diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7f03163..9444ab6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ jobs:
 
         - name: Node.js 8.x
           node-version: "8.16"
+          npm-i: mocha@7.2.0
 
         - name: Node.js 9.x
           node-version: "9.11"
+          npm-i: mocha@7.2.0
 
         - name: Node.js 10.x
           node-version: "10.24"
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 048cd87..207778d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ install:
       # - use 3.x for Node.js < 4
       # - use 5.x for Node.js < 6
       # - use 6.x for Node.js < 8
+      # - use 7.x for Node.js < 10
       if ([int]$env:nodejs_version.split(".")[0] -eq 0 -and [int]$env:nodejs_version.split(".")[1] -lt 10) {
         npm install --silent --save-dev mocha@2.5.3
       } elseif ([int]$env:nodejs_version.split(".")[0] -lt 4) {
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ install:
         npm install --silent --save-dev mocha@5.2.0
       } elseif ([int]$env:nodejs_version.split(".")[0] -lt 8) {
         npm install --silent --save-dev mocha@6.2.3
+      } elseif ([int]$env:nodejs_version.split(".")[0] -lt 10) {
+        npm install --silent --save-dev mocha@7.2.0
       }
   - ps: |
       # supertest for http calls
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 837054c..053e4b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "5.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "4.1.0",
     "istanbul": "0.4.5",
-    "mocha": "7.2.0",
+    "mocha": "8.4.0",
     "safe-buffer": "5.1.2",
     "supertest": "6.1.6"
   },