diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19e9888..1d3cd13 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^27.0.3",
     "@types/minimist": "^1.2.2",
-    "@types/node": "^6.0.54",
+    "@types/node": "^12.0.0",
     "@types/strip-bom": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/strip-json-comments": "^0.0.30",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.22.0",
diff --git a/src/filesystem.ts b/src/filesystem.ts
index d4f60b4..04cbdbb 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.ts
+++ b/src/filesystem.ts
@@ -34,16 +34,8 @@ export interface ReadJsonAsync {
 
 export function fileExistsSync(path: string): boolean {
   // If the file doesn't exist, avoid throwing an exception over the native barrier for every miss
-  if (!fs.existsSync(path)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  try {
-    const stats = fs.statSync(path);
-    return stats.isFile();
-  } catch (err) {
-    // If error, assume file did not exist
-    return false;
-  }
+  // @ts-expect-error throwIfNoEntry is a noop pre node 14.7, but is not part of the types
+  return !!fs.statSync(path, { throwIfNoEntry: false })?.isFile();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 84945cb..d8772c2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -710,9 +710,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-16.11.9.tgz#879be3ad7af29f4c1a5c433421bf99fab7047185"
   integrity sha512-MKmdASMf3LtPzwLyRrFjtFFZ48cMf8jmX5VRYrDQiJa8Ybu5VAmkqBWqKU8fdCwD8ysw4mQ9nrEHvzg6gunR7A==
 
-"@types/node@^6.0.54":
-  version "6.0.54"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-6.0.54.tgz#65859962ba988052cbdd5c48881395acfdd46931"
+"@types/node@^12.0.0":
+  version "12.20.55"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.20.55.tgz#c329cbd434c42164f846b909bd6f85b5537f6240"
+  integrity sha512-J8xLz7q2OFulZ2cyGTLE1TbbZcjpno7FaN6zdJNrgAdrJ+DZzh/uFR6YrTb4C+nXakvud8Q4+rbhoIWlYQbUFQ==
 
 "@types/parse-json@^4.0.0":
   version "4.0.0"