diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 71e3a84..c4b094f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/stefanwalther/boilerplate-typescript-rest-docker#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "3.5.0",
-    "mocha": "3.5.3",
+    "mocha": "5.2.0",
     "promise-retry": "1.1.1",
     "supertest": "2.0.1",
     "supertest-as-promised": "4.0.2",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "@types/body-parser": "0.0.33",
     "@types/chai": "^3.4.34",
     "@types/express": "^4.0.33",
-    "@types/mocha": "^2.2.32",
+    "@types/mocha": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^6.0.46",
     "@types/supertest": "^1.1.31",
     "@types/supertest-as-promised": "^2.0.32",