diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 375cd89..b720091 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5089,7 +5089,6 @@
       "version": "8.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-8.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-yhlQgA6mnOJUKOsRUFsgJdQCvkKhcz8tlZG5HBQfReYZy46OwLcY+Zia0mtdHsOo9y/hP+CxMN0TU9QxoOtG4g==",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "graceful-fs": "^4.2.0",
         "jsonfile": "^4.0.0",
@@ -6108,8 +6107,7 @@
     "graceful-fs": {
       "version": "4.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-IItsdsea19BoLC7ELy13q1iJFNmd7ofZH5+X/pJr90/nRoPEX0DJo1dHDbgtYWOhJhcCgMDTOw84RZ72q6lB+Q==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-IItsdsea19BoLC7ELy13q1iJFNmd7ofZH5+X/pJr90/nRoPEX0DJo1dHDbgtYWOhJhcCgMDTOw84RZ72q6lB+Q=="
     },
     "growly": {
       "version": "1.3.0",
@@ -7597,7 +7595,6 @@
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-h3Gq4HmbZAdrdmQPygWPnBDjPss=",
-      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
       }
@@ -11057,8 +11054,7 @@
     "universalify": {
       "version": "0.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg=="
     },
     "unset-value": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 79e440c..e4e24c6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "webpack": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "loader-fs-cache": "^1.0.2",
     "loader-utils": "^1.2.3",
     "object-hash": "^1.3.1",
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^6.3.0",
     "eslint-friendly-formatter": "^4.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.18.2",
-    "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "husky": "^3.0.5",
     "jest": "^24.9.0",
     "jest-junit": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/src/Linter.js b/src/Linter.js
index e9d0bd7..eea5f5a 100644
--- a/src/Linter.js
+++ b/src/Linter.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import process from 'process';
 import { isAbsolute, join } from 'path';
-import { writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 
+import { writeFileSync, ensureFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { interpolateName } from 'loader-utils';
 
 import ESLintError from './ESLintError';
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ export default class Linter {
       );
     }
 
+    ensureFileSync(filePath);
     writeFileSync(filePath, content);
   }