diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46ebf59f948..9f93300fec2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   "bugs": "https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/",
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/code-frame": "^7.0.0",
-    "@eslint/eslintrc": "^0.2.0",
+    "@eslint/eslintrc": "^0.2.1",
     "ajv": "^6.10.0",
     "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "cross-spawn": "^7.0.2",
diff --git a/tests/lib/eslint/eslint.js b/tests/lib/eslint/eslint.js
index f9ec1e7c57d..e4f37f404c4 100644
--- a/tests/lib/eslint/eslint.js
+++ b/tests/lib/eslint/eslint.js
@@ -3919,6 +3919,26 @@ describe("ESLint", () => {
 
             await assert.rejects(() => eslint.calculateConfigForFile(null), /'filePath' must be a non-empty string/u);
         });
+
+        // https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/13793
+        it("should throw with an invalid built-in rule config", async () => {
+            const options = {
+                baseConfig: {
+                    rules: {
+                        "no-alert": ["error", {
+                            thisDoesNotExist: true
+                        }]
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            const engine = new ESLint(options);
+            const filePath = getFixturePath("single-quoted.js");
+
+            await assert.rejects(
+                () => engine.calculateConfigForFile(filePath),
+                /Configuration for rule "no-alert" is invalid:/u
+            );
+        });
     });
 
     describe("isPathIgnored", () => {