diff --git a/tools/update-eslint.sh b/tools/update-eslint.sh
index 6fa8c77d6e255a..3616d62db334d2 100755
--- a/tools/update-eslint.sh
+++ b/tools/update-eslint.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"
 rm -rf eslint
 mkdir eslint-tmp
 cd eslint-tmp
+npm init --yes
 
 npm install --global-style --no-bin-links --production eslint@latest
 cd node_modules/eslint