diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3c56a6fbddd6a6d31848516cf07db71b23ef5d9..dd1f68da5efea3db046bca6caebbc22aff1bcc37 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>