diff --git a/packages/interface-pubsub-compliance-tests/package.json b/packages/interface-pubsub-compliance-tests/package.json
index 9157813cb..6ad07be1a 100644
--- a/packages/interface-pubsub-compliance-tests/package.json
+++ b/packages/interface-pubsub-compliance-tests/package.json
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     "aegir": "^39.0.5",
     "delay": "^5.0.0",
     "p-defer": "^4.0.0",
-    "p-event": "^5.0.1",
+    "p-event": "^6.0.0",
     "p-wait-for": "^5.0.0",
     "sinon": "^15.0.0",
     "uint8arrays": "^4.0.2"