diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 624e1eff4..73001c5c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- `sls-tsc` sample updated to use eslint in favor of deprecated tslint
+
 ## [1.8.1] - 2020-06-04
 ### Added
 - `destroy_stack` is now aware of `action=diff` and prints a different confirmation prompt
diff --git a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/.eslintignore b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e75fe557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node_modules
+dist
+coverage
diff --git a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/.eslintrc.js b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/.eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf502c229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/.eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module.exports = {
+    root: true,
+    parser: '@typescript-eslint/parser',
+    plugins: [
+      '@typescript-eslint',
+    ],
+    extends: [
+      'eslint:recommended',
+      'plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended',
+      'prettier/@typescript-eslint',
+    ],
+  };
diff --git a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/package.json b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/package.json
index de0f75823..4641f9a94 100644
--- a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/package.json
+++ b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "docs": "typedoc",
-    "lint": "tslint -c tslint.json 'src/**/*.ts'",
+    "lint": "eslint src --ext .js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx",
     "lintfix": "npm run lint -- --fix",
     "test": "jest",
     "coverage": "npm test -- --coverage"
@@ -20,16 +20,17 @@
     "@types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.20",
     "@types/jest": "^24.0.20",
     "@types/node": "^11.10.4",
-    "jest": "^24.9.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^3.1.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^3.1.0",
+    "eslint": "^7.1.0",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^6.11.0",
+    "jest": "^26.0.1",
     "prettier": "^1.19.1",
-    "serverless": "^1.38.0",
+    "serverless": "^1.71.3",
     "serverless-webpack": "^5.2.0",
-    "ts-jest": "^24.1.0",
+    "ts-jest": "^26.1.0",
     "ts-loader": "^5.3.3",
     "ts-node": "^8.0.2",
-    "tslint": "^5.20.0",
-    "tslint-config-prettier": "^1.18.0",
-    "tslint-plugin-prettier": "^2.0.1",
     "typedoc": "^0.15.6",
     "typescript": "^3.3.3333",
     "webpack": "^4.29.6"
diff --git a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/src/helloWorld.test.ts b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/src/helloWorld.test.ts
index c314eebe4..f1f32ddef 100644
--- a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/src/helloWorld.test.ts
+++ b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/src/helloWorld.test.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import {
 describe("Test handler", () => {
   test("Verify Serverless boilerplate message is returned", async () => {
     function unusedCallback<T>() {
-      return (undefined as any) as T;
+      return (undefined as any) as T; // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     }
 
     const data = await handler(
       {} as APIGatewayProxyEvent,
       {} as Context,
-      unusedCallback<any>(),
+      unusedCallback<any>(), // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     );
     expect((data as APIGatewayProxyResult).statusCode).toBe(200);
     expect((data as APIGatewayProxyResult).body).toBe(
diff --git a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/src/helloWorld.ts b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/src/helloWorld.ts
index 9892071c9..c60e21a28 100644
--- a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/src/helloWorld.ts
+++ b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/src/helloWorld.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import {
 import "source-map-support/register";
 
 /** AWS Lambda entrypoint */
-export let handler: APIGatewayProxyHandler = async (
+export const handler: APIGatewayProxyHandler = async (
   event: APIGatewayProxyEvent,
-  context: Context,
+  context: Context, // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 ): Promise<APIGatewayProxyResult> => {
   return {
     statusCode: 200,
diff --git a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/tslint.json b/runway/templates/sls-tsc/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 35501bc8e..000000000
--- a/runway/templates/sls-tsc/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "defaultSeverity": "error",
-    "extends": [
-        "tslint-config-prettier",
-        "tslint-plugin-prettier"
-    ],
-    "jsRules": {},
-    "rules": {
-        "no-console": false,
-        "prettier": true
-    },
-    "rulesDirectory": []
-}