diff --git a/internal/config/plugin_manager.go b/internal/config/plugin_manager.go
index d64aab11de..1c5bfd8bd2 100644
--- a/internal/config/plugin_manager.go
+++ b/internal/config/plugin_manager.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/micro-editor/json5"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ type PluginInfo struct {
 func NewPluginInfo(data []byte) (*PluginInfo, error) {
 	var info []PluginInfo
 
-	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
-	// dec.DisallowUnknownFields() // Force errors
-
-	if err := dec.Decode(&info); err != nil {
+	if err := json5.Unmarshal(data, &info); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/config/plugin_manager_test.go b/internal/config/plugin_manager_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f360469a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/plugin_manager_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package config
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestNewPluginInfoAllowsJSON5Comments(t *testing.T) {
+	data := []byte(`[
+  // repo.json files are decoded as JSON5 by the plugin installer.
+  {
+    "Name": "example",
+    "Description": "Example plugin",
+    "Website": "https://example.com"
+  }
+]`)
+
+	info, err := NewPluginInfo(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if info.Name != "example" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected plugin name %q, got %q", "example", info.Name)
+	}
+}