diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a86f73e..098fd75 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint-config-mongodb-js": "^5.0.3",
     "kill-mongodb": "^1.0.1",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^9.0.3",
     "mongodb-js-precommit": "^2.0.0",
     "tmp": "^0.1.0"
   }