diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89cdadd771..abb7d2cd33 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         <version.asm>9.7.1</version.asm>
         <version.cucumber>5.4.0</version.cucumber>
 
-        <version.mockito>5.15.2</version.mockito>
+        <version.mockito>5.16.1</version.mockito>
 
         <!-- used both for plugin & annotations dependency -->
         <version.animal-sniffer>1.17</version.animal-sniffer>