diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/imports.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/imports.js
index 005656e6..4a83126e 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/imports.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/imports.js
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // Ensure consistent use of file extension within the import path
     // https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/blob/master/docs/rules/extensions.md
-    'import/extensions': ['error', 'always', {
+    'import/extensions': ['error', 'ignorePackages', {
       js: 'never',
       mjs: 'never',
       jsx: 'never',