diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
index c1598daa1347a0..2bd09788b5b0a6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation(libs.junit)
   testImplementation(libs.assertj)
   testImplementation(libs.mockito)
+  testImplementation(libs.mockito.kotlin)
   testImplementation(libs.robolectric)
   testImplementation(libs.thoughtworks)
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index a830563136fb44..85a7927862435f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jsr305 = "3.0.2"
 junit = "4.13.2"
 kotlin = "1.9.24"
 mockito = "3.12.4"
+mockito-kotlin = "3.1.0"
 nexus-publish = "1.3.0"
 okhttp = "4.9.2"
 okio = "2.9.0"
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ javax-annotation-api = { module = "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api", versi
 junit = {module = "junit:junit", version.ref = "junit" }
 assertj = {module = "org.assertj:assertj-core", version.ref = "assertj" }
 mockito = {module = "org.mockito:mockito-inline", version.ref = "mockito" }
+mockito-kotlin = {module = "org.mockito.kotlin:mockito-kotlin", version.ref = "mockito-kotlin" }
 robolectric = {module = "org.robolectric:robolectric", version.ref = "robolectric" }
 thoughtworks = {module = "com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream", version.ref = "xstream" }