diff --git a/parent_toplevel/changes.xml b/parent_toplevel/changes.xml
index a511fc4..8d5a2d6 100644
--- a/parent_toplevel/changes.xml
+++ b/parent_toplevel/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/changes/2.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/changes-2.0.0.xsd">
   <body>
 
+    <release version="2.1.2" date="not released">
+      <action type="update" dev="sseifert">
+        Configure Mockito instrumentation for inline mocking.
+      </action>
+      <action type="update" dev="sseifert">
+        Update global-parent dependency to 71.
+      </action>
+    </release>
+
     <release version="2.1.0" date="2025-09-24">
       <action type="update" dev="sseifert">
         Switch minimum Java to Java 17 - both for build and compile target.
diff --git a/parent_toplevel/pom.xml b/parent_toplevel/pom.xml
index f4b5b33..77ebc1f 100644
--- a/parent_toplevel/pom.xml
+++ b/parent_toplevel/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.wcm.maven</groupId>
     <artifactId>io.wcm.maven.global-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>70</version>
+    <version>71-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -265,6 +265,26 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
+      <!-- Configure Mockito instrumentation for inline mocking -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>properties</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <argLine>-javaagent:${org.mockito:mockito-core:jar}</argLine>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
 
     <pluginManagement>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b9df201..2431523 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.wcm.devops</groupId>
     <artifactId>io.wcm.devops.parent_toplevel</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>parent_toplevel/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/public_site/pom.xml b/public_site/pom.xml
index 8b456be..5b7a1d1 100644
--- a/public_site/pom.xml
+++ b/public_site/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.wcm.devops</groupId>
     <artifactId>io.wcm.devops.parent_toplevel</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.1.0</version>
     <relativePath>../parent_toplevel/pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
