diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09baa77f..b5a14b39 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ yarn.lock
 *.log
 .DS_Store
 globalConfig.json
+!.husky/_/husky.sh
diff --git a/.husky/_/husky.sh b/.husky/_/husky.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6809ccca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/_/husky.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ -z "$husky_skip_init" ]; then
+  debug () {
+    if [ "$HUSKY_DEBUG" = "1" ]; then
+      echo "husky (debug) - $1"
+    fi
+  }
+
+  readonly hook_name="$(basename "$0")"
+  debug "starting $hook_name..."
+
+  if [ "$HUSKY" = "0" ]; then
+    debug "HUSKY env variable is set to 0, skipping hook"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  if [ -f ~/.huskyrc ]; then
+    debug "sourcing ~/.huskyrc"
+    . ~/.huskyrc
+  fi
+
+  export readonly husky_skip_init=1
+  sh -e "$0" "$@"
+  exitCode="$?"
+
+  if [ $exitCode != 0 ]; then
+    echo "husky - $hook_name hook exited with code $exitCode (error)"
+  fi
+
+  exit $exitCode
+fi
diff --git a/.husky/post-commit b/.husky/post-commit
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..749d9277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/post-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
+git update-index --again
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7b0aca40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
+yarn lint-staged
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 847a5dbf..cedf5a0b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
     "test": "jest",
     "test:repl": "MONGO_MEMORY_SERVER_FILE=jest-mongodb-config-repl.js jest"
   },
-  "husky": {
-    "hooks": {
-      "pre-commit": "lint-staged",
-      "post-commit": "git update-index --again"
-    }
-  },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*.{html,md,yml}": [
       "prettier --write",
@@ -50,8 +44,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@shelf/eslint-config": "1.5.0",
     "@shelf/prettier-config": "1.0.0",
-    "eslint": "8.10.0",
-    "husky": "4.3.8",
+    "eslint": "7.32.0",
+    "husky": "7.0.4",
     "jest": "27.5.1",
     "lint-staged": "12.3.5",
     "mongodb": "4.2.2",