Try fixing CI failures

Author: vy

pom.xml

@@ -983,22 +983,23 @@
         </property>
       </activation>
 
+      <!-- There are certain Java 8 bugs[1] that cause Mockito failures[2].
+           Adding necessary dependencies to workaround them.
+           [1] https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8152174
+           [2] https://github.com/mockito/mockito/issues/1449 -->
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.jspecify</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
+          <version>${jspecify.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+
       <build>
         <plugins>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <!-- There are certain Java 8 bugs[1] that cause Mockito failures[2].
-                 Adding necessary dependencies to workaround them.
-                 [1] https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8152174
-                 [2] https://github.com/mockito/mockito/issues/1449 -->
-            <dependencies>
-              <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.jspecify</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
-                <version>${jspecify.version}</version>
-              </dependency>
-            </dependencies>
             <executions>
               <!-- Modifies only the `default-test` run -->
               <execution>