diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8d36c5317..386d0709d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ext {
   set("apacheCommonsVersion", "2.6")
   set("multidexVersion", "2.0.1")
   set("jUnitVersion", "4.12")
-  set("mockitoVersion", "2.19.1")
+  set("mockitoVersion", "2.24.5")
   set("powerMockVersion", "1.6.6")
   set("powerMockJUnitVersion", "1.7.4")
   set("baristaVersion", "2.7.1")
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 9e2e91d85..7712ac70d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ android.enableD8=true
 android.enableD8.desugaring=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 #android.enableSeparateAnnotationProcessing=true
+# disable jetifying byte-buddy
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52816022/failed-to-resolve-variable-project-groupid
+android.jetifier.blacklist=byte-buddy
 android.useAndroidX=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m