diff --git a/utils.js b/utils.js
index a0aa680f4..647ec4e8f 100644
--- a/utils.js
+++ b/utils.js
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ export const parsePkgJson = async (pkgJsonFile, simple = false) => {
         name,
         group,
         version: pkgData.version,
+        purl: purl,
         "bom-ref": decodeURIComponent(purl)
       };
       if (!simple) {
@@ -451,35 +452,32 @@ export const parsePkgLock = async (pkgLockFile, options = {}) => {
     let pkg = {};
     let purlString = "";
     if (node == rootNode) {
-      purlString = decodeURIComponent(
-        new PackageURL(
-          "npm",
-          options.projectGroup || "",
-          options.projectName || node.packageName,
-          options.projectVersion || node.version,
-          null,
-          null
-        ).toString()
-      );
+      purlString = new PackageURL(
+        "npm",
+        options.projectGroup || "",
+        options.projectName || node.packageName,
+        options.projectVersion || node.version,
+        null,
+        null
+      ).toString();
       pkg = {
         author: node.package.author,
         group: options.projectGroup || "",
         name: options.projectName || node.packageName,
         version: options.projectVersion || node.version,
         type: "application",
-        "bom-ref": purlString
+        purl: purlString,
+        "bom-ref": decodeURIComponent(purlString)
       };
     } else {
-      purlString = decodeURIComponent(
-        new PackageURL(
-          "npm",
-          "",
-          node.packageName,
-          node.version,
-          null,
-          null
-        ).toString()
-      );
+      purlString = new PackageURL(
+        "npm",
+        "",
+        node.packageName,
+        node.version,
+        null,
+        null
+      ).toString();
       const pkgLockFile = join(
         srcFilePath.replace("/", _sep),
         "package-lock.json"
@@ -511,7 +509,8 @@ export const parsePkgLock = async (pkgLockFile, options = {}) => {
           }
         },
         type: parentRef ? "npm" : "application",
-        "bom-ref": purlString
+        purl: purlString,
+        "bom-ref": decodeURIComponent(purlString)
       };
     }
     const packageLicense = node.package.license;
@@ -556,7 +555,12 @@ export const parsePkgLock = async (pkgLockFile, options = {}) => {
         const {
           pkgList: childPkgList,
           dependenciesList: childDependenciesList
-        } = parseArboristNode(childNode, rootNode, purlString, visited);
+        } = parseArboristNode(
+          childNode,
+          rootNode,
+          decodeURIComponent(purlString),
+          visited
+        );
         pkgList = pkgList.concat(childPkgList);
         dependenciesList = dependenciesList.concat(childDependenciesList);
 
@@ -631,13 +635,18 @@ export const parsePkgLock = async (pkgLockFile, options = {}) => {
       pkgDependsOn.push(depPurlString);
       if (edge.to == null) continue;
       const { pkgList: childPkgList, dependenciesList: childDependenciesList } =
-        parseArboristNode(edge.to, rootNode, purlString, visited);
+        parseArboristNode(
+          edge.to,
+          rootNode,
+          decodeURIComponent(purlString),
+          visited
+        );
       pkgList = pkgList.concat(childPkgList);
       dependenciesList = dependenciesList.concat(childDependenciesList);
     }
 
     dependenciesList.push({
-      ref: purlString,
+      ref: decodeURIComponent(purlString),
       dependsOn: workspaceDependsOn
         .concat(childrenDependsOn)
         .concat(pkgDependsOn)
diff --git a/utils.test.js b/utils.test.js
index 1d3b10e04..e71b5e70d 100644
--- a/utils.test.js
+++ b/utils.test.js
@@ -1601,6 +1601,7 @@ test("parsePkgLock v2", async () => {
   expect(deps[1].license).toEqual("Apache-2.0");
   expect(deps[0]).toEqual({
     "bom-ref": "pkg:npm/shopify-theme-tailwindcss@2.2.1",
+    purl: "pkg:npm/shopify-theme-tailwindcss@2.2.1",
     author: "Wessel van Ree <hello@wesselvanree.com>",
     group: "",
     name: "shopify-theme-tailwindcss",
@@ -1671,6 +1672,7 @@ test("parsePkgLock v3", async () => {
   );
   expect(deps[0]).toEqual({
     "bom-ref": "pkg:npm/cdxgen@latest",
+    purl: "pkg:npm/cdxgen@latest",
     group: "",
     author: "",
     license: "ISC",