diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 6311c7bb5b670f..7333382fe38923 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ module.exports = {
       variables: false,
     }],
     'no-useless-call': 'error',
+    'no-useless-catch': 'error',
     'no-useless-concat': 'error',
     'no-useless-constructor': 'error',
     'no-useless-escape': 'error',
diff --git a/lib/vm.js b/lib/vm.js
index 12c4efa1a29d4f..464724071a49ca 100644
--- a/lib/vm.js
+++ b/lib/vm.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class Script extends ContextifyScript {
     // Calling `ReThrow()` on a native TryCatch does not generate a new
     // abort-on-uncaught-exception check. A dummy try/catch in JS land
     // protects against that.
-    try {
+    try { // eslint-disable-line no-useless-catch
       super(code,
             filename,
             lineOffset,
diff --git a/tools/node_modules/eslint/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js b/tools/node_modules/eslint/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js
index 3211ed2c736489..e4284cfb4f4307 100644
--- a/tools/node_modules/eslint/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js
+++ b/tools/node_modules/eslint/lib/rules/no-useless-catch.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module.exports = {
         return {
             CatchClause(node) {
                 if (
+                    node.param &&
                     node.param.type === "Identifier" &&
                     node.body.body.length &&
                     node.body.body[0].type === "ThrowStatement" &&
diff --git a/tools/node_modules/eslint/package.json b/tools/node_modules/eslint/package.json
index c19f06c8166831..0be3a7073abefc 100644
--- a/tools/node_modules/eslint/package.json
+++ b/tools/node_modules/eslint/package.json
@@ -134,5 +134,5 @@
     "publish-release": "node Makefile.js publishRelease",
     "test": "node Makefile.js test"
   },
-  "version": "5.11.0"
+  "version": "5.11.1"
 }
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