diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a1d61e10b..edbf32eb6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## Unreleased
 ### Changed
 - Upgrade [Legman](https://github.com/sdorra/legman) to v1.6.2 in order to fix execution on Java versions > 8
-- Upgrade [Lombok](https://projectlombok.org/) to version 1.18.10 in order to fix build on Java versions > 8 
+- Upgrade [Lombok](https://projectlombok.org/) to version 1.18.10 in order to fix build on Java versions > 8
+- Upgrade [Mockito](https://site.mockito.org/) to version 2.28.2 in order to fix tests on Java versions > 8  
 
 ## 2.0.0-rc3 - 2020-01-31
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bba74026b..ddd07a432e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- test libraries -->
-    <mockito.version>2.23.0</mockito.version>
+    <mockito.version>2.28.2</mockito.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     <junit.version>5.2.0</junit.version>