Can't run unit tests

[theapache64]

I simply cloned the repo, and opened the GithubBrowserSample in Android Studio. Then I selected the unit test directory, and tried to run the tests in it

but am getting below error

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not initialize plugin: interface org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker (alternate: null)

	at org.mockito.internal.configuration.plugins.PluginLoader$1.invoke(PluginLoader.java:74)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy16.isTypeMockable(Unknown Source)
	at org.mockito.internal.util.MockUtil.typeMockabilityOf(MockUtil.java:29)
	at org.mockito.internal.util.MockCreationValidator.validateType(MockCreationValidator.java:22)
	at org.mockito.internal.creation.MockSettingsImpl.validatedSettings(MockSettingsImpl.java:240)
	at org.mockito.internal.creation.MockSettingsImpl.build(MockSettingsImpl.java:228)
	at org.mockito.internal.MockitoCore.mock(MockitoCore.java:61)
	at org.mockito.Mockito.mock(Mockito.java:1907)
	at org.mockito.Mockito.mock(Mockito.java:1816)
	at com.android.example.github.ui.repo.RepoViewModelTest.<init>(RepoViewModelTest.kt:46)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.createTest(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:217)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner$1.runReflectiveCall(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:266)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.methodBlock(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:263)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
	at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:128)
	at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:27)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
	at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)
	at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:68)
	at com.intellij.rt.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater.startRunnerWithArgs(IdeaTestRunner.java:33)
	at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:230)
	at com.intellij.rt.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:58)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load interface org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker implementation declared in sun.misc.CompoundEnumeration@ea4a92b
	at org.mockito.internal.configuration.plugins.PluginInitializer.loadImpl(PluginInitializer.java:54)
	at org.mockito.internal.configuration.plugins.PluginLoader.loadPlugin(PluginLoader.java:57)
	at org.mockito.internal.configuration.plugins.PluginLoader.loadPlugin(PluginLoader.java:44)
	at org.mockito.internal.configuration.plugins.PluginRegistry.<init>(PluginRegistry.java:22)
	at org.mockito.internal.configuration.plugins.Plugins.<clinit>(Plugins.java:19)
	at org.mockito.internal.util.MockUtil.<clinit>(MockUtil.java:24)
	... 36 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.mockito.internal.configuration.plugins.Plugins.getMockitoLogger(Plugins.java:66)
	at org.mockito.android.internal.creation.AndroidByteBuddyMockMaker.<init>(AndroidByteBuddyMockMaker.java:24)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
	at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
	at org.mockito.internal.configuration.plugins.PluginInitializer.loadImpl(PluginInitializer.java:49)
	... 41 more

Any help will be highly appreciated.