diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 677026875..c701310e4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "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",