diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 69ddbd7547..9f53e0973f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "interface-ipfs-core": "^0.3.0",
     "left-pad": "^1.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.11.2",
-    "mocha": "^2.5.1",
+    "mocha": "^3.0.0",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "nexpect": "^0.5.0",
     "pre-commit": "^1.1.2",