diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0e5431c6..24f3fc674 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <spring-ws.version>2.4.6.RELEASE</spring-ws.version>
         <uportal-libs.version>5.11.1</uportal-libs.version>
         <uportal-maven-plugin.version>1.0.1</uportal-maven-plugin.version>
-        <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>4.8.1</mockito.version>
 
         <!-- The JDBC Driver used by the calendar portlet -->
         <jdbc.groupId>org.hsqldb</jdbc.groupId>