diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dedcd126..eaef78d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@
             but also prevents excessive memory usage by heavily parallelized
             local builds. -->
             -Xmx${argLine.xmx}
+            <!-- Configure the Byte Buddy Java agent used by Mockito to create
+            mocks. -->
+            -javaagent:${org.mockito:mockito-core:jar}
             <!-- This argument cannot be set through Surefire's
             'systemPropertyVariables' configuration setting. Setting the file
             encoding is necessary because forked unit test invocations
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@
         <version.guava-beta-checker>1.0</version.guava-beta-checker>
         <version.jdk>17</version.jdk>
         <version.maven>3.9.9</version.maven>
-        <version.mockito>5.13.0</version.mockito>
+        <version.mockito>5.14.0</version.mockito>
         <version.nopen-checker>1.0.1</version.nopen-checker>
         <version.nullaway>0.11.3</version.nullaway>
         <version.pitest-git>1.1.4</version.pitest-git>
@@ -523,6 +526,17 @@
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- To avoid repetition of fairly complex configuration, Surefire
+        is configured to always load Mockito's Java agent. Declaring the
+        associated dependency here avoids additional repetition, and prevents
+        a slightly obscure error that happens if the dependency is absent. -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
@@ -1017,6 +1031,14 @@
                         <ignoreDirect>false</ignoreDirect>
                         <ignoreNonCompile>true</ignoreNonCompile>
                     </configuration>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>set-additional-properties</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>properties</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -1555,6 +1577,10 @@
                 <groupId>io.github.git-commit-id</groupId>
                 <artifactId>git-commit-id-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/refaster-support/pom.xml b/refaster-support/pom.xml
index 019a2dc1..bc2dae67 100644
--- a/refaster-support/pom.xml
+++ b/refaster-support/pom.xml
@@ -88,10 +88,5 @@
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>