Why is eslint throwing error for .d.ts files in my node project

I have configured eslint for my typescript node project. There is also a file app.d.ts in the repo. On running the lint, I get the following error

 error  Parsing error: "parserOptions.project" has been set for @typescript-eslint/parser.
The file does not match your project config: src/app.d.ts.
The file must be included in at least one of the projects provided

I have already tried creating tsconfig.eslint.json and its contents are as follows

{
  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
  "include": [ "src/**/*.d.ts", "src/**/*.ts", "src/**/*.unit.test.ts", "jest.config.js", "__tests__/**/*.int.test.ts"],
}

And in the .eslintrc.js, I added the parser option

parserOptions: {
    sourceType: 'module',
    project: './tsconfig.eslint.json',
    tsconfigRootDir: './',
  },

But Im still getting this error. What am I missing. Any help would be appreciated.