diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 60fef5362..177ef9dbd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.45.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8
-	github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.12.1
+	github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.12.2
 	gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6a57beb1b..4453996b0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1499,10 +1499,10 @@ github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyC
 github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.30.0/go.mod h1:2rsYD01CKFrjjsvFxx75KlEUNpWNBY9JWD3K/7o2Cus=
 github.com/valyala/quicktemplate v1.7.0/go.mod h1:sqKJnoaOF88V07vkO+9FL8fb9uZg/VPSJnLYn+LmLk8=
 github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0/go.mod h1:T0xQ8SeCZGxckz9qRXTfG43PvQ/mcWh7FwZEA7Ioqkc=
-github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.12.1 h1:BAJk2fGjVg/P9Fi+BxZD1/ZeKTOclpeAb/SKCc12zXc=
-github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.12.1/go.mod h1:8vf4KDDUptfkyypzdHLuE7OE2xA7Gdt60WgIS8PgD+U=
 github.com/viant/assertly v0.4.8/go.mod h1:aGifi++jvCrUaklKEKT0BU95igDNaqkvz+49uaYMPRU=
 github.com/viant/toolbox v0.24.0/go.mod h1:OxMCG57V0PXuIP2HNQrtJf2CjqdmbrOx5EkMILuUhzM=
+github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.12.2 h1:JbRx9F+XcCJiDTyCm3V5lXYwl56m5ZouV6I9eZa1Dj0=
+github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.12.2/go.mod h1:8vf4KDDUptfkyypzdHLuE7OE2xA7Gdt60WgIS8PgD+U=
 github.com/viki-org/dnscache v0.0.0-20130720023526-c70c1f23c5d8/go.mod h1:dniwbG03GafCjFohMDmz6Zc6oCuiqgH6tGNyXTkHzXE=
 github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0/go.mod h1:cTgwzPIzzgDAYoQrMm0EdrjRUBkTqKYppBueQtXaqoE=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df/go.mod h1:JP3t17pCcGlemwknint6hfoeCVQrEMVwxRLRjXpq+BU=
diff --git a/light/verifier.go b/light/verifier.go
index f6156c5de..6bf0e787e 100644
--- a/light/verifier.go
+++ b/light/verifier.go
@@ -279,8 +279,7 @@ func checkRequiredHeaderFields(h *types.SignedHeader) error {
 		return errors.New("height in trusted header must be set (non zero")
 	}
 
-	zeroTime := time.Time{}
-	if h.Time == zeroTime {
+	if h.Time.IsZero() {
 		return errors.New("time in trusted header must be set")
 	}