diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84be93923..db0849ea8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^3.0.0",
     "karma-mocha": "^2.0.0",
     "karma-sauce-launcher": "^4.1.3",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.1",
+    "mocha": "^8.0.1",
     "nyc": "^15.0.0",
     "pre-commit": "^1.1.1",
     "require-globify": "^1.3.0",