diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2b24cc348..b53daeb83 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     "enzyme": "^3.3.0",
     "enzyme-adapter-react-15": "^1.0.5",
     "eslint-plugin-chai": "0.0.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-mocha": "^4.9.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-mocha": "^5.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.4.0",
     "eth-json-rpc-middleware": "^1.2.7",
     "fs-promise": "^2.0.3",