diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e1bf27f2..9ab7b283 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "arrify": "^1.0.0",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "deep-assign": "^1.0.0",
-    "eslint": "^3.6.0",
+    "eslint": "^4.18.2",
     "eslint-config-xo": "^0.17.0",
     "eslint-formatter-pretty": "^1.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-ava": "^3.1.0",