diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json
index 1182a06d..38be15ba 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "babel-preset-airbnb": "^2.2.3",
     "babel-tape-runner": "^2.0.1",
     "editorconfig-tools": "^0.1.1",
-    "eslint": "^3.17.1",
+    "eslint": "^3.18.0",
     "eslint-find-rules": "^1.14.3",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.2.0",
     "in-publish": "^2.0.0",
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "tape": "^4.6.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "eslint": "^3.17.1",
+    "eslint": "^3.18.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.2.0"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/best-practices.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/best-practices.js
index a3a9e1ea..c9f729c7 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/best-practices.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/best-practices.js
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'no-unused-expressions': ['error', {
       allowShortCircuit: false,
       allowTernary: false,
+      allowTaggedTemplates: false,
     }],
 
     // disallow unused labels