diff --git a/VotingPlugin/pom.xml b/VotingPlugin/pom.xml
index a9f115148..fc422f34b 100644
--- a/VotingPlugin/pom.xml
+++ b/VotingPlugin/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.15.2</version>
+            <version>5.21.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>