diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a2db1dd8338..a87680b713f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "@eslint-community/regexpp": "^4.6.1",
     "@eslint/eslintrc": "^2.1.4",
     "@eslint/js": "8.56.0",
-    "@humanwhocodes/config-array": "^0.11.13",
+    "@humanwhocodes/config-array": "^0.11.14",
     "@humanwhocodes/module-importer": "^1.0.1",
     "@nodelib/fs.walk": "^1.2.8",
     "@ungap/structured-clone": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/tests/bin/eslint.js b/tests/bin/eslint.js
index 0622d48e973..ac4e5c9cde3 100644
--- a/tests/bin/eslint.js
+++ b/tests/bin/eslint.js
@@ -440,6 +440,21 @@ describe("bin/eslint.js", () => {
             });
         });
 
+        // https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/17960
+        it("should include key information in the error message when there is an invalid config", () => {
+
+            // The error message should include the key name
+            const config = path.join(__dirname, "../fixtures/bin/eslint.config-invalid-key.js");
+            const child = runESLint(["--config", config, "conf", "tools"]);
+            const exitCodeAssertion = assertExitCode(child, 2);
+            const outputAssertion = getOutput(child).then(output => {
+                assert.include(output.stderr, "Key \"linterOptions\": Key \"reportUnusedDisableDirectives\"");
+            });
+
+            return Promise.all([exitCodeAssertion, outputAssertion]);
+
+        });
+
         it("prints the error message pointing to line of code", () => {
             const invalidConfig = path.join(__dirname, "../fixtures/bin/eslint.config.js");
             const child = runESLint(["--no-ignore", "-c", invalidConfig]);
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/bin/eslint.config-invalid-key.js b/tests/fixtures/bin/eslint.config-invalid-key.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7840c15304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/bin/eslint.config-invalid-key.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = [{
+    linterOptions: {
+        reportUnusedDisableDirectives: "banana"
+    }
+}];
diff --git a/tests/lib/config/flat-config-array.js b/tests/lib/config/flat-config-array.js
index 79f80bce425..c38f099a318 100644
--- a/tests/lib/config/flat-config-array.js
+++ b/tests/lib/config/flat-config-array.js
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ describe("FlatConfigArray", () => {
                                 reportUnusedDisableDirectives: {}
                             }
                         }
-                    ], /Expected one of: "error", "warn", "off", 0, 1, 2, or a boolean./u);
+                    ], /Key "linterOptions": Key "reportUnusedDisableDirectives": Expected one of: "error", "warn", "off", 0, 1, 2, or a boolean./u);
                 });
 
                 it("should merge two objects when second object has overrides", () => assertMergedResult([
@@ -2054,4 +2054,5 @@ describe("FlatConfigArray", () => {
         });
 
     });
+
 });