diff --git a/test/.eslintrc.yaml b/test/.eslintrc.yaml
index 5e73630174e75e..e76bd632e6927c 100644
--- a/test/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ b/test/.eslintrc.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 ## Test-specific linter rules
 
 rules:
-  ## common module is mandatory in tests
-  required-modules: [2, common]
+  # ECMAScript 6
+  # http://eslint.org/docs/rules/#ecmascript-6
+  no-var: 2
+  prefer-const: 2
+
+  # Custom rules in tools/eslint-rules
   prefer-assert-iferror: 2
   prefer-assert-methods: 2
+  ## common module is mandatory in tests
+  required-modules: [2, common]