diff --git a/.projenrc.ts b/.projenrc.ts
index 1b8e406..bb51248 100644
--- a/.projenrc.ts
+++ b/.projenrc.ts
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ project.addDevDeps(
   "@types/fs-extra",
   "@action-validator/core",
   "@action-validator/cli",
-  // @typescript-eslint v7+ requires Node.js 18.18, so we are stuck on v6
+  // eslint v9+ and @typescript-eslint v7+ require Node.js 18.18, so we are stuck on v8 and v6 respectively
   // The below lines can probably be removed once Node 18 goes EOL and we upgrade minNodeVersion to 20
+  "eslint@^8",
   "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin@^6",
   "@typescript-eslint/parser@^6"
 );