diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js
index 06f4f89075..1a497e7fca 100755
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace-async.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const { isArray } = Array;
 const { entries } = Object;
-const { ESLint } = require('eslint');
+const eslint = require('eslint');
 
 const baseConfig = require('.');
 const whitespaceRules = require('./whitespaceRules');
@@ -21,11 +21,18 @@ function getSeverity(ruleConfig) {
 
 async function onlyErrorOnRules(rulesToError, config) {
   const errorsOnly = { ...config };
-  const cli = new ESLint({
+  const ESLintClass = typeof eslint.loadESLint === 'function'
+    ? await eslint.loadESLint({ useFlatConfig: false })
+    : eslint.ESLint;
+  const cli = new ESLintClass({
     useEslintrc: false,
     baseConfig: config
   });
-  const baseRules = (await cli.calculateConfigForFile(require.resolve('./'))).rules;
+  const resolvedPath = require.resolve('./');
+  const configForFile = typeof cli.getConfigForFile === 'function'
+    ? cli.getConfigForFile(resolvedPath)
+    : await cli.calculateConfigForFile(resolvedPath);
+  const baseRules = configForFile.rules;
 
   entries(baseRules).forEach((rule) => {
     const ruleName = rule[0];
@@ -46,4 +53,9 @@ async function onlyErrorOnRules(rulesToError, config) {
   return errorsOnly;
 }
 
-onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig).then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)));
+onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig)
+  .then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)))
+  .catch((err) => {
+    console.error(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js
index 01e5198671..fb8776285a 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/whitespace.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ if (CLIEngine) {
     env: {
       ...process.env,
       TIMING: undefined,
+      ESLINT_USE_FLAT_CONFIG: 'false',
     }
   })));
 }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js
index 06f4f89075..1a497e7fca 100755
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace-async.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const { isArray } = Array;
 const { entries } = Object;
-const { ESLint } = require('eslint');
+const eslint = require('eslint');
 
 const baseConfig = require('.');
 const whitespaceRules = require('./whitespaceRules');
@@ -21,11 +21,18 @@ function getSeverity(ruleConfig) {
 
 async function onlyErrorOnRules(rulesToError, config) {
   const errorsOnly = { ...config };
-  const cli = new ESLint({
+  const ESLintClass = typeof eslint.loadESLint === 'function'
+    ? await eslint.loadESLint({ useFlatConfig: false })
+    : eslint.ESLint;
+  const cli = new ESLintClass({
     useEslintrc: false,
     baseConfig: config
   });
-  const baseRules = (await cli.calculateConfigForFile(require.resolve('./'))).rules;
+  const resolvedPath = require.resolve('./');
+  const configForFile = typeof cli.getConfigForFile === 'function'
+    ? cli.getConfigForFile(resolvedPath)
+    : await cli.calculateConfigForFile(resolvedPath);
+  const baseRules = configForFile.rules;
 
   entries(baseRules).forEach((rule) => {
     const ruleName = rule[0];
@@ -46,4 +53,9 @@ async function onlyErrorOnRules(rulesToError, config) {
   return errorsOnly;
 }
 
-onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig).then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)));
+onlyErrorOnRules(whitespaceRules, baseConfig)
+  .then((config) => console.log(JSON.stringify(config)))
+  .catch((err) => {
+    console.error(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js
index 01e5198671..fb8776285a 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/whitespace.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ if (CLIEngine) {
     env: {
       ...process.env,
       TIMING: undefined,
+      ESLINT_USE_FLAT_CONFIG: 'false',
     }
   })));
 }