diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 506557a..5ccbc5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/bigchaindb/stylelint-config-bigchaindb#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-eslint": "^7.2.3",
+    "babel-eslint": "^8.0.0",
     "eslint": "^4.1.0",
     "eslint-config-ascribe": "^3.0.4",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.7.0",