diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 61ba78d14..7abd0594d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.0.0",
     "execa": "^8.0.0",
     "mocha": "^10.0.0",
-    "mocha-helpers": "^8.0.0",
+    "mocha-helpers": "^9.0.0",
     "monorepo-next": "^10.0.0",
     "p-all": "^5.0.0",
     "remark-cli": "^12.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/lifecycle/package.json b/packages/lifecycle/package.json
index e76290773..76c0a8c4a 100644
--- a/packages/lifecycle/package.json
+++ b/packages/lifecycle/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "@faltest/remote": "^12.0.0",
     "@faltest/utils": "^8.0.0",
     "events-async": "^1.2.1",
-    "mocha-helpers": "^8.0.0"
+    "mocha-helpers": "^9.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "@faltest/browser": "^7.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/mocha/package.json b/packages/mocha/package.json
index b798b88dc..6b297f4b5 100644
--- a/packages/mocha/package.json
+++ b/packages/mocha/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "choma": "^1.2.1",
     "filenamify": "^6.0.0",
     "glob": "^10.0.0",
-    "mocha-helpers": "^8.0.0"
+    "mocha-helpers": "^9.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "mocha": ">=6"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 43351ba00..494ac11fd 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4735,10 +4735,10 @@ mkdirp@^1.0.3, mkdirp@^1.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.4.tgz#3eb5ed62622756d79a5f0e2a221dfebad75c2f7e"
   integrity sha512-vVqVZQyf3WLx2Shd0qJ9xuvqgAyKPLAiqITEtqW0oIUjzo3PePDd6fW9iFz30ef7Ysp/oiWqbhszeGWW2T6Gzw==
 
-mocha-helpers@^8.0.0:
-  version "8.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mocha-helpers/-/mocha-helpers-8.0.0.tgz#ac745ed5b1d994ef790af723dbe41463297d4337"
-  integrity sha512-YkCfhkAkKS+GM6LmDo+lZ7lnMjkA/nJnDGuBMnnwKc8hH7Cl1BV/3mfbxMI/G1GyODFD/iJIbhY7sv52bzhr8A==
+mocha-helpers@^9.0.0:
+  version "9.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mocha-helpers/-/mocha-helpers-9.0.0.tgz#1b51aa5b6c386b754f77ffef777f0d410db2010f"
+  integrity sha512-iGpMU03QKt9wd2lep8eoVxPLs2nXpyw2PawEwJ25vNaccHsHVd0XeFuHnrw4vPjoa3C17DIULdWu6iK2EimthA==
   dependencies:
     callsites "^3.0.0"
     commondir "^1.0.1"