diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index af4721ff..9f649c86 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "deasync": "^0.1.7",
     "eslint": "^4.10.0",
     "eslint-config-pedant": "^1.0.0",
-    "mocha": "^4.0.1",
+    "mocha": "^6.1.4",
     "mock-enb": "^0.3.2",
     "mock-fs": "^4.2.0",
     "nyc": "^11.3.0",