diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 35e1d2cc1..7fd41a3f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@
         <tag>11.1.x</tag>
     </scm>
 
-    
     <properties>
         <es.version>7.9.3</es.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-        <mockito.version>2.28.2</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.4.0</mockito.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.6</gson.version>
         <test.containers.version>1.15.0</test.containers.version>
         <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.11.1</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>