diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 805353886d..534292322a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-    <mockito.version>3.8.0</mockito.version>
+    <mockito.version>3.12.4</mockito.version>
     <!-- TODO: check if commons-codec was transitively updated to 1.13 and okhttp was updated to 2.7.5 when upgrading-->
     <beam.version>2.28.0</beam.version>
     <!-- referred from bigtable-beam-import and bigtable-emulator -->