diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 93d483ae..cc3fbdef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      - run: npm install
+      # TODO: remove "--force" once eslint v8 released
+      - run: npm install --force
       - run: npm test
 
   lint:
@@ -41,3 +42,13 @@ jobs:
     - run: npm install
     - run: npm install --save-dev eslint@6
     - run: npm test
+      
+  eslint7:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+    - run: npm install
+    - run: npm install --save-dev eslint@7
+    - run: npm test
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3194399c..b9fe3997 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
     "@not-an-aardvark/node-release-script": "^0.1.0",
     "chai": "^4.1.0",
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
-    "eslint": "^7.9.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.0.0",
     "eslint-config-not-an-aardvark": "^2.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-markdown": "^2.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-self": "^1.2.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-unicorn": "^36.0.0",
-    "eslint-scope": "^5.1.1",
-    "espree": "^7.3.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-unicorn": "github:fisker/eslint-plugin-unicorn#eslint-8",
+    "eslint-scope": "^6.0.0",
+    "espree": "^9.0.0",
     "estraverse": "^5.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.2",
     "markdownlint-cli": "^0.27.1",