diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 48c2b13b3..792453586 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ Suggests:
     cli,
     httr (>= 1.2.1),
     jsonlite,
-    mockery,
     patrick,
     rlang,
     rmarkdown,
     rstudioapi (>= 0.2),
-    testthat (>= 3.1.5),
+    testthat (>= 3.2.1),
     tibble,
     tufte,
     withr (>= 2.5.0)
diff --git a/R/lintr-package.R b/R/lintr-package.R
index 3bc35f703..898db1445 100644
--- a/R/lintr-package.R
+++ b/R/lintr-package.R
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@
 #' }
 ## lintr namespace: end
 NULL
+
+# make binding available for mock testing
+# ref: https://testthat.r-lib.org/dev/reference/local_mocked_bindings.html#base-functions
+unlink <- NULL
+quit <- NULL
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-cache.R b/tests/testthat/test-cache.R
index 71bf9e6b6..6b0c47aa1 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-cache.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-cache.R
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ fhash <- function(filename) {
 # `clear_cache`
 
 test_that("clear_cache deletes the file if a file is given", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
-  mockery::stub(clear_cache, "read_settings", function(...) invisible(...))
-  mockery::stub(clear_cache, "unlink", function(...) list(...))
+  local_mocked_bindings(
+    read_settings = function(...) invisible(...),
+    unlink = function(...) list(...)
+  )
 
   e1 <- new.env(parent = emptyenv())
   d1 <- withr::local_tempfile(pattern = "lintr_cache_")
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ test_that("clear_cache deletes the file if a file is given", {
 })
 
 test_that("clear_cache deletes the directory if no file is given", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
-  mockery::stub(clear_cache, "read_settings", function(...) invisible(...))
-  mockery::stub(clear_cache, "unlink", function(...) list(...))
+  local_mocked_bindings(
+    read_settings = function(...) invisible(...),
+    unlink = function(...) list(...)
+  )
 
   expect_identical(clear_cache(file = NULL, path = "."), list(".", recursive = TRUE))
 })
@@ -421,10 +421,9 @@ test_that("lint with cache uses the provided relative cache directory", {
 })
 
 test_that("it works outside of a package", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
   linter <- assignment_linter()
 
-  mockery::stub(lintr:::find_default_encoding, "find_package", function(...) NULL)
+  local_mocked_bindings(find_package = function(...) NULL)
   path <- withr::local_tempfile(pattern = "my_cache_dir_")
   expect_false(dir.exists(path))
   expect_lint("a <- 1", NULL, linter, cache = path)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ci.R b/tests/testthat/test-ci.R
index 6da47a84f..8bab65609 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-ci.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-ci.R
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ test_that("GitHub Actions functionality works in a subdirectory", {
 })
 
 test_that("GitHub Actions - linting on error works", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
   # imitate being on GHA whether or not we are
   withr::local_envvar(list(GITHUB_ACTIONS = "true", LINTR_ERROR_ON_LINT = "true"))
   withr::local_options(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = FALSE)
@@ -36,32 +34,28 @@ test_that("GitHub Actions - linting on error works", {
 
   l <- lint(tmp)
 
-  mockery::stub(print.lints, "base::quit", function(...) cat("Tried to quit.\n"))
+  local_mocked_bindings(quit = function(...) cat("Tried to quit.\n"))
   expect_output(print(l), "::warning file", fixed = TRUE)
 })
 
 test_that("Printing works for Travis", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
   withr::local_envvar(list(GITHUB_ACTIONS = "false", TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG = "test/repo", LINTR_COMMENT_BOT = "true"))
   withr::local_options(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = FALSE)
   tmp <- withr::local_tempfile(lines = "x <- 1:nrow(y)")
 
   l <- lint(tmp)
 
-  mockery::stub(print.lints, "github_comment", function(x, ...) cat(x, "\n"))
+  local_mocked_bindings(github_comment = function(x, ...) cat(x, "\n"))
   expect_output(print(l), "*warning:*", fixed = TRUE)
 })
 
 test_that("Printing works for Wercker", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
   withr::local_envvar(list(GITHUB_ACTIONS = "false", WERCKER_GIT_BRANCH = "test/repo", LINTR_COMMENT_BOT = "true"))
   withr::local_options(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = FALSE)
   tmp <- withr::local_tempfile(lines = "x <- 1:nrow(y)")
 
   l <- lint(tmp)
 
-  mockery::stub(print.lints, "github_comment", function(x, ...) cat(x, "\n"))
+  local_mocked_bindings(github_comment = function(x, ...) cat(x, "\n"))
   expect_output(print(l), "*warning:*", fixed = TRUE)
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-methods.R b/tests/testthat/test-methods.R
index 0d003c597..9f454c1f4 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-methods.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-methods.R
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ test_that("print.lint works", {
 })
 
 test_that("print.lint works for inline data, even in RStudio", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
   l <- lint("x = 1\n")
 
   # Make sure lints print to console.
@@ -114,7 +112,11 @@ test_that("print.lint works for inline data, even in RStudio", {
     expect_output(print(l), "not =")
   )
 
-  mockery::stub(print.lints, "rstudioapi::hasFun", function(...) FALSE)
+  skip_if_not_installed("rstudioapi")
+  local_mocked_bindings(
+    hasFun = function(...) FALSE,
+    .package = "rstudioapi"
+  )
   withr::with_options(
     list(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = TRUE),
     expect_output(print(l), "not =")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-rstudio_markers.R b/tests/testthat/test-rstudio_markers.R
index 203e87a41..8aad2cee8 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-rstudio_markers.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-rstudio_markers.R
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 test_that("it returns markers which match lints", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
-  mockery::stub(rstudio_source_markers, "rstudioapi::callFun", function(...) list(...))
-  mockery::stub(rstudio_source_markers, "rstudioapi::executeCommand", function(...) NULL)
+  skip_if_not_installed("rstudioapi")
+  local_mocked_bindings(
+    callFun = function(...) list(...),
+    executeCommand = function(...) NULL,
+    .package = "rstudioapi"
+  )
 
   lint1 <- list(Lint(
     filename = "test_file",
@@ -53,10 +55,12 @@ test_that("it returns markers which match lints", {
 })
 
 test_that("it prepends the package path if it exists", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
-  mockery::stub(rstudio_source_markers, "rstudioapi::callFun", function(...) list(...))
-  mockery::stub(rstudio_source_markers, "rstudioapi::executeCommand", function(...) NULL)
+  skip_if_not_installed("rstudioapi")
+  local_mocked_bindings(
+    callFun = function(...) list(...),
+    executeCommand = function(...) NULL,
+    .package = "rstudioapi"
+  )
 
   lint3 <- list(Lint(
     filename = "test_file",
@@ -80,10 +84,12 @@ test_that("it prepends the package path if it exists", {
 })
 
 test_that("it returns an empty list of markers if there are no lints", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
-  mockery::stub(rstudio_source_markers, "rstudioapi::callFun", function(...) list(...))
-  mockery::stub(rstudio_source_markers, "rstudioapi::executeCommand", function(...) NULL)
+  skip_if_not_installed("rstudioapi")
+  local_mocked_bindings(
+    callFun = function(...) list(...),
+    executeCommand = function(...) NULL,
+    .package = "rstudioapi"
+  )
 
   lint4 <- `class<-`(list(), "lints")
   marker4 <- rstudio_source_markers(lint4)
@@ -92,15 +98,17 @@ test_that("it returns an empty list of markers if there are no lints", {
 })
 
 test_that("rstudio_source_markers apply to print within rstudio", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-
   withr::local_options(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = TRUE)
 
   tmp <- withr::local_tempfile(lines = "1:ncol(x)")
   empty <- withr::local_tempfile(lines = character(0L))
 
-  mockery::stub(print.lints, "rstudioapi::hasFun", function(x, ...) TRUE)
-  mockery::stub(print.lints, "rstudio_source_markers", function(x) cat("matched\n"))
+  skip_if_not_installed("rstudioapi")
+  local_mocked_bindings(
+    hasFun = function(...) TRUE,
+    .package = "rstudioapi"
+  )
+  local_mocked_bindings(rstudio_source_markers = function(x) cat("matched\n"))
 
   l <- lint(tmp, seq_linter())
   expect_output(print(l), "matched", fixed = TRUE)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-with.R b/tests/testthat/test-with.R
index 6b4fc00a8..0e9a7f7e6 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-with.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-with.R
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ test_that("linters_with_defaults warns on unused NULLs", {
 })
 
 test_that("linters_with_tags() verifies the output of available_linters()", {
-  skip_if_not_installed("mockery")
-  mockery::stub(
-    linters_with_tags,
-    "available_linters",
-    data.frame(linter = c("fake_linter", "very_fake_linter"), package = "lintr", tags = "", stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
+  local_mocked_bindings(
+    available_linters = function(...) {
+      data.frame(
+        linter = c("fake_linter", "very_fake_linter"),
+        package = "lintr",
+        tags = "",
+        stringsAsFactors = FALSE
+      )
+    }
   )
   expect_error(
     linters_with_tags(NULL),