diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 217f71d4b2..e30ddb1a5a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile libraries.bytebuddy, libraries.bytebuddyagent
 
     compileOnly libraries.junit4, libraries.hamcrest, libraries.opentest4j
-    compile libraries.objenesis
+    compile libraries.objenesis3
 
     testCompile libraries.asm
 
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 9ae3679927..f907965b08 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ libraries.errorproneTestApi = "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_test_helpers:${
 
 libraries.autoservice = "com.google.auto.service:auto-service:1.0-rc5"
 
-libraries.objenesis = 'org.objenesis:objenesis:3.1'
+// objenesis 3.x fails on android instrumentation test compile. https://github.com/mockito/mockito/issues/2007
+libraries.objenesis2 = 'org.objenesis:objenesis:2.6'
+libraries.objenesis3 = 'org.objenesis:objenesis:3.1'
 
 libraries.asm = 'org.ow2.asm:asm:7.0'
 
diff --git a/subprojects/android/android.gradle b/subprojects/android/android.gradle
index 8f86eabb98..bd5a6959a2 100644
--- a/subprojects/android/android.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/android/android.gradle
@@ -3,8 +3,29 @@ description = "Mockito for Android"
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java-library.gradle"
 
 dependencies {
-    compile project.rootProject
+    compile(project.rootProject) {
+        exclude group: 'org.objenesis', module: 'objenesis'
+    }
     compile libraries.bytebuddyandroid
+    compile(libraries.objenesis2) {
+        version {
+            strictly '[2.6, 3.0['
+        }
+        because(
+            '\n' +
+                'MOCKITO DEPENDENCY PROBLEM:\n' +
+                '\n' +
+                'Mockito core uses Objenesis 3.x and Objenesis 3.x does not work with android api 25 and below.\n' +
+                'If you have mockito-core dependency with mockito-android, remove mockito-core.\n' +
+                'If you have mockito-kotlin, exclude mockito-core.\n' +
+                'implementation("com.nhaarman.mockitokotlin2:mockito-kotlin") {\n' +
+                '    exclude group: "org.mockito", module: "mockito-core"\n' +
+                '}\n' +
+                'For more information please check; \n' +
+                '    https://github.com/mockito/mockito/pull/2024\n' +
+                '    https://github.com/mockito/mockito/pull/2007\n'
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 tasks.javadoc.enabled = false
diff --git a/subprojects/osgi-test/osgi-test.gradle b/subprojects/osgi-test/osgi-test.gradle
index 8ebcc042f3..ad5964c543 100644
--- a/subprojects/osgi-test/osgi-test.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/osgi-test/osgi-test.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     testRuntimeBundles project.rootProject
     testRuntimeBundles libraries.bytebuddy
-    testRuntimeBundles libraries.objenesis
+    testRuntimeBundles libraries.objenesis3
     testRuntimeBundles tasks.testBundle.outputs.files
     testRuntimeBundles tasks.otherBundle.outputs.files
 }