diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 820be9b3..df73f145 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "chai": "^4.1.2",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.0",
     "eslint": "^4.4.0",
-    "mocha": "^4.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^5.0.0",
     "nyc": "^11.2.1",
     "proxyquire": "^1.8.0",
     "sinon": "^4.0.0"