diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 737e452782a9c263f9e08273b73465b67fe7c310..709ae3481d73844dfd60829adcb5fff884e1918c 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
             <artifactId>gt-epsg-hsql</artifactId>
-            <version>20.5</version>
+            <version>28.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.measure</groupId>