diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-language/package.json
index f725e4a76aa..f824fb6a7b4 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "jsdoc-fresh": "^1.0.1",
     "jsdoc-region-tag": "^1.0.2",
     "linkinator": "^2.0.0",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^8.0.0",
     "null-loader": "^4.0.0",
     "pack-n-play": "^1.0.0-2",
     "sinon": "^9.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json
index e60e2f9e798..0e69863f9c9 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^8.0.0",
     "uuid": "^8.0.0"
   }
 }