diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8cf83a39..69c2df52 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation "org.scalatest:scalatest_${scalaVersion}:3.2.19"
 	testImplementation 'com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-all:0.64.8'
 	testImplementation "org.pegdown:pegdown:1.6.0" // HTML report for scalatest
-	implementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.18.0' // mocking framework
+	implementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.19.0' // mocking framework
 
 	// config //
 	implementation 'com.typesafe:config:+'