diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2012aa7f4..d8ef06f35 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@
             "safe-buffer": "npm:@nolyfill/safe-buffer@^1",
             "safer-buffer": "npm:@nolyfill/safer-buffer@^1",
             "side-channel": "npm:@nolyfill/side-channel@^1"
+        },
+        "patchedDependencies": {
+            "eslint-nibble@8.1.0": "patches/eslint-nibble@8.1.0.patch"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/patches/eslint-nibble@8.1.0.patch b/patches/eslint-nibble@8.1.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7157c232d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/eslint-nibble@8.1.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
+index 6edfcd23d58a1346a773e5d739d21778be39c941..cbddc609aaa78da04b410b45dddf75980785a062 100644
+--- a/src/cli.js
++++ b/src/cli.js
+@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ const cli = {
+       // Show help
+       console.log(options.generateHelp());
+     } else {
+-      const configuration = { extensions };
++      const configuration = { };
++      if (extensions) {
++        configuration.extensions = extensions;
++      }
+       if (configFile) {
+         configuration.overrideConfigFile = configFile;
+       }
+diff --git a/src/config/options.js b/src/config/options.js
+index dac85019bac496b5bae6a0d27f44b92ec91af71b..87e43089afcb0b0ece161a050cc776fae56c5fc2 100644
+--- a/src/config/options.js
++++ b/src/config/options.js
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = optionator({
+   }, {
+     option     : 'ext',
+     type       : '[String]',
+-    default    : '.js',
++    default    : '',
+     description: 'Specify JavaScript file extensions'
+   }, {
+     option     : 'config',
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0c41e30b8..09b9af1e3 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ overrides:
   safer-buffer: npm:@nolyfill/safer-buffer@^1
   side-channel: npm:@nolyfill/side-channel@^1
 
+patchedDependencies:
+  eslint-nibble@8.1.0:
+    hash: w5z6jxwjps4t4gxnmmngw67gmm
+    path: patches/eslint-nibble@8.1.0.patch
+
 importers:
 
   .:
@@ -386,7 +391,7 @@ importers:
         version: 10.1.2(eslint@9.25.1(jiti@2.4.2))
       eslint-nibble:
         specifier: 8.1.0
-        version: 8.1.0(eslint@9.25.1(jiti@2.4.2))
+        version: 8.1.0(patch_hash=w5z6jxwjps4t4gxnmmngw67gmm)(eslint@9.25.1(jiti@2.4.2))
       eslint-plugin-n:
         specifier: 17.17.0
         version: 17.17.0(eslint@9.25.1(jiti@2.4.2))
@@ -9739,7 +9744,7 @@ snapshots:
       strip-ansi: 5.2.0
       text-table: 0.2.0
 
-  eslint-nibble@8.1.0(eslint@9.25.1(jiti@2.4.2)):
+  eslint-nibble@8.1.0(patch_hash=w5z6jxwjps4t4gxnmmngw67gmm)(eslint@9.25.1(jiti@2.4.2)):
     dependencies:
       '@ianvs/eslint-stats': 2.0.0
       chalk: 4.1.2