diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44378bd3..d05fa4a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>5.6.0</version>
+            <version>5.2.0</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>