diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
index 0766eb41f7..7ed49c535c 100644
--- a/.jshintrc
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 		"_": false,
 		"Backbone": false,
 		"jQuery": false,
+		"JSON": false,
 		"wp": false
 	}
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e502eec341..27337a1f7c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "grunt-contrib-copy": "~0.7.0",
     "grunt-contrib-cssmin": "~0.10.0",
     "grunt-contrib-imagemin": "~0.9.1",
-    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.10.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.11.0",
     "grunt-contrib-qunit": "~0.5.2",
     "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.6.0",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.6.1",