diff --git a/browser.js b/browser.js
index 1a1e2cc..1fa38a4 100644
--- a/browser.js
+++ b/browser.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
     './configs/firecloud.js',
     './configs/fp.js',
     './configs/import.js',
+    './configs/jsdoc.js',
     './configs/lodash.js',
     './configs/no-null.js',
     './configs/proper-arrows.js',
diff --git a/configs/basic.js b/configs/basic.js
index 85d9bc7..0a3a328 100644
--- a/configs/basic.js
+++ b/configs/basic.js
@@ -372,43 +372,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'template-tag-spacing': ['error', 'never'],
     'unicode-bom': 'error',
     'use-isnan': 'error',
-    'valid-jsdoc': ['error', {
-      prefer: {
-        // no synonyms
-        arg: 'param',
-        argument: 'param',
-        const: 'constant',
-        defaultvalue: 'default',
-        desc: 'description',
-        emits: 'fires',
-        exception: 'throws',
-        extends: 'augments',
-        fileoverview: 'file',
-        func: 'function',
-        host: 'external',
-        method: 'function',
-        overview: 'file',
-        return: 'returns',
-        var: 'member',
-        virtual: 'abstract',
-        yield: 'yields'
-      },
-      preferType: {
-        BigInt: 'bigint',
-        Boolean: 'boolean',
-        Null: 'null',
-        Number: 'number',
-        String: 'string',
-        Symbol: 'symbol',
-        Undefined: 'undefined',
-        Void: 'void',
-        array: 'Array',
-        function: 'Function',
-        object: 'Object'
-      },
-      requireParamDescription: false,
-      requireReturnDescription: false
-    }],
+    'valid-jsdoc': 'off',
     'valid-typeof': 'error',
     'vars-on-top': 'error',
     'wrap-iife': ['error', 'inside'],
diff --git a/configs/jsdoc.js b/configs/jsdoc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4895c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/jsdoc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module.exports = {
+  extends: [
+    'plugin:jsdoc/recommended'
+  ],
+
+  rules: {
+    'jsdoc/check-syntax': 'error',
+    'jsdoc/require-description-complete-sentence': 'error',
+    'jsdoc/require-hyphen-before-param-description': ['error', 'never'],
+    'jsdoc/require-jsdoc': 'off',
+    'jsdoc/require-param-description': 'off',
+    'jsdoc/require-returns-description': 'off'
+  }
+};
diff --git a/configs/typescript.js b/configs/typescript.js
index 42514a8..04dfd18 100644
--- a/configs/typescript.js
+++ b/configs/typescript.js
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ module.exports = {
     project: './tsconfig.json'
   },
 
+  settings: {
+    jsdoc: {
+      mode: 'typescript'
+    }
+  },
+
   rules: {
     // 'no-var' is broken atm for typescript, but it will be fixed in a the next version
     // see https://github.com/eslint/eslint/pull/11443
@@ -145,12 +151,12 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    // jsdoc types are redundant
+    // NOTE we assume eslint-plugin-jsdoc is still loaded
 
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-sparse-arrays
-    'valid-jsdoc': _.merge([, {}], _basic.rules['valid-jsdoc'], [, {
-      requireParamType: false,
-      requireReturnType: false
-    }])
+    'jsdoc/no-types': 'error',
+    'jsdoc/require-param-description': 'error',
+    'jsdoc/require-param-type': 'off',
+    'jsdoc/require-param': 'off',
+    'jsdoc/require-returns': 'off'
   }
 };
diff --git a/node.js b/node.js
index 36485bf..62a660c 100644
--- a/node.js
+++ b/node.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = {
     './configs/firecloud.js',
     './configs/fp.js',
     './configs/import.js',
+    './configs/jsdoc.js',
     './configs/lodash.js',
     './configs/no-null.js',
     './configs/proper-arrows.js',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12ae343..4b2c1cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-firecloud": "git://github.com/tobiipro/eslint-plugin-firecloud.git#semver:~0.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-fp": "^2.3.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.17.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^17.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-lodash": "^5.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-no-null": "^1.0.2"
   },
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-firecloud": "git://github.com/tobiipro/eslint-plugin-firecloud.git#semver:~0.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-fp": "^2.3.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.17.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^17.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-lodash": "^5.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-no-null": "^1.0.2",
     "npm-publish-git": "git://github.com/andreineculau/npm-publish-git.git#semver:~0.0.8"