diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
index a5ecbf6111ff2d..4cab351efdfadf 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ 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 03351e484a26bd..3d03c4f1f22d57 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jsr305 = "3.0.2"
 junit = "4.13.2"
 kotlin = "2.0.21"
 mockito = "3.12.4"
+mockito-kotlin = "3.2.0"
 nexus-publish = "1.3.0"
 okhttp = "4.9.2"
 okio = "2.9.0"
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ jsc-android = { module = "io.github.react-native-community:jsc-android", version
 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" }