diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-cypress/generator/template/tests/e2e/_eslintrc b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-cypress/generator/template/tests/e2e/_eslintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6670c5aa4..000000000
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-cypress/generator/template/tests/e2e/_eslintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<%_ if (hasESLint) { _%>
-{
-  "plugins": [
-    "cypress"
-  ],
-  "env": {
-    "mocha": true,
-    "cypress/globals": true
-  },
-  "rules": {
-    "strict": "off"
-  }
-}
-<%_ } _%>
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-cypress/generator/template/tests/e2e/_eslintrc.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-cypress/generator/template/tests/e2e/_eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..199a727f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-cypress/generator/template/tests/e2e/_eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<%_ if (hasESLint) { _%>
+module.exports = {
+  plugins: [
+    'cypress'
+  ],
+  env: {
+    mocha: true,
+    'cypress/globals': true
+  },
+  rules: {
+    strict: 'off'
+  }
+}
+<%_ } _%>