diff --git a/lib/config/config-file.js b/lib/config/config-file.js
index d09b3668846..dde79cb40c8 100644
--- a/lib/config/config-file.js
+++ b/lib/config/config-file.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const fs = require("fs"),
     pathIsInside = require("path-is-inside"),
     stripComments = require("strip-json-comments"),
     stringify = require("json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify"),
-    requireUncached = require("require-uncached");
+    importFresh = require("import-fresh");
 
 const debug = require("debug")("eslint:config-file");
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ function loadLegacyConfigFile(filePath) {
 function loadJSConfigFile(filePath) {
     debug(`Loading JS config file: ${filePath}`);
     try {
-        return requireUncached(filePath);
+        return importFresh(filePath);
     } catch (e) {
         debug(`Error reading JavaScript file: ${filePath}`);
         e.message = `Cannot read config file: ${filePath}\nError: ${e.message}`;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2f7626dca6..259c2ea9578 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "pluralize": "^7.0.0",
     "progress": "^2.0.0",
     "regexpp": "^2.0.1",
-    "require-uncached": "^1.0.3",
+    "import-fresh": "^2.0.0",
     "semver": "^5.5.1",
     "strip-ansi": "^4.0.0",
     "strip-json-comments": "^2.0.1",