diff --git a/mockito-kotlin/build.gradle b/mockito-kotlin/build.gradle
index 90cdc069..5adef9b1 100644
--- a/mockito-kotlin/build.gradle
+++ b/mockito-kotlin/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.0.0'
 
-    compile "org.mockito:mockito-core:3.8.0"
+    compile "org.mockito:mockito-core:3.9.0"
 
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
     testCompile 'com.nhaarman:expect.kt:1.0.0'