diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c324f201ac3..f8ae1521310a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <jna.version>5.13.0</jna.version>
         <jna-platform.version>5.13.0</jna-platform.version>
         <hadoop.compile.version>3.3.6</hadoop.compile.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.5.0</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
         <!-- mockito-inline artifact was removed in mockito 5.3 (mockito 5.x is required for Java >17),
              however it is required in some cases when running against mockito 4.x (mockito 4.x is required for Java <11.
              We use the following property to pick the proper artifact based on Java version (see pre-java-11 profile) -->