diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/package.json
index 3433e285..77b29399 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/package.json
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@
     "babel-tape-runner": "^1.3.1",
     "eslint": "^2.8.0",
     "eslint-find-rules": "^1.3.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "^1.4.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "^1.5.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^0.6.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^5.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "^5.0.1",
     "react": "*",
     "tape": "^4.5.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^2.8.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^0.6.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "^1.4.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^5.0.0"
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "^1.5.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "^5.0.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/rules/es6.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/rules/es6.js
index 0f5900e4..080d1203 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/rules/es6.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/rules/es6.js
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ module.exports = {
     // disallow use of jsdoc-marked-deprecated imports
     // https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/blob/master/docs/rules/no-deprecated.md
     'import/no-deprecated': 0,
+    // disallow namespace imports
+    // TODO: enable?
+    // https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/blob/master/docs/rules/no-namespace.md
+    'import/no-namespace': 0,
+    // warn on accessing default export property names that are also named exports
+    // TODO: enable?
+    // https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/blob/master/docs/rules/no-named-as-default-member.md
+    'import/no-named-as-default-member': 0,
   },
   'settings': {
     'import/resolver': {