diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5b8cd1873..a9e95f0d0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "jsonschema": "^1.0.0",
     "map-stream": "^0.1.0",
     "mdv": "^1.0.3",
-    "mocha": "^1.21.3",
+    "mocha": "^9.0.2",
     "q": "^1.0.1",
     "request": "^2.39.0",
     "z-schema": "^2.4.9"