diff --git a/sonar/pom.xml b/sonar/pom.xml
index f28962f69f..1022d2107b 100644
--- a/sonar/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 		<!-- define some of the third-party or plugin-versions globally to use the same in all modules -->
 		<xmlbeans.version>2.6.0</xmlbeans.version>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+		<mockito.version>2.13.0</mockito.version>
 		<maven.plugin.resources.version>3.0.1</maven.plugin.resources.version>
 		<maven.plugin.jar.version>3.0.1</maven.plugin.jar.version>
 		<maven.plugin.clean.version>3.0.0</maven.plugin.clean.version>
@@ -136,6 +137,12 @@
 			<version>${junit.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${mockito.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<profiles>