diff --git a/.build/parent-pom-template.xml b/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
index 73a6431408..b288221e49 100644
--- a/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
+++ b/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.4</version>
+        <version>4.7.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f35e0fe599..7674033702 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 4.2
+ * Revert Mockito downgrade from CASSANDRA-17750 (CASSANDRA-17496)
  * Add --older-than and --older-than-timestamp options for nodetool clearsnapshots (CASSANDRA-16860)
  * Fix "open RT bound as its last item" exception (CASSANDRA-17810)
  * Fix leak of non-standard Java types in JMX MBeans `org.apache.cassandra.db:type=StorageService`