diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 824c1bb0c4e..7a2256e9b80 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'com.rabbitmq:amqp-client:5.12.0'
     testImplementation 'org.mongodb:mongo-java-driver:3.12.9'
 
-    testImplementation ('org.mockito:mockito-core:3.11.2') {
+    testImplementation ('org.mockito:mockito-core:4.7.0') {
         exclude(module: 'hamcrest-core')
     }
     // Synthetic JAR used for MountableFileTest and DirectoryTarResourceTest