diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index fc5e5c4b5..f56c264a0 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -274,7 +274,10 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jmock</groupId>
             <artifactId>jmock</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/rest/pom.xml b/plugins/rest/pom.xml
index 71ee8df43..0f9f4b940 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/rest/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@
             <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
-
+        
+		<dependency>
+            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/velocity/pom.xml b/plugins/velocity/pom.xml
index 254c45a6a..dc2cb19dc 100644
--- a/plugins/velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/velocity/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
             <artifactId>velocity-tools-view-jsp</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
             <artifactId>struts2-junit-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9cd1d4e8..93fc4040d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-09-11T07:49:50Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <!-- dependency versions in alphanumeric order -->
         <asm.version>9.6</asm.version>
@@ -920,7 +920,12 @@
                 <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
                 <version>${spring.platformVersion}</version>
             </dependency>
-
+			<dependency>
+                <groupId>mockobjects</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mockobjects-core</artifactId>
+                <version>0.09</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>