diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b52839558..019b0f8b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "get-stdin": "^3.0.0",
     "meow": "^2.0.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
-    "mocha": "^2.0.1",
+    "mocha": "^6.0.0",
     "nan": "^1.3.0",
     "npmconf": "^2.1.1",
     "object-assign": "^2.0.0",