diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 22317d43..e8601ed9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     "jsdoc-fresh": "^1.0.1",
     "jsdoc-region-tag": "^1.0.2",
     "linkinator": "^2.0.0",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^8.0.0",
     "mv": "^2.1.1",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "p-reflect": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index f80f7676..eb0d06c3 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^8.0.0",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
     "sinon": "^9.0.0",
     "uuid": "^8.0.0"