diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40ba0aa9d9..ede99d5372 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.4.1</spotbugs.plugin.version>
     <spotbugs.impl.version>4.4.1</spotbugs.impl.version>
 
-    <commons.mockito.version>3.12.4</commons.mockito.version>
+    <commons.mockito.version>4.8.1</commons.mockito.version>
     <commons.jacoco.version>0.8.7</commons.jacoco.version>
     <commons.javadoc.version>3.3.0</commons.javadoc.version>