diff --git a/.eslintrc.cjs b/.eslintrc.cjs
index 2c5502f64..52e708c6b 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.cjs
+++ b/.eslintrc.cjs
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ module.exports = {
                 "svelte/no-at-html-tags": "off",
                 "svelte/valid-compile": ["error", { "ignoreWarnings": true }],
                 "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": "off",
+                "prefer-const": "off",
+                // TODO: enable this when we update to eslint-plugin-svelte 3
+                // "svelte/prefer-const": "warn",
             },
         },
     ],