diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c94a348e..29366ce0b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-node": "10.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "4.2.1",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "4.0.1",
-    "mocha": "7.2.0",
+    "mocha": "8.0.0",
     "mock-git": "2.0.0",
     "mockery": "2.1.0",
     "nyc": "14.1.1",