diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index af4721ff..8e4a8b0d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.0",
     "deasync": "^0.1.7",
-    "eslint": "^4.10.0",
+    "eslint": "^5.15.1",
     "eslint-config-pedant": "^1.0.0",
     "mocha": "^4.0.1",
     "mock-enb": "^0.3.2",