diff --git a/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/displayElement.js b/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/displayElement.js
index 20c62ca7161c..b12a69820ace 100644
--- a/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/displayElement.js
+++ b/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/displayElement.js
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ function DisplayElement({ element, previewMode, page }) {
     : null;
 
   const { id, opacity, type, isBackground } = element;
-  //eslint-disable-next-line @wordpress/no-unused-vars-before-return
   const { Display } = getDefinitionForType(type);
   const { Display: Replacement } =
     getDefinitionForType(replacement?.type) || {};
diff --git a/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/editElement.js b/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/editElement.js
index 207568941825..e921cd11ad3a 100644
--- a/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/editElement.js
+++ b/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/editElement.js
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ function EditElement({ element }) {
     actions: { getBox },
   } = useUnits();
 
-  //eslint-disable-next-line @wordpress/no-unused-vars-before-return
   const { Edit } = getDefinitionForType(type);
   const box = getBox(element);
 
diff --git a/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/useCanvasSelectionCopyPaste.js b/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/useCanvasSelectionCopyPaste.js
index 3af8c32e2bb9..5e2c93fc4e91 100644
--- a/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/useCanvasSelectionCopyPaste.js
+++ b/assets/src/edit-story/components/canvas/useCanvasSelectionCopyPaste.js
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ function useCanvasSelectionCopyPaste(container) {
 
       const htmlContent = selectedElements
         .map(({ type, ...rest }) => {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line @wordpress/no-unused-vars-before-return
           const { Output } = getDefinitionForType(type);
           return renderToStaticMarkup(
             <Output element={rest} box={{ width: 100, height: 100 }} />
diff --git a/assets/src/edit-story/output/element.js b/assets/src/edit-story/output/element.js
index 2a6451c2d1c9..cb239c9b2392 100644
--- a/assets/src/edit-story/output/element.js
+++ b/assets/src/edit-story/output/element.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import WithLink from '../components/link/output';
 function OutputElement({ element }) {
   const { id, opacity, type } = element;
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @wordpress/no-unused-vars-before-return
   const { Output } = getDefinitionForType(type);
 
   // Box is calculated based on the 100%:100% basis for width and height
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index da89e62482ec..735d588812ff 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7452,9 +7452,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@wordpress/eslint-plugin": {
-      "version": "5.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@wordpress/eslint-plugin/-/eslint-plugin-5.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-aIWfYjZ0ahDhapjrX6ZbbXc9JJZPT+1BikMG8eMRw7I3F3mfEB1SmflEmNMlf72fhhq/ZkeSGSxnkHB0+NSoig==",
+      "version": "5.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@wordpress/eslint-plugin/-/eslint-plugin-5.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uWQ7eXezwnWqj3MUOeeNEkUY7o5zEHG4uX+PL0WgHlM6dZIl65Ae5/KoItOst9t5053RHQV+0rOMMbup9KPHGQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@wordpress/prettier-config": "^0.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2f1a01b4423..db8e680ba93e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "@wordpress/babel-plugin-import-jsx-pragma": "^2.5.0",
     "@wordpress/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin": "^2.6.0",
     "@wordpress/e2e-test-utils": "^4.6.0",
-    "@wordpress/eslint-plugin": "^5.0.1",
+    "@wordpress/eslint-plugin": "^5.1.0",
     "@wordpress/jest-console": "^3.6.0",
     "@wordpress/jest-puppeteer-axe": "^1.8.0",
     "amphtml-validator": "^1.0.30",