diff --git a/cloud-language/snippets/package.json b/cloud-language/snippets/package.json
index e60e2f9e79..0e69863f9c 100644
--- a/cloud-language/snippets/package.json
+++ b/cloud-language/snippets/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^8.0.0",
     "uuid": "^8.0.0"
   }
 }