npm ci fails unexpectedly in some projects after resolutions applied

[wjaspers]

1562 verbose stack TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined
1562 verbose stack     at _incorrectWorkingDirectory (/home/wjaspers/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:114:60)
1562 verbose stack     at /home/wjaspers/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:86:44
1562 verbose stack     at /home/wjaspers/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:218:12
1562 verbose stack     at callback (/home/wjaspers/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:295:20)
1562 verbose stack     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:193:5)
1563 verbose cwd /home/wjaspers/my-project-name
1564 verbose Linux 5.11.0-37-generic
1565 verbose argv "/home/wjaspers/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.4/bin/node" "/home/wjaspers/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.4/bin/npm" "ci"
1566 verbose node v14.17.4
1567 verbose npm  v6.14.14
1568 error Cannot read property 'length' of undefined
1569 verbose exit [ 1, true ]