diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b680fb..509bad5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "coveralls": "^2.13.1",
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "istanbul": "^1.0.0-alpha.2",
-    "mocha": "^3.5.0",
+    "mocha": "^8.1.3",
     "mocha-lcov-reporter": "^1.3.0",
     "nodemon": "^1.11.0",
     "sinon": "^1.17.7",