diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49ed9e560..54153606c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     "jsdoc-region-tag": "^1.0.2",
     "linkinator": "^1.5.0",
     "lodash.random": "^3.2.0",
-    "mocha": "^6.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
     "mv": "^2.1.1",
     "p-limit": "^2.2.0",
     "power-assert": "^1.6.0",
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index 0184cf6f3..57b8bb94f 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "mocha": "^6.0.0"
+    "mocha": "^7.0.0"
   }
 }