diff --git a/node_modules/bin-links/lib/link-mans.js b/node_modules/bin-links/lib/link-mans.js
index 656e179b6ca54..b6dd214cebdfe 100644
--- a/node_modules/bin-links/lib/link-mans.js
+++ b/node_modules/bin-links/lib/link-mans.js
@@ -2,22 +2,23 @@ const { dirname, relative, join, resolve, basename } = require('path')
 const linkGently = require('./link-gently.js')
 const manTarget = require('./man-target.js')
 
-const linkMans = ({ path, pkg, top, force }) => {
+const linkMans = async ({ path, pkg, top, force }) => {
   const target = manTarget({ path, top })
-  if (!target || !pkg.man || !Array.isArray(pkg.man) || !pkg.man.length) {
-    return Promise.resolve([])
+  if (!target || !Array.isArray(pkg?.man) || !pkg.man.length) {
+    return []
   }
 
-  // break any links to c:\\blah or /foo/blah or ../blah
-  // and filter out duplicates
-  const set = [...new Set(pkg.man.map(man =>
-    man ? join('/', man).replace(/\\|:/g, '/').slice(1) : null)
-    .filter(man => typeof man === 'string'))]
-
-  return Promise.all(set.map(man => {
-    const parseMan = man.match(/(.*\.([0-9]+)(\.gz)?)$/)
+  const links = []
+  // `new Set` to filter out duplicates
+  for (let man of new Set(pkg.man)) {
+    if (!man || typeof man !== 'string') {
+      continue
+    }
+    // break any links to c:\\blah or /foo/blah or ../blah
+    man = join('/', man).replace(/\\|:/g, '/').slice(1)
+    const parseMan = man.match(/\.([0-9]+)(\.gz)?$/)
     if (!parseMan) {
-      return Promise.reject(Object.assign(new Error('invalid man entry name\n' +
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('invalid man entry name\n' +
         'Man files must end with a number, ' +
         'and optionally a .gz suffix if they are compressed.'
       ), {
@@ -25,28 +26,28 @@ const linkMans = ({ path, pkg, top, force }) => {
         path,
         pkgid: pkg._id,
         man,
-      }))
+      })
     }
 
-    const stem = parseMan[1]
-    const sxn = parseMan[2]
-    const base = basename(stem)
+    const section = parseMan[1]
+    const base = basename(man)
     const absFrom = resolve(path, man)
     /* istanbul ignore if - that unpossible */
     if (absFrom.indexOf(path) !== 0) {
-      return Promise.reject(Object.assign(new Error('invalid man entry'), {
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('invalid man entry'), {
         code: 'EBADMAN',
         path,
         pkgid: pkg._id,
         man,
-      }))
+      })
     }
 
-    const to = resolve(target, 'man' + sxn, base)
+    const to = resolve(target, 'man' + section, base)
     const from = relative(dirname(to), absFrom)
 
-    return linkGently({ from, to, path, absFrom, force })
-  }))
+    links.push(linkGently({ from, to, path, absFrom, force }))
+  }
+  return Promise.all(links)
 }
 
 module.exports = linkMans
diff --git a/node_modules/bin-links/package.json b/node_modules/bin-links/package.json
index e6abb0b589808..d5c11f7971f94 100644
--- a/node_modules/bin-links/package.json
+++ b/node_modules/bin-links/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bin-links",
-  "version": "4.0.2",
+  "version": "4.0.3",
   "description": "JavaScript package binary linker",
   "main": "./lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@npmcli/eslint-config": "^4.0.0",
-    "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.15.1",
+    "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.19.0",
     "require-inject": "^1.4.4",
     "tap": "^16.0.1"
   },
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   "templateOSS": {
     "//@npmcli/template-oss": "This file is partially managed by @npmcli/template-oss. Edits may be overwritten.",
     "windowsCI": false,
-    "version": "4.15.1",
+    "version": "4.19.0",
     "publish": true
   }
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dd69e0cb8ea0d..671201c3415ee 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4100,9 +4100,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/bin-links": {
-      "version": "4.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bin-links/-/bin-links-4.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-jxJ0PbXR8eQyPlExCvCs3JFnikvs1Yp4gUJt6nmgathdOwvur+q22KWC3h20gvWl4T/14DXKj2IlkJwwZkZPOw==",
+      "version": "4.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bin-links/-/bin-links-4.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-obsRaULtJurnfox/MDwgq6Yo9kzbv1CPTk/1/s7Z/61Lezc8IKkFCOXNeVLXz0456WRzBQmSsDWlai2tIhBsfA==",
       "dependencies": {
         "cmd-shim": "^6.0.0",
         "npm-normalize-package-bin": "^3.0.0",