diff --git a/test/basic.js b/test/basic.js
index 97e8b2b5..6811375d 100644
--- a/test/basic.js
+++ b/test/basic.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-var config = require('../')
-var test = require('tape')
+const config = require('../')
+const test = require('tape')
 
 test('test basic properties of config', function (t) {
   t.ok(isObject(config.parserOptions))
diff --git a/test/validate-config.js b/test/validate-config.js
index b72e625c..39c7ce98 100644
--- a/test/validate-config.js
+++ b/test/validate-config.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-var eslint = require('eslint')
-var test = require('tape')
+const eslint = require('eslint')
+const test = require('tape')
 
 test('load config in eslint to validate all rule syntax is correct', function (t) {
-  var CLIEngine = eslint.CLIEngine
+  const CLIEngine = eslint.CLIEngine
 
-  var cli = new CLIEngine({
+  const cli = new CLIEngine({
     useEslintrc: false,
     configFile: 'eslintrc.json'
   })
 
-  var code = 'var foo = 1\nvar bar = function () {}\nbar(foo)\n'
+  const code = 'var foo = 1\nvar bar = function () {}\nbar(foo)\n'
 
   t.equal(cli.executeOnText(code).errorCount, 0)
   t.end()