diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 59b4b6bb..61060122 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.opensearch.test:framework:${opensearch_version}"
     testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test:${kotlin_version}"
     testImplementation "com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2:mockito-kotlin:2.2.0"
-    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.1.0"
+    testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:${versions.mockito}"
     testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter:4.7.0"
     testImplementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9'