diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/pom.xml b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/pom.xml
index 5991f1848ccf8..a34750602eba1 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/pom.xml
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-scala_2.12</artifactId>
+      <version>1.17.22</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>