diff --git a/packages/@sanity/cli/src/actions/init-project/bootstrapLocalTemplate.ts b/packages/@sanity/cli/src/actions/init-project/bootstrapLocalTemplate.ts
index 1029ef80d63..a635d5c792d 100644
--- a/packages/@sanity/cli/src/actions/init-project/bootstrapLocalTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/@sanity/cli/src/actions/init-project/bootstrapLocalTemplate.ts
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ export async function bootstrapLocalTemplate(
     writeFileIfNotExists(`sanity.cli.${codeExt}`, cliConfig),
     writeFileIfNotExists('package.json', packageManifest),
     writeFileIfNotExists(
-      '.eslintrc',
-      `${JSON.stringify({extends: '@sanity/eslint-config-studio'}, null, 2)}\n`,
+      'eslint.config.mjs',
+      `import studio from '@sanity/eslint-config-studio'\n\nexport default [...studio]\n`,
     ),
   ])
 
diff --git a/packages/@sanity/cli/src/studioDependencies.ts b/packages/@sanity/cli/src/studioDependencies.ts
index 0adcfce5c5a..4c37da4e6b8 100644
--- a/packages/@sanity/cli/src/studioDependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/@sanity/cli/src/studioDependencies.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const studioDependencies = {
     '@sanity/eslint-config-studio': 'latest',
     // When using typescript, we'll want the these types too, so might as well install them
     '@types/react': '^18.0.25',
-    'eslint': '^8.6.0',
+    'eslint': '^9.9.0',
     'prettier': '^3.0.2',
     'typescript': '^5.1.6', // Peer dependency of eslint-config-studio (implicitly)
   },