diff --git a/service-directory/snippets/package.json b/service-directory/snippets/package.json
index 8f90961afb..dee6eaa28e 100644
--- a/service-directory/snippets/package.json
+++ b/service-directory/snippets/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "c8": "^7.0.0",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.0"
+    "mocha": "^8.0.0"
   }
 }