diff --git a/findbugs/findbugs-exclude.xml b/findbugs/findbugs-exclude.xml
index cf0c6b1c2396..dca292be6534 100644
--- a/findbugs/findbugs-exclude.xml
+++ b/findbugs/findbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ For a detailed description of findbugs bug categories, see http://findbugs.sourc
     <Match>
         <Bug pattern="JUA_DONT_ASSERT_INSTANCEOF_IN_TESTS"/>
     </Match>
+    <!-- false positive in Java 11, see https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/issues/2040 -->
+    <Match>
+        <Bug pattern="THROWS_METHOD_THROWS_RUNTIMEEXCEPTION"/>
+    </Match>
+    <Match>
+        <Bug pattern="THROWS_METHOD_THROWS_CLAUSE_BASIC_EXCEPTION"/>
+    </Match>
+    <Match>
+        <Bug pattern="THROWS_METHOD_THROWS_CLAUSE_THROWABLE"/>
+    </Match>
 
     <!--
       DO NOT USE THIS EXCLUSION FILE FOR NON-GENERATED CODE
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 26a546430507..1f9aa501b23b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@
         <jersey-common>2.34</jersey-common>
 
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+
+        <!-- A newer mockito 4.5.1 added on https://github.com/confluentinc/common/pull/460
+             caused issues with some unit tests. This version 4.3.1 is temporary until we
+             figured out what's wrong with 4.5.1 or newer -->
+        <mockito.version>4.3.1</mockito.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>