diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
index 176e83ebae21..69255fe2df06 100644
--- a/babel.config.js
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ module.exports = function (api) {
   let ignoreLib = true;
   let includeRegeneratorRuntime = false;
   let needsPolyfillsForOldNode = false;
+  let dynamicESLintVersionCheck = false;
 
   let transformRuntimeOptions;
 
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ module.exports = function (api) {
     // fall through
     case "test":
       targets = { node: "current" };
+      dynamicESLintVersionCheck = true;
       break;
   }
 
@@ -216,6 +218,10 @@ module.exports = function (api) {
         exclude: /regenerator-runtime/,
         plugins: [["@babel/transform-runtime", transformRuntimeOptions]],
       },
+      dynamicESLintVersionCheck && {
+        test: ["./eslint/*/src"].map(normalize),
+        plugins: [pluginDynamicESLintVersionCheck],
+      },
     ].filter(Boolean),
   };
 
@@ -652,3 +658,30 @@ function pluginBabelParserTokenType({
     tokenTypesMapping.set(tokenTypesDefinition[i].key.name, i);
   }
 })();
+
+// Transforms
+//    ESLINT_VERSION
+// to
+//    process.env.ESLINT_VERSION_FOR_BABEL
+//      ? parseInt(process.env.ESLINT_VERSION_FOR_BABEL, 10)
+//      : ESLINT_VERSION
+function pluginDynamicESLintVersionCheck({ template }) {
+  const transformed = new WeakSet();
+
+  return {
+    visitor: {
+      ReferencedIdentifier(path) {
+        if (path.node.name !== "ESLINT_VERSION") return;
+
+        if (transformed.has(path.node)) return;
+        transformed.add(path.node);
+
+        path.replaceWith(template.expression.ast`
+          process.env.ESLINT_VERSION_FOR_BABEL
+            ? parseInt(process.env.ESLINT_VERSION_FOR_BABEL, 10)
+            : ${path.node}
+        `);
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/convert/convertAST.cjs b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/convert/convertAST.cjs
index 2a7b4962d88f..1bc12d077e1d 100644
--- a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/convert/convertAST.cjs
+++ b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/convert/convertAST.cjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const getEslintVersion = require("../utils/get-eslint-version.cjs");
+const ESLINT_VERSION = require("../utils/eslint-version.cjs");
 
 function* it(children) {
   if (Array.isArray(children)) yield* children;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ const convertNodesVisitor = {
           q.loc.end.column += 2;
         }
 
-        if (getEslintVersion() >= 8) {
+        if (ESLINT_VERSION >= 8) {
           q.start -= 1;
           if (q.tail) {
             q.end += 1;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function convertProgramNode(ast) {
         ast.loc.end.line = lastToken.loc.end.line;
         ast.loc.end.column = lastToken.loc.end.column;
 
-        if (getEslintVersion() >= 8) {
+        if (ESLINT_VERSION >= 8) {
           ast.end = lastToken.end;
         }
       }
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function convertProgramNode(ast) {
     ast.loc.start.line = ast.body[0].loc.start.line;
     ast.range[0] = ast.body[0].start;
 
-    if (getEslintVersion() >= 8) {
+    if (ESLINT_VERSION >= 8) {
       ast.start = ast.body[0].start;
     }
   }
diff --git a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/convert/convertTokens.cjs b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/convert/convertTokens.cjs
index b9851e949836..c69f85b0c5e9 100644
--- a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/convert/convertTokens.cjs
+++ b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/convert/convertTokens.cjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const getEslintVersion = require("../utils/get-eslint-version.cjs");
+const ESLINT_VERSION = require("../utils/eslint-version.cjs");
 
 function convertTemplateType(tokens, tl) {
   let curlyBrace = null;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ module.exports = function convertTokens(tokens, code, tl) {
     if (!process.env.BABEL_8_BREAKING) {
       // Babel 8 already produces a single token
 
-      if (getEslintVersion() >= 8 && token.type.label === tl.hash) {
+      if (ESLINT_VERSION >= 8 && token.type.label === tl.hash) {
         i++;
         token = withoutComments[i];
 
diff --git a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/utils/eslint-version.cjs b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/utils/eslint-version.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2afb5fc97550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/utils/eslint-version.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = parseInt(require("eslint/package.json").version, 10);
diff --git a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/utils/get-eslint-version.cjs b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/utils/get-eslint-version.cjs
deleted file mode 100644
index db33b71f9d84..000000000000
--- a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/utils/get-eslint-version.cjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = function eslintVersion() {
-  const version =
-    process.env.ESLINT_VERSION_FOR_BABEL ||
-    require("eslint/package.json").version;
-  return parseInt(version, 10);
-};
diff --git a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/worker/configuration.cjs b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/worker/configuration.cjs
index 3319d2e9c7d0..28b1294b04fc 100644
--- a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/worker/configuration.cjs
+++ b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/worker/configuration.cjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const babel = require("./babel-core.cjs");
-const getEslintVersion = require("../utils/get-eslint-version.cjs");
+const ESLINT_VERSION = require("../utils/eslint-version.cjs");
 
 /**
  * Merge user supplied estree plugin options to default estree plugin options
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const getEslintVersion = require("../utils/get-eslint-version.cjs");
  */
 function getParserPlugins(babelOptions) {
   const babelParserPlugins = babelOptions.parserOpts?.plugins ?? [];
-  const estreeOptions = { classFeatures: getEslintVersion() >= 8 };
+  const estreeOptions = { classFeatures: ESLINT_VERSION >= 8 };
   for (const plugin of babelParserPlugins) {
     if (Array.isArray(plugin) && plugin[0] === "estree") {
       Object.assign(estreeOptions, plugin[1]);