diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index b05cc81937bba4..d9f2b3ae8e132b 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ module.exports = {
 				allowedTextDomain: 'default',
 			},
 		],
+		'@wordpress/no-unsafe-wp-apis': 'off',
 		'no-restricted-syntax': [
 			'error',
 			// NOTE: We can't include the forward slash in our regex or
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
index b7093ff1da142b..f39b5834e9e7c7 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 -   Enabled `import/no-extraneous-dependencies` rule in the `recommended` ruleset.
 -   Enabled `import/no-unresolved` rule in the `recommended` ruleset.
+-   Enabled `no-unsafe-wp-apis` rule in the `recommended` ruleset ([#27327](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/27327)).
 
 ## 7.4.0 (2020-12-17)
 
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/custom.js b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/custom.js
index bd3d2db3b7429e..8964c5e5b82fc7 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/custom.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/custom.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		'@wordpress/no-global-active-element': 'error',
 		'@wordpress/no-global-get-selection': 'error',
 		'@wordpress/no-global-event-listener': 'warn',
+		'@wordpress/no-unsafe-wp-apis': 'error',
 	},
 	overrides: [
 		{