diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b44f85f2..4a0147855 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.19</version>
+            <version>4.2.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
index 14975a15c..1e15c76d3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONObjectTest.java
@@ -620,9 +620,6 @@ public void jsonObjectByBean1() {
         assertTrue("expected h\be\tllo w\u1234orld!", "h\be\tllo w\u1234orld!".equals(jsonObject.query("/escapeStringKey")));
         assertTrue("expected 42", Integer.valueOf("42").equals(jsonObject.query("/intKey")));
         assertTrue("expected -23.45e7", Double.valueOf("-23.45e7").equals(jsonObject.query("/doubleKey")));
-        // sorry, mockito artifact
-        assertTrue("expected 2 callbacks items", ((List<?>)(JsonPath.read(doc, "$.callbacks"))).size() == 2);
-        assertTrue("expected 0 callbacks[1] items", ((Map<?,?>)(JsonPath.read(doc, "$.callbacks[1]"))).size() == 0);
         Util.checkJSONObjectMaps(jsonObject);
     }