diff --git a/packages/background/package.json b/packages/background/package.json
index 781d38947..551cb2092 100644
--- a/packages/background/package.json
+++ b/packages/background/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         "nyc": "^15.1.0",
         "prettier": "^2.8.1",
         "semver": "^7.3.8",
-        "sinon": "^15.0.1",
+        "sinon": "^16.0.0",
         "sinon-chrome": "^3.0.1",
         "stream-browserify": "^3.0.0",
         "ts-loader": "^9.4.2",
diff --git a/packages/background/yarn.lock b/packages/background/yarn.lock
index ce2bcf02b..ca45b2207 100644
--- a/packages/background/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/background/yarn.lock
@@ -1000,12 +1000,19 @@
   dependencies:
     type-detect "4.0.8"
 
-"@sinonjs/fake-timers@10.0.2", "@sinonjs/fake-timers@^10.0.2":
-  version "10.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sinonjs/fake-timers/-/fake-timers-10.0.2.tgz#d10549ed1f423d80639c528b6c7f5a1017747d0c"
-  integrity sha512-SwUDyjWnah1AaNl7kxsa7cfLhlTYoiyhDAIgyh+El30YvXs/o7OLXpYH88Zdhyx9JExKrmHDJ+10bwIcY80Jmw==
+"@sinonjs/commons@^3.0.0":
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sinonjs/commons/-/commons-3.0.0.tgz#beb434fe875d965265e04722ccfc21df7f755d72"
+  integrity sha512-jXBtWAF4vmdNmZgD5FoKsVLv3rPgDnLgPbU84LIJ3otV44vJlDRokVng5v8NFJdCf/da9legHcKaRuZs4L7faA==
   dependencies:
-    "@sinonjs/commons" "^2.0.0"
+    type-detect "4.0.8"
+
+"@sinonjs/fake-timers@^10.0.2", "@sinonjs/fake-timers@^10.3.0":
+  version "10.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sinonjs/fake-timers/-/fake-timers-10.3.0.tgz#55fdff1ecab9f354019129daf4df0dd4d923ea66"
+  integrity sha512-V4BG07kuYSUkTCSBHG8G8TNhM+F19jXFWnQtzj+we8DrkpSBCee9Z3Ms8yiGer/dlmhe35/Xdgyo3/0rQKg7YA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@sinonjs/commons" "^3.0.0"
 
 "@sinonjs/formatio@^3.2.1":
   version "3.2.2"
@@ -1024,10 +1031,10 @@
     array-from "^2.1.1"
     lodash "^4.17.15"
 
-"@sinonjs/samsam@^7.0.1":
-  version "7.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sinonjs/samsam/-/samsam-7.0.1.tgz#5b5fa31c554636f78308439d220986b9523fc51f"
-  integrity sha512-zsAk2Jkiq89mhZovB2LLOdTCxJF4hqqTToGP0ASWlhp4I1hqOjcfmZGafXntCN7MDC6yySH0mFHrYtHceOeLmw==
+"@sinonjs/samsam@^8.0.0":
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sinonjs/samsam/-/samsam-8.0.0.tgz#0d488c91efb3fa1442e26abea81759dfc8b5ac60"
+  integrity sha512-Bp8KUVlLp8ibJZrnvq2foVhP0IVX2CIprMJPK0vqGqgrDa0OHVKeZyBykqskkrdxV6yKBPmGasO8LVjAKR3Gew==
   dependencies:
     "@sinonjs/commons" "^2.0.0"
     lodash.get "^4.4.2"
@@ -2497,7 +2504,7 @@ diff@^4.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/diff/-/diff-4.0.2.tgz#60f3aecb89d5fae520c11aa19efc2bb982aade7d"
   integrity sha512-58lmxKSA4BNyLz+HHMUzlOEpg09FV+ev6ZMe3vJihgdxzgcwZ8VoEEPmALCZG9LmqfVoNMMKpttIYTVG6uDY7A==
 
-diff@^5.0.0:
+diff@^5.1.0:
   version "5.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/diff/-/diff-5.1.0.tgz#bc52d298c5ea8df9194800224445ed43ffc87e40"
   integrity sha512-D+mk+qE8VC/PAUrlAU34N+VfXev0ghe5ywmpqrawphmVZc1bEfn56uo9qpyGp1p4xpzOHkSW4ztBd6L7Xx4ACw==
@@ -4424,7 +4431,7 @@ nise@^1.5.2:
     lolex "^5.0.1"
     path-to-regexp "^1.7.0"
 
-nise@^5.1.2:
+nise@^5.1.4:
   version "5.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nise/-/nise-5.1.4.tgz#491ce7e7307d4ec546f5a659b2efe94a18b4bbc0"
   integrity sha512-8+Ib8rRJ4L0o3kfmyVCL7gzrohyDe0cMFTBa2d364yIrEGMEoetznKJx899YxjybU6bL9SQkYPSBBs1gyYs8Xg==
@@ -5309,16 +5316,16 @@ sinon-chrome@^3.0.1:
     sinon "^7.2.3"
     urijs "^1.18.2"
 
-sinon@^15.0.1:
-  version "15.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sinon/-/sinon-15.0.1.tgz#ce062611a0b131892e2c18f03055b8eb6e8dc234"
-  integrity sha512-PZXKc08f/wcA/BMRGBze2Wmw50CWPiAH3E21EOi4B49vJ616vW4DQh4fQrqsYox2aNR/N3kCqLuB0PwwOucQrg==
+sinon@^16.0.0:
+  version "16.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sinon/-/sinon-16.0.0.tgz#06da4e63624b946c9d7e67cce21c2f67f40f23a9"
+  integrity sha512-B8AaZZm9CT5pqe4l4uWJztfD/mOTa7dL8Qo0W4+s+t74xECOgSZDDQCBjNgIK3+n4kyxQrSTv2V5ul8K25qkiQ==
   dependencies:
-    "@sinonjs/commons" "^2.0.0"
-    "@sinonjs/fake-timers" "10.0.2"
-    "@sinonjs/samsam" "^7.0.1"
-    diff "^5.0.0"
-    nise "^5.1.2"
+    "@sinonjs/commons" "^3.0.0"
+    "@sinonjs/fake-timers" "^10.3.0"
+    "@sinonjs/samsam" "^8.0.0"
+    diff "^5.1.0"
+    nise "^5.1.4"
     supports-color "^7.2.0"
 
 sinon@^7.2.3: