diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-speech/package.json
index be527a3d8b7..e634ba20268 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     "jsdoc-fresh": "^1.0.1",
     "jsdoc-region-tag": "^1.0.2",
     "linkinator": "^1.5.0",
-    "mocha": "^6.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
     "null-loader": "^3.0.0",
     "pack-n-play": "^1.0.0-2",
     "power-assert": "^1.6.0",
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
index 5c48ac738ff..8eeaf1c202b 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-speech/samples/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "c8": "^7.0.0",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "mocha": "^6.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^7.0.0",
     "uuid": "^3.3.0"
   }
 }