diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index d76f8131..12df41a7 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
     "jsdoc/check-access": "error",
     "jsdoc/check-alignment": "error",
-    "jsdoc/check-examples": "error",
+    "jsdoc/check-examples": "off",
     "jsdoc/check-indentation": "error",
     "jsdoc/check-line-alignment": "error",
     "jsdoc/check-param-names": "error",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8a9fbf42..b151e132 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "ava": "~3.15.0",
     "c8": "~7.10.0",
-    "eslint": "~7.32.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "~37.2.8",
+    "eslint": "~8.5.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "~37.4.0",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "~11.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-unicorn": "~39.0.0",
     "globby": "~11.0.4",
diff --git a/test/rules/lint-javascript.js b/test/rules/lint-javascript.js
index 441e1a6d..0c8f4d1f 100644
--- a/test/rules/lint-javascript.js
+++ b/test/rules/lint-javascript.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 const { filterTokens } = require("markdownlint-rule-helpers");
 const eslint = require("eslint");
-const cliEngine = new eslint.CLIEngine({});
+const eslintInstance = new eslint.ESLint();
 const linter = new eslint.Linter();
 const languageJavaScript = /js|javascript/i;
 
@@ -28,23 +28,27 @@ module.exports = {
   "names": [ "lint-javascript" ],
   "description": "Rule that lints JavaScript code",
   "tags": [ "test", "lint", "javascript" ],
+  "asynchronous": true,
   "function": (params, onError) => {
     filterTokens(params, "fence", (fence) => {
       if (languageJavaScript.test(fence.info)) {
-        let config = cliEngine.getConfigForFile(params.name);
-        config = cleanJsdocRulesFromEslintConfig(config);
-        const results = linter.verify(fence.content, config);
-        results.forEach((result) => {
-          const lineNumber = fence.lineNumber + result.line;
-          onError({
-            "lineNumber": lineNumber,
-            "detail": result.message,
-            "context": params.lines[lineNumber - 1]
+        return eslintInstance.calculateConfigForFile(params.name)
+          .then((config) => {
+            config = cleanJsdocRulesFromEslintConfig(config);
+            const results = linter.verify(fence.content, config);
+            results.forEach((result) => {
+              const lineNumber = fence.lineNumber + result.line;
+              onError({
+                "lineNumber": lineNumber,
+                "detail": result.message,
+                "context": params.lines[lineNumber - 1]
+              });
+            });
           });
-        });
       }
+      return Promise.resolve();
     });
-    // Unused:
+    // Unsupported:
     //   filterTokens("code_block"), language unknown
     //   filterTokens("code_inline"), too brief
   }