diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03311a50e3..7934cc2bcb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
     "babel-core": "^6.26.3",
-    "babel-eslint": "^6.1.2",
+    "babel-eslint": "^8.1.1",
     "babel-loader": "^7.1.5",
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "^0.2.1",
     "babel-plugin-transform-async-to-bluebird": "^1.1.1",