diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2adb37b4de..b45411c073 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.12.4</version>
+        <version>4.11.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- PowerMock@Java9 and Java11
       org.powermock for java9, see https://github.com/powermock/powermock/issues/783