diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 785ec011..15f72b75 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "eslint": "^5.9.0",
     "expect.js": "^0.3.1",
     "gulp": "^4.0.0",
-    "mocha": "^5.2.0",
+    "mocha": "^6.0.0",
     "mysql2": "^1.6.1",
     "nodeify": "^1.0.1",
     "pg": "^7.5.0",