diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed15f61d02bb..496f6a48b732 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     "is-glob": "^4.0.0",
     "js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
     "json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify": "^1.0.1",
-    "levn": "^0.3.0",
+    "levn": "^0.4.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.14",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
     "natural-compare": "^1.4.0",
diff --git a/tests/lib/linter/linter.js b/tests/lib/linter/linter.js
index 74d231ed1ff7..c1261dfcf0b8 100644
--- a/tests/lib/linter/linter.js
+++ b/tests/lib/linter/linter.js
@@ -1754,6 +1754,23 @@ describe("Linter", () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe("when evaluating code with comments that contain escape sequences", () => {
+        const code = '/* eslint max-len: ["error", 1, { ignoreComments: true, ignorePattern: "console\\.log\\\\(" }] */\nconsole.log("test");\nvar a = "test2";';
+
+        it("should validate correctly", () => {
+            const config = { rules: {} };
+
+            const messages = linter.verify(code, config, filename);
+
+            assert.strictEqual(messages.length, 1);
+            assert.strictEqual(messages[0].ruleId, "max-len");
+            assert.strictEqual(messages[0].message, "This line has a length of 16. Maximum allowed is 1.");
+            assert.strictEqual(messages[0].line, 3);
+            assert.strictEqual(messages[0].column, 1);
+            assert.include(messages[0].nodeType, "Program");
+        });
+    });
+
     describe("when evaluating code with comments to enable multiple rules", () => {
         const code = "/*eslint no-alert:1 no-console:1*/ alert('test'); console.log('test');";