diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 21adb63b1..361f8f27e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@angular/compiler": "10.0.3",
     "@babel/code-frame": "7.10.4",
-    "@babel/parser": "7.10.4",
+    "@babel/parser": "7.10.5",
     "@glimmer/syntax": "0.54.1",
     "@iarna/toml": "2.2.5",
     "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "3.6.1",
diff --git a/src/language-js/parser-babel.js b/src/language-js/parser-babel.js
index cb242db28..17a09119f 100644
--- a/src/language-js/parser-babel.js
+++ b/src/language-js/parser-babel.js
@@ -82,18 +82,7 @@ function createParse(parseMethod, ...pluginCombinations) {
           babelOptions({ sourceType, extraPlugins })
         )
       );
-    } catch (_error) {
-      // babel@7.10.4 throws `undefined`, when parsing
-      // ```js
-      // alert(
-      // <!-- comment
-      // 'hello world'
-      // )
-      // ```
-      // #8688
-
-      const error = _error || { message: "Unknown error" };
-
+    } catch (error) {
       throw createError(
         // babel error prints (l:c) with cols that are zero indexed
         // so we need our custom error
diff --git a/tests/misc/errors/js/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/misc/errors/js/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
index c0e574acb..66d639967 100644
--- a/tests/misc/errors/js/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
+++ b/tests/misc/errors/js/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
 exports[`html-like-comments.js error test 1`] = `
-"Unknown error (0:0)
+"Unexpected token (3:1)
   1 | // Only support HTML-like comment in HTML
   2 | alert(
-  3 | <!-- comment"
+> 3 | <!-- comment
+    | ^
+  4 | 'hello world'
+  5 | )
+  6 | "
 `;
 
 exports[`module-attributes.js error test 1`] = `
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6f236aafa..5ef441d49 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -265,12 +265,7 @@
     chalk "^2.0.0"
     js-tokens "^4.0.0"
 
-"@babel/parser@7.10.4":
-  version "7.10.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/parser/-/parser-7.10.4.tgz#9eedf27e1998d87739fb5028a5120557c06a1a64"
-  integrity sha512-8jHII4hf+YVDsskTF6WuMB3X4Eh+PsUkC2ljq22so5rHvH+T8BzyL94VOdyFLNR8tBSVXOTbNHOKpR4TfRxVtA==
-
-"@babel/parser@^7.1.0", "@babel/parser@^7.10.4", "@babel/parser@^7.10.5":
+"@babel/parser@7.10.5", "@babel/parser@^7.1.0", "@babel/parser@^7.10.4", "@babel/parser@^7.10.5":
   version "7.10.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/parser/-/parser-7.10.5.tgz#e7c6bf5a7deff957cec9f04b551e2762909d826b"
   integrity sha512-wfryxy4bE1UivvQKSQDU4/X6dr+i8bctjUjj8Zyt3DQy7NtPizJXT8M52nqpNKL+nq2PW8lxk4ZqLj0fD4B4hQ==