diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-speech/package.json
index 9a22fa419ca..6db03f065ec 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "@types/pumpify": "^1.4.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/mocha": "^7.0.0",
+    "@types/mocha": "^8.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^12.0.0",
     "@types/sinon": "^9.0.0",
     "c8": "^7.0.0",