diff --git a/.changeset/honest-ghosts-listen.md b/.changeset/honest-ghosts-listen.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..411a7e8908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/honest-ghosts-listen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+chore: bump `eslint` to `7.30.0`
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 725149a823..c539b1a382 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "dashify": "^2.0.0",
     "diff": "^5.0.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.8.56",
-    "eslint": "^7.1.0",
+    "eslint": "^7.30.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
     "eslint-formatter-friendly": "^7.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.20.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6f919c3caa..55e546fb12 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2404,6 +2404,20 @@
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
     scheduler "^0.19.0"
 
+"@humanwhocodes/config-array@^0.5.0":
+  version "0.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@humanwhocodes/config-array/-/config-array-0.5.0.tgz#1407967d4c6eecd7388f83acf1eaf4d0c6e58ef9"
+  integrity sha512-FagtKFz74XrTl7y6HCzQpwDfXP0yhxe9lHLD1UZxjvZIcbyRz8zTFF/yYNfSfzU414eDwZ1SrO0Qvtyf+wFMQg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@humanwhocodes/object-schema" "^1.2.0"
+    debug "^4.1.1"
+    minimatch "^3.0.4"
+
+"@humanwhocodes/object-schema@^1.2.0":
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@humanwhocodes/object-schema/-/object-schema-1.2.0.tgz#87de7af9c231826fdd68ac7258f77c429e0e5fcf"
+  integrity sha512-wdppn25U8z/2yiaT6YGquE6X8sSv7hNMWSXYSSU1jGv/yd6XqjXgTDJ8KP4NgjTXfJ3GbRjeeb8RTV7a/VpM+w==
+
 "@iarna/toml@^2.2.5":
   version "2.2.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@iarna/toml/-/toml-2.2.5.tgz#b32366c89b43c6f8cefbdefac778b9c828e3ba8c"
@@ -12119,13 +12133,14 @@ eslint-visitor-keys@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-2.0.0.tgz#21fdc8fbcd9c795cc0321f0563702095751511a8"
   integrity sha512-QudtT6av5WXels9WjIM7qz1XD1cWGvX4gGXvp/zBn9nXG02D0utdU3Em2m/QjTnrsk6bBjmCygl3rmj118msQQ==
 
-eslint@^7.1.0:
-  version "7.28.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint/-/eslint-7.28.0.tgz#435aa17a0b82c13bb2be9d51408b617e49c1e820"
-  integrity sha512-UMfH0VSjP0G4p3EWirscJEQ/cHqnT/iuH6oNZOB94nBjWbMnhGEPxsZm1eyIW0C/9jLI0Fow4W5DXLjEI7mn1g==
+eslint@^7.30.0:
+  version "7.30.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint/-/eslint-7.30.0.tgz#6d34ab51aaa56112fd97166226c9a97f505474f8"
+  integrity sha512-VLqz80i3as3NdloY44BQSJpFw534L9Oh+6zJOUaViV4JPd+DaHwutqP7tcpkW3YiXbK6s05RZl7yl7cQn+lijg==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/code-frame" "7.12.11"
     "@eslint/eslintrc" "^0.4.2"
+    "@humanwhocodes/config-array" "^0.5.0"
     ajv "^6.10.0"
     chalk "^4.0.0"
     cross-spawn "^7.0.2"