diff --git a/tools/eslint/package.json b/tools/eslint/package.json
index eba9c474f3f485..3b848104101a97 100644
--- a/tools/eslint/package.json
+++ b/tools/eslint/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "pluralize": "^1.2.1",
     "progress": "^1.1.8",
     "require-uncached": "^1.0.2",
-    "shelljs": "^0.6.0",
+    "shelljs": "^0.8.5",
     "strip-bom": "^3.0.0",
     "strip-json-comments": "~1.0.1",
     "table": "^3.7.8",