diff --git a/tests/files/just-json-files/eslint.config.js b/tests/files/just-json-files/eslint.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1bf2070b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/just-json-files/eslint.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+var jsonPlugin = require('eslint-plugin-json');
+
+if (!jsonPlugin.processors.json) {
+  jsonPlugin.processors.json = jsonPlugin.processors['.json'];
+}
+
+module.exports = [
+  {
+    files: ['tests/files/just-json-files/*.json'],
+    plugins:{
+      json: jsonPlugin,
+    },
+    processor: 'json/json',
+    rules: Object.assign(
+      {},
+      {
+        'import/no-unused-modules': [
+          'error',
+          {
+            'missingExports': false,
+            'unusedExports': true,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      jsonPlugin.configs.recommended.rules
+    )
+  },
+];
diff --git a/tests/src/cli.js b/tests/src/cli.js
index f27e526f7..b5e9e550c 100644
--- a/tests/src/cli.js
+++ b/tests/src/cli.js
@@ -64,18 +64,24 @@ describe('CLI regression tests', function () {
     let eslint;
     let cli;
     beforeEach(function () {
-      // TODO: it might be possible to get this working on v9 with a lot of wrangling of eslint-plugin-json v2/4
-      if (semver.satisfies(eslintPkg.version, '< 6 || >= 9')) {
+      if (semver.satisfies(eslintPkg.version, '< 6')) {
         this.skip();
       } else {
         if (ESLint) {
-          eslint = new ESLint({
-            useEslintrc: false,
-            overrideConfigFile: './tests/files/just-json-files/.eslintrc.json',
-            rulePaths: ['./src/rules'],
-            ignore: false,
-            plugins: { 'eslint-plugin-import': importPlugin },
-          });
+          if (semver.satisfies(eslintPkg.version, '>= 9')) {
+            eslint = new ESLint({
+              overrideConfigFile: './tests/files/just-json-files/eslint.config.mjs',
+              plugins: { 'eslint-plugin-import': importPlugin },
+            });
+          } else {
+            eslint = new ESLint({
+              useEslintrc: false,
+              overrideConfigFile: './tests/files/just-json-files/.eslintrc.json',
+              rulePaths: ['./src/rules'],
+              ignore: false,
+              plugins: { 'eslint-plugin-import': importPlugin },
+            });
+          }
         } else {
           cli = new CLIEngine({
             useEslintrc: false,