diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f51db362..000000000
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "rules": {
-    "eol-last": "error",
-    "indent": ["error", 2, { "SwitchCase": 1 }],
-    "no-trailing-spaces": "error"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.eslintrc.yml b/.eslintrc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..643b9a75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintrc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+root: true
+rules:
+  eol-last: error
+  indent: ["error", 2, { "SwitchCase": 1 }]
+  no-trailing-spaces: error