diff --git a/npm/test-lint.js b/npm/test-lint.js
index 91bdef168..1efb9f6de 100644
--- a/npm/test-lint.js
+++ b/npm/test-lint.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require('shelljs/global');
 
 var chalk = require('chalk'),
   async = require('async'),
-  ESLintCLIEngine = require('eslint').CLIEngine,
+  { ESLint } = require('eslint'),
 
   /**
      * The list of source code files / directories to be linted.
@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@ module.exports = function (exit) {
          * @param {Function} next - The callback function whose invocation marks the end of the lint test run.
          * @returns {*}
          */
-    function (next) {
-      next(null, (new ESLintCLIEngine()).executeOnFiles(LINT_SOURCE_DIRS));
+    async function (next) {
+      const eslint = new ESLint();
+      try {
+        const results = await eslint.lintFiles(LINT_SOURCE_DIRS);
+        next(null, { results });
+      } catch (error) {
+        next(error);
+      }
     },
 
     /**
@@ -41,14 +47,19 @@ module.exports = function (exit) {
          * @param {Function} next - The callback whose invocation marks the completion of the post run tasks.
          * @returns {*}
          */
-    function (report, next) {
-      var errorReport = ESLintCLIEngine.getErrorResults(report.results);
-      // log the result to CLI
-      console.info(ESLintCLIEngine.getFormatter()(report.results));
-      // log the success of the parser if it has no errors
-      (errorReport && !errorReport.length) && console.info(chalk.green('eslint ok!'));
-      // ensure that the exit code is non zero in case there was an error
-      next(Number(errorReport && errorReport.length) || 0);
+    async function (report, next) {
+      try {
+        var errorReport = ESLint.getErrorResults(report.results);
+        // log the result to CLI
+        const formatter = await ESLint.loadFormatter();
+        console.info(formatter.format(report.results));
+        // log the success of the parser if it has no errors
+        (errorReport && !errorReport.length) && console.info(chalk.green('eslint ok!'));
+        // ensure that the exit code is non zero in case there was an error
+        next(Number(errorReport && errorReport.length) || 0);
+      } catch (error) {
+        next(error);
+      }
     }
   ], exit);
 };