diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a5bc052439..0743ef30898 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <required.maven.version>3.2</required.maven.version>
         <kafka.version>7.3.0-ccs</kafka.version>
         <ce.kafka.version>7.3.0-ce</ce.kafka.version>
-        <easymock.version>4.3</easymock.version>
+        <easymock.version>5.2.0</easymock.version>
         <!-- keep exec-maven-plugin on 1.5.0 until https://github.com/mojohaus/exec-maven-plugin/issues/76 is fixed
              running our LicenseFinder plugin in create-licenses-for-docker breaks when upgrading to 1.6.0 -->
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>