --ext .js --ext .jsx --ext .ts --ext .tsx",
     "linter-interactive": "eslint-interactive --resolve-plugins-relative-to . --fix --quiet --ext .js --ext .jsx --ext .ts --ext .tsx",
-    "packageJsonLint": "npmPkgJsonLint --configFile .npmpackagejsonlintrc.json --quiet .",
+    "packageJsonLint": "node ./packages/tools/packageJsonLint.js",
     "postinstall": "gulp build",
     "publishAll": "git pull && yarn run buildParallel && lerna version --yes --no-private --no-git-tag-version && gulp completePublishAll",
     "releaseAndroid": "PATH=\"/usr/local/opt/openjdk@11/bin:$PATH\" node packages/tools/release-android.js",
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
   },
   "husky": {
     "hooks": {
-      "pre-commit": "lint-staged && yarn run packageJsonLint"
+      "pre-commit": "lint-staged"
     }
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/tools/packageJsonLint.ts b/packages/tools/packageJsonLint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb796399d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/packageJsonLint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { execCommand, getRootDir } from '@joplin/utils';
+import { chdir } from 'process';
+
+const main = async () => {
+	const rootDir = await getRootDir();
+	chdir(rootDir);
+	await execCommand('yarn run npmPkgJsonLint --configFile .npmpackagejsonlintrc.json --quiet .');
+};
+
+main().catch((error) => {
+	console.error(error);
+	process.exit(1);
+});