diff --git a/vci-service-impl/pom.xml b/vci-service-impl/pom.xml
index ca8299117..41db5bbe6 100644
--- a/vci-service-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/vci-service-impl/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <esignet.core.version>${project.version}</esignet.core.version>
+        <esignet.core.version>1.7.0</esignet.core.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>