diff --git a/container/snippets/package.json b/container/snippets/package.json
index ff75c8fcb4..86efa8b25a 100644
--- a/container/snippets/package.json
+++ b/container/snippets/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "mocha": "^7.0.0"
+    "mocha": "^8.0.0"
   }
 }