diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 31b2e71..968a9f8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "electron-mocha": "^8.1.2",
     "electron-rebuild": "^1.8.8",
     "eslint-config-mongodb-js": "^5.0.3",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^8.4.0",
     "mongodb-js-precommit": "^2.0.0"
   }
 }