diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e29001a..ae350c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <!-- GBIF dependencies -->
     <gbif-cli.version>0.14</gbif-cli.version>
     <gbif-common.version>0.60</gbif-common.version>
-    <dwc-api.version>1.48</dwc-api.version>
+    <dwc-api.version>1.49</dwc-api.version>
     <dwca-io.version>2.16</dwca-io.version>
 
     <!-- Third party dependencies -->