diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 60631228e77..8a6f5c8ddc7 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@
               <threadCountClasses>8</threadCountClasses>
               <summaryFile>${project.build.directory}/failsafe-reports/failsafe-summary-parallelized.xml</summaryFile>
               <skipITs>${skipParallelizableITs}</skipITs>
+              <parallel>methods</parallel>
+              <threadCount>4</threadCount>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
diff --git a/metrics/micrometer/pom.xml b/metrics/micrometer/pom.xml
index d96c7cb4720..c40b3826941 100644
--- a/metrics/micrometer/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics/micrometer/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.28.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 414ec6b5eb2..1f236bf1f98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.28.2</version>
+        <version>3.4.6</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.reactivex.rxjava2</groupId>