diff --git a/lib/linter/config-comment-parser.js b/lib/linter/config-comment-parser.js
index cc20a1e54d21..64482489535e 100644
--- a/lib/linter/config-comment-parser.js
+++ b/lib/linter/config-comment-parser.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const levn = require("levn"),
         Legacy: {
             ConfigOps
         }
-    } = require("@eslint/eslintrc");
+    } = require("@eslint/eslintrc/universal"); // eslint-disable-line node/no-missing-require -- false positive
 
 const debug = require("debug")("eslint:config-comment-parser");
 
diff --git a/lib/linter/linter.js b/lib/linter/linter.js
index 0f1bfc070e34..ae564b6610b6 100644
--- a/lib/linter/linter.js
+++ b/lib/linter/linter.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const
             ConfigValidator,
             environments: BuiltInEnvironments
         }
-    } = require("@eslint/eslintrc"),
+    } = require("@eslint/eslintrc/universal"), // eslint-disable-line node/no-missing-require -- false positive
     Traverser = require("../shared/traverser"),
     { SourceCode } = require("../source-code"),
     CodePathAnalyzer = require("./code-path-analysis/code-path-analyzer"),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3a7af24890a7..5bf0a60017fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://eslint.org",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@eslint/eslintrc": "github:eslint/eslintrc",
+    "@eslint/eslintrc": "github:eslint/eslintrc#universal",
     "@humanwhocodes/config-array": "^0.5.0",
     "ajv": "^6.10.0",
     "chalk": "^4.0.0",