diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 68ffdb1..4a8a4b5 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     kapt(semverProcessor)
     implementation(semverProcessor)
-    
-    implementation("org.mockito:mockito-core:3.0.0")
 
     compile("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:4.0.1")
     compile("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.2.0")
@@ -62,6 +60,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     compile(kotlin("stdlib"))
 
+    testImplementation("org.mockito:mockito-core:3.0.0")
     testImplementation("org.testng:testng:7.0.0")
 }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce6f731..4e7c219 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@
       <version>1.2.0</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.0</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <name>akismet-kotlin</name>
   <description>Akismet for Kotlin/Java, a client library for accessing the Automattic Kismet (Akismet) spam comments filtering service.</description>