diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c77bd16931..ffab71fcf4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-                <version>5.15.2</version>
+                <version>5.16.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.ws.xmlschema</groupId>