diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/spring/api/orcid-authority-services.xml b/dspace-api/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/spring/api/orcid-authority-services.xml
index 4a73b215cd..3e38055b67 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/spring/api/orcid-authority-services.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/spring/api/orcid-authority-services.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <bean id="dspace.DSpaceAuthorityIndexer" class="org.dspace.authority.indexer.DSpaceAuthorityIndexer"/>
 
     <alias name="OrcidSource" alias="AuthoritySource"/>
-    <bean name="OrcidSource" class="org.dspace.authority.orcid.MockOrcid" />
+    <bean name="OrcidSource" class="org.dspace.authority.orcid.MockOrcid" init-method="init" />
  
     <bean name="AuthorityTypes" class="org.dspace.authority.AuthorityTypes">
         <property name="types">
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/authority/orcid/MockOrcid.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/authority/orcid/MockOrcid.java
index 82dc3fa5cc..511df79f1e 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/authority/orcid/MockOrcid.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/authority/orcid/MockOrcid.java
@@ -26,41 +26,47 @@ import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
  */
 public class MockOrcid extends Orcidv3SolrAuthorityImpl {
 
-    public MockOrcid() {
-        setupMockConnector();
-        setAccessToken("mock-access-token");
-    }
+    OrcidRestConnector orcidRestConnector;
 
     @Override
     public void init() {
-        // Empty implementation as setup is now done in constructor
+        initializeAccessToken();
+        orcidRestConnector = Mockito.mock(OrcidRestConnector.class);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void initializeAccessToken() {
-        if (getAccessToken() == null) {
-            setAccessToken("mock-access-token");
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void setupMockConnector() {
-        OrcidRestConnector orcidRestConnector = Mockito.mock(OrcidRestConnector.class);
+    /**
+     * Call this to set up mocking for any test classes that need it. We don't set it in init()
+     * or other AbstractIntegrationTest implementations will complain of unnecessary Mockito stubbing
+     */
+    public void setupNoResultsSearch() {
         when(orcidRestConnector.get(ArgumentMatchers.startsWith("search?"), ArgumentMatchers.any()))
-        .thenAnswer(new Answer<InputStream>() {
-                @Override
-                public InputStream answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) {
-                    return this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("orcid-search-noresults.xml");
-                }
-            });
+                .thenAnswer(new Answer<InputStream>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public InputStream answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) {
+                        return this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("orcid-search-noresults.xml");
+                    }
+                });
+    }
+    /**
+     * Call this to set up mocking for any test classes that need it. We don't set it in init()
+     * or other AbstractIntegrationTest implementations will complain of unnecessary Mockito stubbing
+     */
+    public void setupSingleSearch() {
         when(orcidRestConnector.get(ArgumentMatchers.startsWith("search?q=Bollini"), ArgumentMatchers.any()))
-            .thenAnswer(new Answer<InputStream>() {
+                .thenAnswer(new Answer<InputStream>() {
                     @Override
                     public InputStream answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) {
                         return this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("orcid-search.xml");
                     }
                 });
+    }
+    /**
+     * Call this to set up mocking for any test classes that need it. We don't set it in init()
+     * or other AbstractIntegrationTest implementations will complain of unnecessary Mockito stubbing
+     */
+    public void setupSearchWithResults() {
         when(orcidRestConnector.get(ArgumentMatchers.endsWith("/person"), ArgumentMatchers.any()))
-            .thenAnswer(new Answer<InputStream>() {
+                .thenAnswer(new Answer<InputStream>() {
                     @Override
                     public InputStream answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) {
                         return this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("orcid-person-record.xml");
@@ -69,4 +75,11 @@ public class MockOrcid extends Orcidv3SolrAuthorityImpl {
 
         setOrcidRestConnector(orcidRestConnector);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initializeAccessToken() {
+        if (getAccessToken() == null) {
+            setAccessToken("mock-access-token");
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/VocabularyRestRepositoryIT.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/VocabularyRestRepositoryIT.java
index 10d4fb7542..6c45c1fad6 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/VocabularyRestRepositoryIT.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/VocabularyRestRepositoryIT.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.dspace.app.rest.test.AbstractControllerIntegrationTest;
 import org.dspace.authority.AuthorityValueServiceImpl;
 import org.dspace.authority.PersonAuthorityValue;
 import org.dspace.authority.factory.AuthorityServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.authority.orcid.MockOrcid;
 import org.dspace.builder.CollectionBuilder;
 import org.dspace.builder.CommunityBuilder;
 import org.dspace.content.Collection;
@@ -29,11 +30,13 @@ import org.dspace.content.authority.DCInputAuthority;
 import org.dspace.content.authority.service.ChoiceAuthorityService;
 import org.dspace.core.service.PluginService;
 import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
+import org.dspace.services.factory.DSpaceServicesFactory;
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 
 /**
  * This class handles all Authority related IT. It alters some config to run the tests, but it gets cleared again
@@ -56,6 +59,17 @@ public class VocabularyRestRepositoryIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTes
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
+
+        // Explicitly set stubbing for the MockOrcid class. We don't do it in the init() or constructor
+        // of the MockOrcid class itself or Mockito will complain of unnecessary stubbing in certain other
+        // AbstractIntegrationTest implementations (depending on how config is (re)loaded)
+        ApplicationContext applicationContext = DSpaceServicesFactory.getInstance()
+                .getServiceManager().getApplicationContext();
+        MockOrcid mockOrcid = applicationContext.getBean(MockOrcid.class);
+        mockOrcid.setupNoResultsSearch();
+        mockOrcid.setupSingleSearch();
+        mockOrcid.setupSearchWithResults();
+
         configurationService.setProperty("plugin.named.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority",
                 new String[] {
                         "org.dspace.content.authority.SolrAuthority = SolrAuthorAuthority",