cannot resolve dependency during npm install

[rick-james-norwex]

npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree
npm ERR!
npm ERR! While resolving: [email protected]
npm ERR! Found: [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/mocha
npm ERR! mocha@"^9.2.2" from the root project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer mocha@"3.0.0 - 7.x.x" from [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/mocha-parallel-tests
npm ERR! mocha-parallel-tests@"*" from the root project

[rick-james-norwex]

there is a library which forks this one to try and support mocha ^9 however it comes with several vulnerabilities
https://www.npmjs.com/package/mocha9-parallel-tests
https://github.com/ntedgi/mocha-parallel-tests

npm audit report

ansi-regex >2.1.1 <5.0.1
Severity: moderate
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in chalk/ansi-regex - GHSA-93q8-gq69-wqmw
No fix available
node_modules/mocha9-parallel-tests/node_modules/ansi-regex
strip-ansi 4.0.0 - 5.2.0
Depends on vulnerable versions of ansi-regex
node_modules/mocha9-parallel-tests/node_modules/strip-ansi
cliui 4.0.0 - 5.0.0
Depends on vulnerable versions of strip-ansi
Depends on vulnerable versions of wrap-ansi
node_modules/mocha9-parallel-tests/node_modules/cliui
yargs 10.1.0 - 15.0.0
Depends on vulnerable versions of cliui
Depends on vulnerable versions of string-width
node_modules/mocha9-parallel-tests/node_modules/yargs
mocha9-parallel-tests *
Depends on vulnerable versions of yargs
node_modules/mocha9-parallel-tests
string-width 2.1.0 - 4.1.0
Depends on vulnerable versions of strip-ansi
node_modules/mocha9-parallel-tests/node_modules/string-width
wrap-ansi 3.0.0 - 6.1.0
Depends on vulnerable versions of string-width
Depends on vulnerable versions of strip-ansi
node_modules/mocha9-parallel-tests/node_modules/wrap-ansi

7 moderate severity vulnerabilities

Some issues need review, and may require choosing
a different dependency.