diff --git a/bin/node-gyp.js b/bin/node-gyp.js
index 13f2d399f7..49b5721d02 100755
--- a/bin/node-gyp.js
+++ b/bin/node-gyp.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function errorMessage () {
 
 function issueMessage () {
   errorMessage()
-  log.error('', [ 'This is a bug in `node-gyp`.',
+  log.error('', ['This is a bug in `node-gyp`.',
     'Try to update node-gyp and file an Issue if it does not help:',
     '    <https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues>'
   ].join('\n'))
diff --git a/lib/configure.js b/lib/configure.js
index 20b955cabc..564564eea4 100644
--- a/lib/configure.js
+++ b/lib/configure.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if (win) {
 function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
   var python
   var buildDir = path.resolve('build')
-  var configNames = [ 'config.gypi', 'common.gypi' ]
+  var configNames = ['config.gypi', 'common.gypi']
   var configs = []
   var nodeDir
   var release = processRelease(argv, gyp, process.version, process.release)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
       // into devdir. Otherwise only install if they're not already there.
       gyp.opts.ensure = !gyp.opts.tarball
 
-      gyp.commands.install([ release.version ], function (err) {
+      gyp.commands.install([release.version], function (err) {
         if (err) {
           return callback(err)
         }
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
     // set the target_arch variable
     variables.target_arch = gyp.opts.arch || process.arch || 'ia32'
     if (variables.target_arch === 'arm64') {
-      defaults['msvs_configuration_platform'] = 'ARM64'
+      defaults.msvs_configuration_platform = 'ARM64'
     }
 
     // set the node development directory
@@ -142,22 +142,22 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
     variables.standalone_static_library = gyp.opts.thin ? 0 : 1
 
     if (win) {
-      process.env['GYP_MSVS_VERSION'] = Math.min(vsInfo.versionYear, 2015)
-      process.env['GYP_MSVS_OVERRIDE_PATH'] = vsInfo.path
-      defaults['msbuild_toolset'] = vsInfo.toolset
+      process.env.GYP_MSVS_VERSION = Math.min(vsInfo.versionYear, 2015)
+      process.env.GYP_MSVS_OVERRIDE_PATH = vsInfo.path
+      defaults.msbuild_toolset = vsInfo.toolset
       if (vsInfo.sdk) {
-        defaults['msvs_windows_target_platform_version'] = vsInfo.sdk
+        defaults.msvs_windows_target_platform_version = vsInfo.sdk
       }
       if (variables.target_arch === 'arm64') {
         if (vsInfo.versionMajor > 15 ||
             (vsInfo.versionMajor === 15 && vsInfo.versionMajor >= 9)) {
-          defaults['msvs_enable_marmasm'] = 1
+          defaults.msvs_enable_marmasm = 1
         } else {
           log.warn('Compiling ARM64 assembly is only available in\n' +
             'Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 and above')
         }
       }
-      variables['msbuild_path'] = vsInfo.msBuild
+      variables.msbuild_path = vsInfo.msBuild
     }
 
     // loop through the rest of the opts and add the unknown ones as variables.
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
     var json = JSON.stringify(config, boolsToString, 2)
     log.verbose('build/' + configFilename, 'writing out config file: %s', configPath)
     configs.push(configPath)
-    fs.writeFile(configPath, [ prefix, json, '' ].join('\n'), findConfigs)
+    fs.writeFile(configPath, [prefix, json, ''].join('\n'), findConfigs)
   }
 
   function findConfigs (err) {
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ function configure (gyp, argv, callback) {
       argv.unshift(gypScript)
 
       // make sure python uses files that came with this particular node package
-      var pypath = [ path.join(__dirname, '..', 'gyp', 'pylib') ]
+      var pypath = [path.join(__dirname, '..', 'gyp', 'pylib')]
       if (process.env.PYTHONPATH) {
         pypath.push(process.env.PYTHONPATH)
       }
diff --git a/lib/find-python.js b/lib/find-python.js
index bd7cb850ee..c12ccc3bb2 100644
--- a/lib/find-python.js
+++ b/lib/find-python.js
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ function PythonFinder (configPython, callback) {
 
 PythonFinder.prototype = {
   log: logWithPrefix(log, 'find Python'),
-  argsExecutable: [ '-c', 'import sys; print(sys.executable);' ],
-  argsVersion: [ '-c', 'import sys; print("%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3]);' ],
+  argsExecutable: ['-c', 'import sys; print(sys.executable);'],
+  argsVersion: ['-c', 'import sys; print("%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3]);'],
   semverRange: '2.7.x || >=3.5.0',
 
   // These can be overridden for testing:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ PythonFinder.prototype = {
 
     function getChecks () {
       if (this.env.NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON) {
-        return [ {
+        return [{
           before: () => {
             this.addLog(
               'checking Python explicitly set from NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON')
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ PythonFinder.prototype = {
           },
           check: this.checkCommand,
           arg: this.env.NODE_GYP_FORCE_PYTHON
-        } ]
+        }]
       }
 
       var checks = [
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ PythonFinder.prototype = {
         return this.fail()
       }
 
-      const args = [ runChecks.bind(this) ]
+      const args = [runChecks.bind(this)]
       if (check.arg) {
         args.unshift(check.arg)
       }
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ PythonFinder.prototype = {
   checkPyLauncher: function checkPyLauncher (errorCallback) {
     this.log.verbose(
       `- executing "${this.pyLauncher}" to get Python 2 executable path`)
-    this.run(this.pyLauncher, [ '-2', ...this.argsExecutable ], false,
+    this.run(this.pyLauncher, ['-2', ...this.argsExecutable], false,
       function (err, execPath) {
       // Possible outcomes: same as checkCommand
         if (err) {
diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 3730c0965f..11537e6025 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function install (fs, gyp, argv, callback) {
     if (err) {
       log.warn('install', 'got an error, rolling back install')
       // roll-back the install if anything went wrong
-      gyp.commands.remove([ release.versionDir ], function () {
+      gyp.commands.remove([release.versionDir], function () {
         callback(err)
       })
     } else {
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ function install (fs, gyp, argv, callback) {
 
       function downloadNodeLib (done) {
         log.verbose('on Windows; need to download `' + release.name + '.lib`...')
-        var archs = [ 'ia32', 'x64' ]
+        var archs = ['ia32', 'x64']
         var async = archs.length
         archs.forEach(function (arch) {
           var dir = path.resolve(devDir, arch)
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ function download (gyp, env, url) {
     uri: url,
     headers: {
       'User-Agent': 'node-gyp v' + gyp.version + ' (node ' + process.version + ')',
-      'Connection': 'keep-alive'
+      Connection: 'keep-alive'
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/node-gyp.js b/lib/node-gyp.js
index 91880f9433..9d24103900 100644
--- a/lib/node-gyp.js
+++ b/lib/node-gyp.js
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const commands = [
   'remove'
 ]
 const aliases = {
-  'ls': 'list',
-  'rm': 'remove'
+  ls: 'list',
+  rm: 'remove'
 }
 
 // differentiate node-gyp's logs from npm's
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ proto.configDefs = {
   loglevel: String, // everywhere
   python: String, // 'configure'
   'dist-url': String, // 'install'
-  'tarball': String, // 'install'
+  tarball: String, // 'install'
   jobs: String, // 'build'
   thin: String // 'configure'
 }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ proto.spawn = function spawn (command, args, opts) {
     opts = {}
   }
   if (!opts.silent && !opts.stdio) {
-    opts.stdio = [ 0, 1, 2 ]
+    opts.stdio = [0, 1, 2]
   }
   var cp = childProcess.spawn(command, args, opts)
   log.info('spawn', command)
diff --git a/lib/process-release.js b/lib/process-release.js
index 0acab061bd..4f2f59f205 100644
--- a/lib/process-release.js
+++ b/lib/process-release.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable node/no-deprecated-api */
+
 'use strict'
 
 const semver = require('semver')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe68798faf..2e11a2e551 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "bindings": "~1.2.1",
     "nan": "^2.0.0",
     "require-inject": "~1.3.0",
-    "standard": "~12.0.1",
+    "standard": "~14.3.1",
     "tap": "~12.7.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/test/process-exec-sync.js b/test/process-exec-sync.js
index f786484027..21763bc26d 100644
--- a/test/process-exec-sync.js
+++ b/test/process-exec-sync.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function processExecSync (file, args, options) {
     }
   }
 
-  [ 'stdout', 'stderr', 'status' ].forEach(function (file) {
+  ['stdout', 'stderr', 'status'].forEach(function (file) {
     child[file] = fs.readFileSync(tmpdir + '/' + file, options.encoding)
     setTimeout(unlinkFile, 500, tmpdir + '/' + file)
   })
diff --git a/test/test-addon.js b/test/test-addon.js
index f97215c0a2..f79eff73c1 100644
--- a/test/test-addon.js
+++ b/test/test-addon.js
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ function runHello (hostProcess) {
     hostProcess = process.execPath
   }
   var testCode = "console.log(require('hello_world').hello())"
-  return execFileSync(hostProcess, [ '-e', testCode ], { cwd: __dirname }).toString()
+  return execFileSync(hostProcess, ['-e', testCode], { cwd: __dirname }).toString()
 }
 
 function getEncoding () {
   var code = 'import locale;print(locale.getdefaultlocale()[1])'
-  return execFileSync('python', [ '-c', code ]).toString().trim()
+  return execFileSync('python', ['-c', code]).toString().trim()
 }
 
 function checkCharmapValid () {
   var data
   try {
-    data = execFileSync('python', [ 'fixtures/test-charmap.py' ],
+    data = execFileSync('python', ['fixtures/test-charmap.py'],
       { cwd: __dirname })
   } catch (err) {
     return false
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ test('build simple addon', function (t) {
   t.plan(3)
 
   // Set the loglevel otherwise the output disappears when run via 'npm test'
-  var cmd = [ nodeGyp, 'rebuild', '-C', addonPath, '--loglevel=verbose' ]
+  var cmd = [nodeGyp, 'rebuild', '-C', addonPath, '--loglevel=verbose']
   var proc = execFile(process.execPath, cmd, function (err, stdout, stderr) {
     var logLines = stderr.toString().trim().split(/\r?\n/)
     var lastLine = logLines[logLines.length - 1]
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ test('build simple addon in path with non-ascii characters', function (t) {
   }
 
   var testDirNames = {
-    'cp936': '文件夹',
-    'cp1252': 'Latīna',
-    'cp932': 'フォルダ'
+    cp936: '文件夹',
+    cp1252: 'Latīna',
+    cp932: 'フォルダ'
   }
   // Select non-ascii characters by current encoding
   var testDirName = testDirNames[getEncoding()]
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ test('addon works with renamed host executable', function (t) {
   var notNodePath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'notnode' + path.extname(process.execPath))
   fs.copyFileSync(process.execPath, notNodePath)
 
-  var cmd = [ nodeGyp, 'rebuild', '-C', addonPath, '--loglevel=verbose' ]
+  var cmd = [nodeGyp, 'rebuild', '-C', addonPath, '--loglevel=verbose']
   var proc = execFile(process.execPath, cmd, function (err, stdout, stderr) {
     var logLines = stderr.toString().trim().split(/\r?\n/)
     var lastLine = logLines[logLines.length - 1]
diff --git a/test/test-configure-python.js b/test/test-configure-python.js
index 41b8c70427..518bf036d0 100644
--- a/test/test-configure-python.js
+++ b/test/test-configure-python.js
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ const gyp = require('../lib/node-gyp')
 const requireInject = require('require-inject')
 const configure = requireInject('../lib/configure', {
   'graceful-fs': {
-    'openSync': function () { return 0 },
-    'closeSync': function () { },
-    'writeFile': function (file, data, cb) { cb() },
-    'stat': function (file, cb) { cb(null, {}) }
+    openSync: function () { return 0 },
+    closeSync: function () { },
+    writeFile: function (file, data, cb) { cb() },
+    stat: function (file, cb) { cb(null, {}) }
   }
 })
 
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ test('configure PYTHONPATH with existing env of one dir', function (t) {
   var prog = gyp()
   prog.parseArgv([])
   prog.spawn = function () {
-    t.equal(process.env.PYTHONPATH, [ EXPECTED_PYPATH, existingPath ].join(SEPARATOR))
+    t.equal(process.env.PYTHONPATH, [EXPECTED_PYPATH, existingPath].join(SEPARATOR))
 
     var dirs = process.env.PYTHONPATH.split(SEPARATOR)
-    t.deepEqual(dirs, [ EXPECTED_PYPATH, existingPath ])
+    t.deepEqual(dirs, [EXPECTED_PYPATH, existingPath])
 
     return SPAWN_RESULT
   }
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ test('configure PYTHONPATH with existing env of multiple dirs', function (t) {
 
   var pythonDir1 = path.join('a', 'b')
   var pythonDir2 = path.join('b', 'c')
-  var existingPath = [ pythonDir1, pythonDir2 ].join(SEPARATOR)
+  var existingPath = [pythonDir1, pythonDir2].join(SEPARATOR)
   process.env.PYTHONPATH = existingPath
 
   var prog = gyp()
   prog.parseArgv([])
   prog.spawn = function () {
-    t.equal(process.env.PYTHONPATH, [ EXPECTED_PYPATH, existingPath ].join(SEPARATOR))
+    t.equal(process.env.PYTHONPATH, [EXPECTED_PYPATH, existingPath].join(SEPARATOR))
 
     var dirs = process.env.PYTHONPATH.split(SEPARATOR)
-    t.deepEqual(dirs, [ EXPECTED_PYPATH, pythonDir1, pythonDir2 ])
+    t.deepEqual(dirs, [EXPECTED_PYPATH, pythonDir1, pythonDir2])
 
     return SPAWN_RESULT
   }
diff --git a/test/test-find-accessible-sync.js b/test/test-find-accessible-sync.js
index 32234f5389..0a2e584c4f 100644
--- a/test/test-find-accessible-sync.js
+++ b/test/test-find-accessible-sync.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ const path = require('path')
 const requireInject = require('require-inject')
 const configure = requireInject('../lib/configure', {
   'graceful-fs': {
-    'closeSync': function () { return undefined },
-    'openSync': function (path) {
+    closeSync: function () { return undefined },
+    openSync: function (path) {
       if (readableFiles.some(function (f) { return f === path })) {
         return 0
       } else {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test('find accessible - empty array', function (t) {
 test('find accessible - single item array, readable', function (t) {
   t.plan(1)
 
-  var candidates = [ readableFile ]
+  var candidates = [readableFile]
   var found = configure.test.findAccessibleSync('test', dir, candidates)
   t.strictEqual(found, path.resolve(dir, readableFile))
 })
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ test('find accessible - single item array, readable', function (t) {
 test('find accessible - single item array, readable in subdir', function (t) {
   t.plan(1)
 
-  var candidates = [ readableFileInDir ]
+  var candidates = [readableFileInDir]
   var found = configure.test.findAccessibleSync('test', dir, candidates)
   t.strictEqual(found, path.resolve(dir, readableFileInDir))
 })
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ test('find accessible - single item array, readable in subdir', function (t) {
 test('find accessible - single item array, unreadable', function (t) {
   t.plan(1)
 
-  var candidates = [ 'unreadable_file' ]
+  var candidates = ['unreadable_file']
   var found = configure.test.findAccessibleSync('test', dir, candidates)
   t.strictEqual(found, undefined)
 })
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test('find accessible - single item array, unreadable', function (t) {
 test('find accessible - multi item array, no matches', function (t) {
   t.plan(1)
 
-  var candidates = [ 'non_existent_file', 'unreadable_file' ]
+  var candidates = ['non_existent_file', 'unreadable_file']
   var found = configure.test.findAccessibleSync('test', dir, candidates)
   t.strictEqual(found, undefined)
 })
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ test('find accessible - multi item array, no matches', function (t) {
 test('find accessible - multi item array, single match', function (t) {
   t.plan(1)
 
-  var candidates = [ 'non_existent_file', readableFile ]
+  var candidates = ['non_existent_file', readableFile]
   var found = configure.test.findAccessibleSync('test', dir, candidates)
   t.strictEqual(found, path.resolve(dir, readableFile))
 })
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ test('find accessible - multi item array, single match', function (t) {
 test('find accessible - multi item array, return first match', function (t) {
   t.plan(1)
 
-  var candidates = [ 'non_existent_file', anotherReadableFile, readableFile ]
+  var candidates = ['non_existent_file', anotherReadableFile, readableFile]
   var found = configure.test.findAccessibleSync('test', dir, candidates)
   t.strictEqual(found, path.resolve(dir, anotherReadableFile))
 })
diff --git a/test/test-find-node-directory.js b/test/test-find-node-directory.js
index 767b6f6b37..f1380d162a 100644
--- a/test/test-find-node-directory.js
+++ b/test/test-find-node-directory.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const test = require('tap').test
 const path = require('path')
 const findNodeDirectory = require('../lib/find-node-directory')
 
-const platforms = [ 'darwin', 'freebsd', 'linux', 'sunos', 'win32', 'aix' ]
+const platforms = ['darwin', 'freebsd', 'linux', 'sunos', 'win32', 'aix']
 
 // we should find the directory based on the directory
 // the script is running in and it should match the layout
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ test('test find-node-directory - node in build release dir', function (t) {
     if (platforms[next] === 'win32') {
       processObj = { execPath: '/x/y/Release/node', platform: platforms[next] }
     } else {
-      processObj = { execPath: '/x/y/out/Release/node',
-        platform: platforms[next] }
+      processObj = {
+        execPath: '/x/y/out/Release/node',
+        platform: platforms[next]
+      }
     }
 
     t.equal(
diff --git a/test/test-process-release.js b/test/test-process-release.js
index e4370e59ee..a6a87bae0e 100644
--- a/test/test-process-release.js
+++ b/test/test-process-release.js
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ test('test process release - process.release ~ node@4.0.0-rc.4 passed as argv[0]
 
   // note the missing 'v' on the arg, it should normalise when checking
   // whether we're on the default or not
-  var release = processRelease([ '4.0.0-rc.4' ], { opts: {} }, 'v4.0.0-rc.4', {
+  var release = processRelease(['4.0.0-rc.4'], { opts: {} }, 'v4.0.0-rc.4', {
     name: 'node',
     headersUrl: 'https://nodejs.org/download/rc/v4.0.0-rc.4/node-v4.0.0-rc.4-headers.tar.gz'
   })
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ test('test process release - process.release ~ node@4.0.0-rc.4 - bogus string pa
 
   // additional arguments can be passed in on the commandline that should be ignored if they
   // are not specifying a valid version @ position 0
-  var release = processRelease([ 'this is no version!' ], { opts: {} }, 'v4.0.0-rc.4', {
+  var release = processRelease(['this is no version!'], { opts: {} }, 'v4.0.0-rc.4', {
     name: 'node',
     headersUrl: 'https://nodejs.org/download/rc/v4.0.0-rc.4/node-v4.0.0-rc.4-headers.tar.gz'
   })