diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7d53d816..89815f45 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Announcements:
 
 Enhancements:
  - TTL for template locks so they are not kept forever
+ - Upgrades mocha
 
 
 1.17.0 -- 2014-09-25
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3665c127..c81a9e8d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         "rollbar": "~0.3.13"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
-        "mocha": "1.14.0",
+        "mocha": "~1.21.4",
         "redis": "~0.8.6",
         "strftime": "~0.8.2",
         "semver": "~1.1.4"