diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index d475bba8d1..9dab2f1a88 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
           }
         ],
         "no-redeclare": "off",
-        "@typescript-eslint/no-redeclare": "error"
+        "@typescript-eslint/no-redeclare": "error",
+        // have to turn this off to allow function overloading in typescript
+        "no-dupe-class-members": "off"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -88,7 +90,9 @@
         "jest/expect-expect": "off",
         // We do this in some tests where the behaviour of internal tables
         // differs to external, but the API is broadly the same
-        "jest/no-conditional-expect": "off"
+        "jest/no-conditional-expect": "off",
+        // have to turn this off to allow function overloading in typescript
+        "no-dupe-class-members": "off"
       }
     },
     {