diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93309e23905..e79c99b42d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
         <nimbus.content-type.version>2.1</nimbus.content-type.version>
         <nimbus.jose.jwt.version>8.18</nimbus.jose.jwt.version>
         <nimbus.langtag.version>1.4.4</nimbus.langtag.version>
-        <org.geotools.version>24.6</org.geotools.version>
+        <org.geotools.version>28.6.1</org.geotools.version>
         <!-- Note: The swissbox version needs to match the version used by pax-exam . -->
         <org.ops4j.pax.swissbox.version>1.8.5</org.ops4j.pax.swissbox.version>
         <org.rrd4j.version>3.3.1</org.rrd4j.version>