diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json
index 5d321d302899..ec8e702a17a2 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-node/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "uuid": "^8.3.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/mocha": "^8.0.0",
+    "@types/mocha": "^9.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^16.0.0",
     "@types/sinon": "^10.0.0",
     "c8": "^7.0.0",