diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js
index f85f92a13..3d72a9270 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/gruntfile.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
     },
     eslint: {
       options: {
-        configFile: '.eslintrc.json',
+        overrideConfigFile: '.eslintrc.json',
         failOnError: false
       },
       target: [
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/package.json b/searx/static/themes/simple/package.json
index 1ca09536f..f1c177971 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/package.json
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~5.0.1",
     "grunt-xmlmin": "~0.1.8",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "~1.1.0",
-    "grunt-eslint": "^23.0.0",
+    "grunt-eslint": "^24.0.0",
     "grunt-stylelint": "^0.16.0",
     "grunt-image": "^6.4.0",
     "ionicons": "^5.5.4",