diff --git a/.mocharc.json b/.mocharc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac391d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mocharc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "globals": "getSchema",
+  "timeout": "15000",
+  "exit": true
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f48c34d..7e2b19d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "juggler-v3": "file:./deps/juggler-v3",
     "juggler-v4": "file:./deps/juggler-v4",
     "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0",
-    "mocha": "^6.2.2",
+    "mocha": "^8.1.2",
     "rc": "^1.0.0",
     "should": "^13.2.3",
     "sinon": "^9.0.3"
diff --git a/test/mocha.opts b/test/mocha.opts
deleted file mode 100644
index 06d47df..0000000
--- a/test/mocha.opts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---globals getSchema
---timeout 15000
---exit