diff --git a/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/index.js b/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/index.js
index 2ad98d9d84d37..35eaa732559ce 100644
--- a/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/index.js
+++ b/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/index.js
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ module.exports = function(argument) {
         validForNewPackages: false,
         warnings: [genericWarning]
       };
-      var corrected = correct(argument);
-      if (corrected) {
-        result.warnings.push(
-          'license is similar to the valid expression "' + corrected + '"'
-        );
+      if (argument.trim().length !== 0) {
+        var corrected = correct(argument);
+        if (corrected) {
+          result.warnings.push(
+            'license is similar to the valid expression "' + corrected + '"'
+          );
+        }
       }
       return result;
     }
diff --git a/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/package.json b/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/package.json
index b7d3c1329371e..b0adef58a96f1 100644
--- a/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/package.json
+++ b/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/package.json
@@ -1,34 +1,30 @@
 {
-  "_args": [
-    [
-      "validate-npm-package-license@3.0.3",
-      "/Users/rebecca/code/npm"
-    ]
-  ],
-  "_from": "validate-npm-package-license@3.0.3",
-  "_id": "validate-npm-package-license@3.0.3",
+  "_from": "validate-npm-package-license@3.0.4",
+  "_id": "validate-npm-package-license@3.0.4",
   "_inBundle": false,
-  "_integrity": "sha512-63ZOUnL4SIXj4L0NixR3L1lcjO38crAbgrTpl28t8jjrfuiOBL5Iygm+60qPs/KsZGzPNg6Smnc/oY16QTjF0g==",
+  "_integrity": "sha512-DpKm2Ui/xN7/HQKCtpZxoRWBhZ9Z0kqtygG8XCgNQ8ZlDnxuQmWhj566j8fN4Cu3/JmbhsDo7fcAJq4s9h27Ew==",
   "_location": "/validate-npm-package-license",
   "_phantomChildren": {},
   "_requested": {
     "type": "version",
     "registry": true,
-    "raw": "validate-npm-package-license@3.0.3",
+    "raw": "validate-npm-package-license@3.0.4",
     "name": "validate-npm-package-license",
     "escapedName": "validate-npm-package-license",
-    "rawSpec": "3.0.3",
+    "rawSpec": "3.0.4",
     "saveSpec": null,
-    "fetchSpec": "3.0.3"
+    "fetchSpec": "3.0.4"
   },
   "_requiredBy": [
+    "#USER",
     "/",
     "/init-package-json",
     "/normalize-package-data"
   ],
-  "_resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validate-npm-package-license/-/validate-npm-package-license-3.0.3.tgz",
-  "_spec": "3.0.3",
-  "_where": "/Users/rebecca/code/npm",
+  "_resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validate-npm-package-license/-/validate-npm-package-license-3.0.4.tgz",
+  "_shasum": "fc91f6b9c7ba15c857f4cb2c5defeec39d4f410a",
+  "_spec": "validate-npm-package-license@3.0.4",
+  "_where": "/Users/zkat/Documents/code/work/npm",
   "author": {
     "name": "Kyle E. Mitchell",
     "email": "kyle@kemitchell.com",
@@ -37,10 +33,18 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/kemitchell/validate-npm-package-license.js/issues"
   },
+  "bundleDependencies": false,
+  "contributors": [
+    {
+      "name": "Mark Stacey",
+      "email": "markjstacey@gmail.com"
+    }
+  ],
   "dependencies": {
     "spdx-correct": "^3.0.0",
     "spdx-expression-parse": "^3.0.0"
   },
+  "deprecated": false,
   "description": "Give me a string and I'll tell you if it's a valid npm package license string",
   "devDependencies": {
     "defence-cli": "^2.0.1",
@@ -62,5 +66,5 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "defence README.md | replace-require-self | node"
   },
-  "version": "3.0.3"
+  "version": "3.0.4"
 }
diff --git a/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/test.log b/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/test.log
deleted file mode 100644
index 2adfabc923589..0000000000000
--- a/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/test.log
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-
-> validate-npm-package-license@3.0.2 test /home/kyle/validate-npm-package-license.js
-> defence README.md | replace-require-self | node
-
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 986e41f4d2690..e34d15fa732c0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7681,9 +7681,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-yXJmeNaw3DnnKAOKJE51sL/ZaYfWJRl1pK9dr19YFCu0ObS231AB1/LbqTKRAQ5kw8A90rA6fr4riOUpTZvQZA=="
     },
     "validate-npm-package-license": {
-      "version": "3.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validate-npm-package-license/-/validate-npm-package-license-3.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-63ZOUnL4SIXj4L0NixR3L1lcjO38crAbgrTpl28t8jjrfuiOBL5Iygm+60qPs/KsZGzPNg6Smnc/oY16QTjF0g==",
+      "version": "3.0.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/validate-npm-package-license/-/validate-npm-package-license-3.0.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-DpKm2Ui/xN7/HQKCtpZxoRWBhZ9Z0kqtygG8XCgNQ8ZlDnxuQmWhj566j8fN4Cu3/JmbhsDo7fcAJq4s9h27Ew==",
       "requires": {
         "spdx-correct": "^3.0.0",
         "spdx-expression-parse": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9a55a819fd8f..04cf85f85a51e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
     "unpipe": "~1.0.0",
     "update-notifier": "^2.5.0",
     "uuid": "^3.3.2",
-    "validate-npm-package-license": "^3.0.3",
+    "validate-npm-package-license": "^3.0.4",
     "validate-npm-package-name": "~3.0.0",
     "which": "^1.3.1",
     "worker-farm": "^1.6.0",