Throws "Cannot set properties of null (setting 'devOptional')" when running lerna bootstrap

[shubhamp-sf]

Describe the bug

Following the release commit 6bee26c, running lerna bootstrap command fails.

Logs

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This functionality has been moved to @npmcli/fs
npm WARN deprecated @npmcli/[email protected]: This functionality has been moved to @npmcli/fs

> [email protected] postinstall
> lerna bootstrap && npm run -s update-ts-project-refs

lerna notice cli v6.5.1
lerna info versioning independent
lerna info Bootstrapping 76 packages
lerna info Installing external dependencies
lerna ERR! npm install exited 1 in '@loopback/authentication-jwt' 👈🏻👈🏻
lerna ERR! npm install stderr:
npm ERR! Cannot set properties of null (setting 'devOptional')

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/shubham.prajapat/.npm/_logs/2023-03-14T11_00_10_967Z-debug-0.log
lerna ERR! npm install exited 1 in '@loopback/authentication-jwt' 👈🏻👈🏻
lerna WARN complete Waiting for 3 child processes to exit. CTRL-C to exit immediately.
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/shubham.prajapat/SourceFuse/loopback-next
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c lerna bootstrap && npm run -s update-ts-project-refs

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/shubham.prajapat/.npm/_logs/2023-03-14T10_59_51_174Z-debug-0.log

Additional information

Node: v18.15.0
NPM: v9.5.0

Reproduction

To reproduce take a fresh clone of the repo's master branch run lerna bootstrap in the root.