diff --git a/packages/eslint-config/esm.js b/packages/eslint-config/esm.js
index efd388f3..359fea7f 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config/esm.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config/esm.js
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ const config = {
   extends: ['plugin:require-extensions/recommended'],
   plugins: ['require-extensions', 'unicorn'],
   rules: {
+    // see here for more rules to possibly enable in the future:
+    // https://gist.github.com/Jaid/164668c0151ae09d2bc81be78a203dd5
     'import/no-commonjs': 'error',
+    'node/no-extraneous-import': 'error',
+    'unicorn/prefer-module': 'error',
     'unicorn/prefer-node-protocol': 'error',
   },
 };