diff --git a/Modern/wrapperPlugins/pom.xml b/Modern/wrapperPlugins/pom.xml
index 4f975a9d..39c70188 100644
--- a/Modern/wrapperPlugins/pom.xml
+++ b/Modern/wrapperPlugins/pom.xml
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+			<!-- overriding scijava version until scijava is updated -->
+            <version>4.11.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>