diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 97fed0f4c..37be73d85 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {:paths ["src/main/clojure" "src/main/cljs" "resources"]
  :deps
- {com.google.javascript/closure-compiler-unshaded {:mvn/version "v20210808"}
+ {com.google.javascript/closure-compiler-unshaded {:mvn/version "v20220502"}
   com.cognitect/transit-clj {:mvn/version "1.0.329"}
   org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.0"}
   org.clojure/core.specs.alpha {:mvn/version "0.1.24"}
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@
   :uberjar               {:extra-deps {com.github.seancorfield/depstar {:mvn/version "2.0.193"}}
                           :exec-fn hf.depstar/uberjar
                           :exec-args {:aot true}}}}
-
diff --git a/pom.template.xml b/pom.template.xml
index d4ad9eeb6..66ddf41eb 100644
--- a/pom.template.xml
+++ b/pom.template.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.javascript</groupId>
             <artifactId>closure-compiler-unshaded</artifactId>
-            <version>v20210808</version>
+            <version>v20220502</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index b230b72a8..fbc2417ab 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
                  [org.clojure/test.check "1.1.1" :scope "test"]
                  [com.cognitect/transit-clj "1.0.329"]
                  [org.clojure/google-closure-library "0.0-20211011-0726fdeb"]
-                 [com.google.javascript/closure-compiler-unshaded "v20210808"]]
+                 [com.google.javascript/closure-compiler-unshaded "v20220502"]]
   :profiles {:1.6 {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.6.0"]]}
              :uberjar {:aot :all :main cljs.main}
              :closure-snapshot {:dependencies [[com.google.javascript/closure-compiler-unshaded "1.0-SNAPSHOT"]]}}
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
index 4e19ee728..3d78cce70 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 CLOJURE_RELEASE="1.9.0"
 SPEC_ALPHA_RELEASE="0.1.143"
 CORE_SPECS_ALPHA_RELEASE="0.1.24"
-CLOSURE_RELEASE="20210808"
+CLOSURE_RELEASE="20220502"
 DJSON_RELEASE="2.4.0"
 TRANSIT_RELEASE="1.0.329"
 GCLOSURE_LIB_RELEASE="0.0-20211011-0726fdeb"
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/cljs/closure.clj b/src/main/clojure/cljs/closure.clj
index 96a9f9209..0cff465ed 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/cljs/closure.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/cljs/closure.clj
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@
    :undefined-variables DiagnosticGroups/UNDEFINED_VARIABLES
    :underscore DiagnosticGroups/UNDERSCORE
    :unknown-defines DiagnosticGroups/UNKNOWN_DEFINES
-   :unnecessary-escape DiagnosticGroups/UNNECESSARY_ESCAPE
    :unused-local-variable DiagnosticGroups/UNUSED_LOCAL_VARIABLE
    :unused-private-property DiagnosticGroups/UNUSED_PRIVATE_PROPERTY
    :violated-module-dep DiagnosticGroups/VIOLATED_MODULE_DEP