diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a067076ac..c682284070 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         <version.asm>9.8</version.asm>
         <version.cucumber>5.4.0</version.cucumber>
 
-        <version.mockito>5.17.0</version.mockito>
+        <version.mockito>5.18.0</version.mockito>
 
         <!-- used both for plugin & annotations dependency -->
         <version.animal-sniffer>1.17</version.animal-sniffer>