diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 51e1a3b3acd..18f226808e3 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 {
+  "root": true,
   "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
   "extends": [
     "eslint:recommended",
-    "standard",
-    "prettier",
-    "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended",
-    "prettier/@typescript-eslint"
+    "plugin:@typescript-eslint/eslint-recommended",
+    "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended"
   ],
   "plugins": ["@typescript-eslint"],
   "rules": {
@@ -13,7 +12,10 @@
     "no-console": "error",
     "no-prototype-builtins": "off",
     "no-useless-constructor": "off",
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": ["warn", {"args":  "none"}],
+    "no-unused-vars": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": "off",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars-experimental": ["warn", { "ignoreArgsIfArgsAfterAreUsed": true }],
     "@typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define": "off",
     "@typescript-eslint/no-namespace": "off",
     "@typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface": "off",
@@ -31,18 +33,15 @@
   },
   "overrides": [
     {
-      "files": [
-        "**/tests/**/*.ts",
-        "**/graphql-codegen-testing/**/*.ts",
-        "*.spec.ts"
-      ],
+      "files": ["**/tests/**/*.ts", "**/graphql-codegen-testing/**/*.ts", "*.spec.ts"],
       "env": {
         "jest": true
       },
       "rules": {
+        "no-unused-vars": "off",
         "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": "off"
       }
     }
   ],
-  "ignorePatterns": ["dist", "node_modules", "dev-test", "website"]
+  "ignorePatterns": ["dist", "node_modules", "dev-test", "website", "test-files"]
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 82f02f60488..2cc55983746 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "bob-the-bundler": "1.1.0",
     "eslint": "7.12.1",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "6.15.0",
-    "eslint-config-standard": "14.1.1",
+    "eslint-config-standard": "16.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "2.22.1",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "11.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "4.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/listr-renderer.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/listr-renderer.ts
index dbefa4eae7f..cc9323c1df5 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/listr-renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/listr-renderer.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const render = tasks => {
 export class ErrorRenderer {
   private tasks: any;
 
-  constructor(tasks, options) {
+  constructor(tasks, _options) {
     this.tasks = tasks;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/generate-and-save.spec.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/generate-and-save.spec.ts
index 1efdbba3a34..632b86b45da 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/generate-and-save.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/generate-and-save.spec.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe('generate-and-save', () => {
     const filename = 'overwrite.ts';
     const writeSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, 'writeSync').mockImplementation();
     const readSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, 'readSync').mockImplementation();
-    readSpy.mockImplementation(f => '');
+    readSpy.mockImplementation(_f => '');
     // forces file to exist
     const fileExistsSpy = jest.spyOn(fs, 'fileExists');
     fileExistsSpy.mockImplementation(file => file === filename);
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/init.spec.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/init.spec.ts
index 0e902987351..22fc56db020 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/init.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/init.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable import/first */
 jest.mock('latest-version', () => {
   return () => Promise.resolve('1.0.0');
 });
diff --git a/packages/plugins/c-sharp/c-sharp/src/index.ts b/packages/plugins/c-sharp/c-sharp/src/index.ts
index 164a3089ea7..12087018a1e 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/c-sharp/c-sharp/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/c-sharp/c-sharp/src/index.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import { CSharpResolversPluginRawConfig } from './config';
 export const plugin: PluginFunction<CSharpResolversPluginRawConfig> = async (
   schema: GraphQLSchema,
   documents: Types.DocumentFile[],
-  config: CSharpResolversPluginRawConfig,
-  { outputFile }
+  config: CSharpResolversPluginRawConfig
 ): Promise<string> => {
   const visitor = new CSharpResolversVisitor(config, schema);
   const printedSchema = printSchema(schema);
diff --git a/packages/plugins/flow/resolvers/src/visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/flow/resolvers/src/visitor.ts
index 138cc07bf8c..c0173cf087e 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/flow/resolvers/src/visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/flow/resolvers/src/visitor.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class FlowResolversVisitor extends BaseResolversVisitor<RawResolversConfi
     return `$RequireFields<${argsType}, { ${fields.map(f => `${f.name.value}: *`).join(', ')} }>`;
   }
 
-  protected applyOptionalFields(argsType: string, fields: readonly InputValueDefinitionNode[]): string {
+  protected applyOptionalFields(argsType: string, _fields: readonly InputValueDefinitionNode[]): string {
     return argsType;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugins/java/resolvers/src/visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/java/resolvers/src/visitor.ts
index 3df57be6865..8e1ca16468e 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/java/resolvers/src/visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/java/resolvers/src/visitor.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export class JavaResolversVisitor extends BaseVisitor<JavaResolversPluginRawConf
       .withBlock(node.fields.map(f => indent((f as any)(false))).join('\n')).string;
   }
 
-  FieldDefinition(node: FieldDefinitionNode, key: string | number, parent: any) {
+  FieldDefinition(node: FieldDefinitionNode, key: string | number, _parent: any) {
     return (isInterface: boolean) => {
       const baseType = getBaseTypeNode(node.type);
       const typeToUse = this.getTypeToUse(baseType);
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-resolvers-visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-resolvers-visitor.ts
index 490338e0d6f..f9b1c5326e3 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-resolvers-visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-resolvers-visitor.ts
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ export type IDirectiveResolvers${contextType} = ${name}<ContextType>;`
     return `${resolversType}['${name}']`;
   }
 
-  protected getParentTypeForSignature(node: FieldDefinitionNode): string {
+  protected getParentTypeForSignature(_node: FieldDefinitionNode): string {
     return 'ParentType';
   }
 
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ export type IDirectiveResolvers${contextType} = ${name}<ContextType>;`
     return `RequireFields<${argsType}, ${fields.map(f => `'${f.name.value}'`).join(' | ')}>`;
   }
 
-  protected applyOptionalFields(argsType: string, fields: readonly InputValueDefinitionNode[]): string {
+  protected applyOptionalFields(argsType: string, _fields: readonly InputValueDefinitionNode[]): string {
     this._globalDeclarations.add(REQUIRE_FIELDS_TYPE);
     return `RequireFields<${argsType}, never>`;
   }
@@ -1136,13 +1136,13 @@ export type IDirectiveResolvers${contextType} = ${name}<ContextType>;`
     ].join('\n');
   }
 
-  protected buildEnumResolverContentBlock(node: EnumTypeDefinitionNode, mappedEnumType: string): string {
+  protected buildEnumResolverContentBlock(_node: EnumTypeDefinitionNode, _mappedEnumType: string): string {
     throw new Error(`buildEnumResolverContentBlock is not implemented!`);
   }
 
   protected buildEnumResolversExplicitMappedValues(
-    node: EnumTypeDefinitionNode,
-    valuesMapping: { [valueName: string]: string | number }
+    _node: EnumTypeDefinitionNode,
+    _valuesMapping: { [valueName: string]: string | number }
   ): string {
     throw new Error(`buildEnumResolversExplicitMappedValues is not implemented!`);
   }
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-types-visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-types-visitor.ts
index aa42006a2f0..ee1a32cc954 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-types-visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-types-visitor.ts
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ export class BaseTypesVisitor<
     return comment;
   }
 
-  protected mergeAllFields(allFields: string[], hasInterfaces: boolean): string {
+  protected mergeAllFields(allFields: string[], _hasInterfaces: boolean): string {
     return allFields.join('\n');
   }
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ export class BaseTypesVisitor<
 
   getInterfaceTypeDeclarationBlock(
     node: InterfaceTypeDefinitionNode,
-    originalNode: InterfaceTypeDefinitionNode
+    _originalNode: InterfaceTypeDefinitionNode
   ): DeclarationBlock {
     const declarationBlock = new DeclarationBlock(this._declarationBlockConfig)
       .export()
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ export class BaseTypesVisitor<
       .join('\n\n');
   }
 
-  ScalarTypeDefinition(node: ScalarTypeDefinitionNode): string {
+  ScalarTypeDefinition(_node: ScalarTypeDefinitionNode): string {
     // We empty this because we handle scalars in a different way, see constructor.
     return '';
   }
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ export class BaseTypesVisitor<
       .join(',\n');
   }
 
-  DirectiveDefinition(node: DirectiveDefinitionNode): string {
+  DirectiveDefinition(_node: DirectiveDefinitionNode): string {
     return '';
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-visitor.ts
index 6837346b240..f5945133305 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-visitor.ts
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ export class BaseVisitor<TRawConfig extends RawConfig = RawConfig, TPluginConfig
     });
   }
 
-  protected getPunctuation(declarationKind: DeclarationKind): string {
+  protected getPunctuation(_declarationKind: DeclarationKind): string {
     return '';
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/client-side-base-visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/client-side-base-visitor.ts
index ac480f3a97c..0a99c173e77 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/client-side-base-visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/client-side-base-visitor.ts
@@ -476,19 +476,19 @@ export class ClientSideBaseVisitor<
   }
 
   protected buildOperation(
-    node: OperationDefinitionNode,
-    documentVariableName: string,
-    operationType: string,
-    operationResultType: string,
-    operationVariablesTypes: string
+    _node: OperationDefinitionNode,
+    _documentVariableName: string,
+    _operationType: string,
+    _operationResultType: string,
+    _operationVariablesTypes: string
   ): string {
     return null;
   }
 
   protected getDocumentNodeSignature(
-    resultType: string,
-    variablesTypes: string,
-    node: FragmentDefinitionNode | OperationDefinitionNode
+    _resultType: string,
+    _variablesTypes: string,
+    _node: FragmentDefinitionNode | OperationDefinitionNode
   ): string {
     if (
       this.config.documentMode === DocumentMode.documentNode ||
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/selection-set-processor/base.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/selection-set-processor/base.ts
index cf6aa7c77eb..da4e7d671a5 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/selection-set-processor/base.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/selection-set-processor/base.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export class BaseSelectionSetProcessor<Config extends SelectionSetProcessorConfi
   }
 
   transformPrimitiveFields(
-    schemaType: GraphQLObjectType | GraphQLInterfaceType,
-    fields: PrimitiveField[]
+    _schemaType: GraphQLObjectType | GraphQLInterfaceType,
+    _fields: PrimitiveField[]
   ): ProcessResult {
     throw new Error(
       `Please override "transformPrimitiveFields" as part of your BaseSelectionSetProcessor implementation!`
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ export class BaseSelectionSetProcessor<Config extends SelectionSetProcessorConfi
   }
 
   transformAliasesPrimitiveFields(
-    schemaType: GraphQLObjectType | GraphQLInterfaceType,
-    fields: PrimitiveAliasedFields[]
+    _schemaType: GraphQLObjectType | GraphQLInterfaceType,
+    _fields: PrimitiveAliasedFields[]
   ): ProcessResult {
     throw new Error(
       `Please override "transformAliasesPrimitiveFields" as part of your BaseSelectionSetProcessor implementation!`
     );
   }
 
-  transformLinkFields(fields: LinkField[]): ProcessResult {
+  transformLinkFields(_fields: LinkField[]): ProcessResult {
     throw new Error(`Please override "transformLinkFields" as part of your BaseSelectionSetProcessor implementation!`);
   }
 
-  transformTypenameField(type: string, name: string): ProcessResult {
+  transformTypenameField(_type: string, _name: string): ProcessResult {
     throw new Error(
       `Please override "transformTypenameField" as part of your BaseSelectionSetProcessor implementation!`
     );
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/variables-to-object.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/variables-to-object.ts
index 6186466ed84..a8ba11a59f5 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/variables-to-object.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/variables-to-object.ts
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ export class OperationVariablesToObject {
     return `${formattedFieldString}: ${formattedTypeString}`;
   }
 
-  public wrapAstTypeWithModifiers(baseType: string, typeNode: TypeNode): string {
+  public wrapAstTypeWithModifiers(_baseType: string, _typeNode: TypeNode): string {
     throw new Error(`You must override "wrapAstTypeWithModifiers" of OperationVariablesToObject!`);
   }
 
-  protected formatFieldString(fieldName: string, isNonNullType: boolean, hasDefaultValue: boolean): string {
+  protected formatFieldString(fieldName: string, isNonNullType: boolean, _hasDefaultValue: boolean): string {
     return fieldName;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/ts-operation-variables-to-object.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/ts-operation-variables-to-object.ts
index 4af89cd2108..7bba37e01de 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/ts-operation-variables-to-object.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/ts-operation-variables-to-object.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { TypeScriptOperationVariablesToObject as TSOperationVariablesToObject } from '@graphql-codegen/typescript';
 
 export class TypeScriptOperationVariablesToObject extends TSOperationVariablesToObject {
-  protected formatTypeString(fieldType: string, isNonNullType: boolean, hasDefaultValue: boolean): string {
+  protected formatTypeString(fieldType: string, isNonNullType: boolean, _hasDefaultValue: boolean): string {
     return fieldType;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/visitor.ts
index 931813a484d..609ed41bcf0 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/visitor.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export class TypeScriptDocumentsVisitor extends BaseDocumentsVisitor<
       : [];
   }
 
-  protected getPunctuation(declarationKind: DeclarationKind): string {
+  protected getPunctuation(_declarationKind: DeclarationKind): string {
     return ';';
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/resolvers/src/visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/resolvers/src/visitor.ts
index 293968dd5af..1bc89b90c51 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/resolvers/src/visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/resolvers/src/visitor.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class TypeScriptResolversVisitor extends BaseResolversVisitor<
     return this.clearOptional(baseValue);
   }
 
-  protected getPunctuation(declarationKind: DeclarationKind): string {
+  protected getPunctuation(_declarationKind: DeclarationKind): string {
     return ';';
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/typescript/src/visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/typescript/src/visitor.ts
index edea318bf30..32a08547308 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/typescript/src/visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/typescript/src/visitor.ts
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export class TsVisitor<
       .withBlock(this.buildEnumValuesBlock(enumName, node.values)).string;
   }
 
-  protected getPunctuation(declarationKind: DeclarationKind): string {
+  protected getPunctuation(_declarationKind: DeclarationKind): string {
     return ';';
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/config-schema/src/docs.ts b/packages/utils/config-schema/src/docs.ts
index 8c11ce077bf..43c6f13c044 100644
--- a/packages/utils/config-schema/src/docs.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/config-schema/src/docs.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function generateDocs(schema: TJS.Definition, types: PluginConfig[]): Rec
   return result;
 }
 
-function generateContentForSchema(schema: TJS.Definition, level = 3): string {
+function generateContentForSchema(schema: TJS.Definition): string {
   return Object.keys(schema.properties || {})
     .map(propName => {
       const prop = schema.properties[propName] as TJS.Definition;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index afcf180017f..5cf2ae43319 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7462,10 +7462,10 @@ eslint-config-prettier@6.15.0:
   dependencies:
     get-stdin "^6.0.0"
 
-eslint-config-standard@14.1.1:
-  version "14.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/eslint-config-standard/-/eslint-config-standard-14.1.1.tgz#830a8e44e7aef7de67464979ad06b406026c56ea"
-  integrity sha512-Z9B+VR+JIXRxz21udPTL9HpFMyoMUEeX1G251EQ6e05WD9aPVtVBn09XUmZ259wCMlCDmYDSZG62Hhm+ZTJcUg==
+eslint-config-standard@16.0.1:
+  version "16.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-config-standard/-/eslint-config-standard-16.0.1.tgz#9a385eea27f96b7918cb53f07e01e9d10cc56401"
+  integrity sha512-WBBiQQZdaPyL+4sPkGWhWrHCDtvJoU195B9j8yXE9uFQnX34gMXI5CeBRm95gx3PMEZPM5OpwET10hH4F4SxCA==
 
 eslint-import-resolver-node@^0.3.4:
   version "0.3.4"