diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 22dc2d21..7e211cc6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "socket.io": "~1.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "eslint": "^1.5.1",
+    "eslint": "^7.7.0",
     "grunt": "~0.4.5",
     "grunt-cli": "^0.1.13",
     "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.5.0",