diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a75a23c..a3e531a1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "glob": "^7.1.1",
     "http-server": "^0.11.0",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
-    "mocha": "^5.0.5",
+    "mocha": "^6.1.0",
     "mocha-phantomjs-core": "^2.1.1",
     "octokat-fixtures": "git://github.com/philschatz/octokat-fixtures",
     "parallelshell": "^3.0.0",