diff --git a/common/config/rush/nonbrowser-approved-packages.json b/common/config/rush/nonbrowser-approved-packages.json
index f0d23a3ae5..a3942df409 100644
--- a/common/config/rush/nonbrowser-approved-packages.json
+++ b/common/config/rush/nonbrowser-approved-packages.json
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-3.9",
-      "allowedCategories": [ "tests" ]
+      "allowedCategories": [ "libraries", "tests" ]
     },
     {
       "name": "@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-shared",
diff --git a/rush.json b/rush.json
index 711cedc321..4011f8f207 100644
--- a/rush.json
+++ b/rush.json
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@
       "projectFolder": "stack/eslint-plugin",
       "reviewCategory": "libraries",
       "shouldPublish": true,
-      "cyclicDependencyProjects": ["@microsoft/node-library-build", "@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-3.5"]
+      "cyclicDependencyProjects": ["@microsoft/node-library-build", "@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-3.9"]
     },
     {
       "packageName": "@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-2.4",
diff --git a/stack/eslint-plugin/package.json b/stack/eslint-plugin/package.json
index 755a5d02b3..88202400cb 100644
--- a/stack/eslint-plugin/package.json
+++ b/stack/eslint-plugin/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@microsoft/node-library-build": "6.4.10",
-    "@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-3.5": "0.4.4",
+    "@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-3.9": "0.2.1",
     "@types/eslint": "7.2.0",
     "@types/estree": "0.0.44",
     "@types/node": "10.17.13",
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree": "3.3.0",
     "eslint": "~7.2.0",
     "gulp": "~4.0.2",
-    "typescript": "~3.5.3"
+    "typescript": "~3.9.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/stack/eslint-plugin/tsconfig.json b/stack/eslint-plugin/tsconfig.json
index 51c71c4bde..a4662c9819 100644
--- a/stack/eslint-plugin/tsconfig.json
+++ b/stack/eslint-plugin/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "./node_modules/@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-3.5/includes/tsconfig-node.json",
+  "extends": "./node_modules/@microsoft/rush-stack-compiler-3.9/includes/tsconfig-node.json",
 
   "compilerOptions": {
     "types": ["node"]