diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 43c1f43ef3c..4e9117a0459 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "rules": {
-        "no-bitwise": 0,
+        "no-bitwise": 2,
         "curly": 2,
         "eqeqeq": 2,
         "guard-for-in": 0,
diff --git a/src/utils/StringUtils.js b/src/utils/StringUtils.js
index 1a9c816e0ec..1f426c86db8 100644
--- a/src/utils/StringUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/StringUtils.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
    @CC wiki attribution: esmiralha
 */
 
+/*eslint no-bitwise: off */
 /*jslint bitwise: true */
 
 /**