diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a8994b27..9b0cf3b1 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ test = ["pytest (>=6)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "imcf-fiji-mocks"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.14.0"
 description = "Mocks collection for Fiji-Python. Zero functional code."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "imcf_fiji_mocks-0.13.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cb6be2b4af480a9340d182c2bccff78f996c0048abbf05380e214a91a2f89bf2"},
-    {file = "imcf_fiji_mocks-0.13.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c29f2dc82a0d4e94963a9f7a455f17012ee37aa8eda4d1c9e9565496df50b063"},
+    {file = "imcf_fiji_mocks-0.14.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:df50de4e6eb9ba9b2134b67da949f88a74b0e4129824bee37425a72c4a3c4829"},
+    {file = "imcf_fiji_mocks-0.14.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2c297a0a24e8e48b05772acb739bb3c57d5621ae3bd40dad37370d033aff1a7b"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -345,4 +345,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
-content-hash = "f42e21607d534dc04b7be746639e9ed07e70c2ca736844b023b61598df369638"
+content-hash = "c97e2a509e4d74b95df8d58a80c5dd69787a34099243c0b6fb5ce7d333404aad"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a5363034..aeeaff78 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 # - or: python = ">=3.10"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-imcf-fiji-mocks = ">=0.13.0"
+# IMPORTANT: see the "poetry.lock.md" file when changing dependencies!!!
+imcf-fiji-mocks = ">=0.14.0"
 python = ">=2.7"
 python-micrometa = "^15.2.3"
 sjlogging = ">=0.5.2"
@@ -54,3 +55,9 @@ ignore = [
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
 convention = "numpy"
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+exclude_also = [
+  'no-cover:jython-only',
+  'cover:jython',
+]
diff --git a/src/imcflibs/imagej/objects3d.py b/src/imcflibs/imagej/objects3d.py
index ce514c70..37583767 100644
--- a/src/imcflibs/imagej/objects3d.py
+++ b/src/imcflibs/imagej/objects3d.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from de.mpicbg.scf.imgtools.image.create.image import ImageCreationUtilities
 from de.mpicbg.scf.imgtools.image.create.labelmap import WatershedLabeling
 from ij import IJ
+from inra.ijpb.plugins import RemoveBorderLabelsPlugin
 from mcib3d.geom import Objects3DPopulation
 from mcib3d.image3d import ImageHandler, ImageLabeller
 from mcib3d.image3d.processing import MaximaFinder
@@ -71,7 +72,15 @@ def imgplus_to_population3d(imp):
     return Objects3DPopulation(img)
 
 
-def segment_3d_image(imp, title=None, min_thresh=1, min_vol=None, max_vol=None):
+def segment_3d_image(
+    imp,
+    title=None,
+    min_thresh=1,
+    min_vol=None,
+    max_vol=None,
+    remove_touching_borders=False,
+    remove_touching_borders_z=False,
+):  # cover:jython
     """Segment a 3D binary image to get a labelled stack.
 
     Parameters
@@ -90,6 +99,11 @@ def segment_3d_image(imp, title=None, min_thresh=1, min_vol=None, max_vol=None):
     max_vol : int, optional
         Maximum volume (in voxels) above which objects get filtered.
         Defaults to None.
+    remove_touching_borders : bool, optional
+        Whether to remove objects that touch the borders in X and Y. Defaults to False.
+    remove_touching_borders_z : bool, optional
+        Whether to remove objects that touch the z-axis borders. Defaults to False.
+
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -107,14 +121,24 @@ def segment_3d_image(imp, title=None, min_thresh=1, min_vol=None, max_vol=None):
         labeler.setMinSizeCalibrated(min_vol, img)
     if max_vol:
         labeler.setMaxSizeCalibrated(max_vol, img)
-
     # Generate labelled segmentation
     seg = labeler.getLabels(img)
     seg.setScale(cal.pixelWidth, cal.pixelDepth, cal.getUnits())
+
+    seg = RemoveBorderLabelsPlugin().remove(
+        seg.getImagePlus(),
+        remove_touching_borders,
+        remove_touching_borders,
+        remove_touching_borders,
+        remove_touching_borders,
+        remove_touching_borders_z,
+        remove_touching_borders_z,
+    )
+
     if title:
         seg.setTitle(title)
 
-    return seg.getImagePlus()
+    return seg
 
 
 def maxima_finder_3d(imp, min_threshold=0, noise=100, rxy=1.5, rz=1.5):
diff --git a/tests/test_objects3d.py b/tests/test_objects3d.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a78725e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_objects3d.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""Tests for the imcflibs.imagej.objects3d module."""
+
+from imcflibs.imagej.objects3d import imgplus_to_population3d
+from imcflibs.imagej.objects3d import maxima_finder_3d
+from imcflibs.imagej.objects3d import population3d_to_imgplus
+from imcflibs.imagej.objects3d import seeded_watershed
+from imcflibs.imagej.objects3d import segment_3d_image
+
+
+def test_mock_imports():
+    """Test if the mock imports work fine."""
+    assert True