diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index ee0d6b4b4a..78338fc439 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-    <properties>
+    <properties>    	
         <!-- marshalling -->
         <jackson.version>2.8.5</jackson.version>
 
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
         <!-- testing -->
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-        <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>2.8.9</mockito.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
         <avaitility.version>1.7.0</avaitility.version>
 
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mappedbytebuffer/MappedByteBufferUnitTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mappedbytebuffer/MappedByteBufferUnitTest.java
index 3c2d9904d4..0a0993a0d7 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mappedbytebuffer/MappedByteBufferUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/mappedbytebuffer/MappedByteBufferUnitTest.java
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ public class MappedByteBufferUnitTest {
 
     private Path getFileURIFromResources(String fileName) throws Exception {
         ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
-        return Paths.get(classLoader.getResource(fileName).getPath());
+        return Paths.get(classLoader.getResource(fileName).toURI());
     }
 }
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/money/JavaMoneyUnitTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/money/JavaMoneyUnitTest.java
index 8948d1ebf7..3d52a9eea9 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/money/JavaMoneyUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/money/JavaMoneyUnitTest.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class JavaMoneyUnitTest {
         MonetaryAmountFormat customFormat = MonetaryFormats.getAmountFormat(AmountFormatQueryBuilder
           .of(Locale.US)
           .set(CurrencyStyle.NAME)
-          .set("pattern", "00000.00 ¤")
+          .set("pattern", "00000.00 ¤")
           .build());
         String customFormatted = customFormat.format(oneDollar);
 
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaScannerUnitTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaScannerUnitTest.java
index 5af286dbca..1c16a5d435 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaScannerUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaScannerUnitTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Scanner;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ public class JavaScannerUnitTest {
     public void whenScanString_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
         final String input = "Hello 1 F 3.5";
         final Scanner scanner = new Scanner(input);
+        scanner.useLocale(Locale.US);
 
         assertEquals("Hello", scanner.next());
         assertEquals(1, scanner.nextInt());
diff --git a/mockito/pom.xml b/mockito/pom.xml
index c77d42f97d..19dd2f6468 100644
--- a/mockito/pom.xml
+++ b/mockito/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
-            <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>powermock-api-mockito2</artifactId>
             <version>${powermock.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
-        <powermock.version>1.6.6</powermock.version>
+        <powermock.version>1.7.0</powermock.version>
 
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/mockito2/pom.xml b/mockito2/pom.xml
index 523cfa816d..a7c4683c30 100644
--- a/mockito2/pom.xml
+++ b/mockito2/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <!-- testing -->
-        <mockito.version>2.7.5</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>2.8.9</mockito.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/mocks/mock-comparisons/pom.xml b/mocks/mock-comparisons/pom.xml
index 2ab35651f1..e350457f54 100644
--- a/mocks/mock-comparisons/pom.xml
+++ b/mocks/mock-comparisons/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <name>mock-comparisons</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>2.8.9</mockito.version>
         <easymock.version>3.4</easymock.version>
         <jmockit.version>1.29</jmockit.version>
 
diff --git a/mocks/mock-comparisons/src/test/java/org/baeldung/mocks/mockito/LoginControllerIntegrationTest.java b/mocks/mock-comparisons/src/test/java/org/baeldung/mocks/mockito/LoginControllerIntegrationTest.java
index 18bc2ae189..8f8918ab22 100644
--- a/mocks/mock-comparisons/src/test/java/org/baeldung/mocks/mockito/LoginControllerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/mocks/mock-comparisons/src/test/java/org/baeldung/mocks/mockito/LoginControllerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ import org.baeldung.mocks.testCase.UserForm;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.mockito.*;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.mockito.Spy;
 
 public class LoginControllerIntegrationTest {
 
@@ -41,50 +46,63 @@ public class LoginControllerIntegrationTest {
     public void assertTwoMethodsHaveBeenCalled() {
         UserForm userForm = new UserForm();
         userForm.username = "foo";
-        Mockito.when(loginService.login(userForm)).thenReturn(true);
+        Mockito.when(loginService.login(userForm))
+            .thenReturn(true);
 
         String login = loginController.login(userForm);
 
         Assert.assertEquals("OK", login);
-        Mockito.verify(loginService).login(userForm);
-        Mockito.verify(loginService).setCurrentUser("foo");
+        Mockito.verify(loginService)
+            .login(userForm);
+        Mockito.verify(loginService)
+            .setCurrentUser("foo");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void assertOnlyOneMethodHasBeenCalled() {
         UserForm userForm = new UserForm();
         userForm.username = "foo";
-        Mockito.when(loginService.login(userForm)).thenReturn(false);
+        Mockito.when(loginService.login(userForm))
+            .thenReturn(false);
 
         String login = loginController.login(userForm);
 
         Assert.assertEquals("KO", login);
-        Mockito.verify(loginService).login(userForm);
+        Mockito.verify(loginService)
+            .login(userForm);
         Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(loginService);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void mockExceptionThrowing() {
         UserForm userForm = new UserForm();
-        Mockito.when(loginService.login(userForm)).thenThrow(IllegalArgumentException.class);
+        Mockito.when(loginService.login(userForm))
+            .thenThrow(IllegalArgumentException.class);
 
         String login = loginController.login(userForm);
 
         Assert.assertEquals("ERROR", login);
-        Mockito.verify(loginService).login(userForm);
+        Mockito.verify(loginService)
+            .login(userForm);
         Mockito.verifyZeroInteractions(loginService);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void mockAnObjectToPassAround() {
-        UserForm userForm = Mockito.when(Mockito.mock(UserForm.class).getUsername()).thenReturn("foo").getMock();
-        Mockito.when(loginService.login(userForm)).thenReturn(true);
+        UserForm userForm = Mockito.when(Mockito.mock(UserForm.class)
+            .getUsername())
+            .thenReturn("foo")
+            .getMock();
+        Mockito.when(loginService.login(userForm))
+            .thenReturn(true);
 
         String login = loginController.login(userForm);
 
         Assert.assertEquals("OK", login);
-        Mockito.verify(loginService).login(userForm);
-        Mockito.verify(loginService).setCurrentUser("foo");
+        Mockito.verify(loginService)
+            .login(userForm);
+        Mockito.verify(loginService)
+            .setCurrentUser("foo");
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -92,19 +110,22 @@ public class LoginControllerIntegrationTest {
         UserForm userForm = new UserForm();
         userForm.username = "foo";
         // default matcher
-        Mockito.when(loginService.login(Mockito.any(UserForm.class))).thenReturn(true);
+        Mockito.when(loginService.login(Mockito.any(UserForm.class)))
+            .thenReturn(true);
 
         String login = loginController.login(userForm);
 
         Assert.assertEquals("OK", login);
-        Mockito.verify(loginService).login(userForm);
+        Mockito.verify(loginService)
+            .login(userForm);
         // complex matcher
-        Mockito.verify(loginService).setCurrentUser(Mockito.argThat(new ArgumentMatcher<String>() {
-            @Override
-            public boolean matches(Object argument) {
-                return argument instanceof String && ((String) argument).startsWith("foo");
-            }
-        }));
+        Mockito.verify(loginService)
+            .setCurrentUser(Mockito.argThat(new ArgumentMatcher<String>() {
+                @Override
+                public boolean matches(String argument) {
+                    return argument.startsWith("foo");
+                }
+            }));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -114,12 +135,14 @@ public class LoginControllerIntegrationTest {
         UserForm userForm = new UserForm();
         userForm.username = "foo";
         // let service's login use implementation so let's mock DAO call
-        Mockito.when(loginDao.login(userForm)).thenReturn(1);
+        Mockito.when(loginDao.login(userForm))
+            .thenReturn(1);
 
         String login = loginController.login(userForm);
 
         Assert.assertEquals("OK", login);
         // verify mocked call
-        Mockito.verify(spiedLoginService).setCurrentUser("foo");
+        Mockito.verify(spiedLoginService)
+            .setCurrentUser("foo");
     }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fa6a3e5673..6641155044 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <!-- <gib.enabled>false</gib.enabled>-->
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>
-        <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>2.8.9</mockito.version>
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
diff --git a/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml b/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
index 853c84a1b8..e44611fab0 100644
--- a/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
         <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
-        <mockito.version>2.2.26</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.version>2.8.9</mockito.version>
 
         <httpcore.version>4.4.1</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5</httpclient.version>