diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
index 419dc10e8d4..d00e80dd74c 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/index.js
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ module.exports = {
             typedefs: false,
           },
         ],
+        'no-unused-expressions': 'off',
+        '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-expressions': [
+          'error',
+          {
+            allowShortCircuit: true,
+            allowTernary: true,
+            allowTaggedTemplates: true,
+          },
+        ],
         'no-unused-vars': 'off',
         '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars': [
           'warn',