diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eda7b789f20..272881e0ae3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         <version.curator>5.2.0</version.curator>
         <version.deltaspike>1.9.0</version.deltaspike>
         <version.easymock>4.0.2</version.easymock>
+        <version.eclipse.emf>2.15.0</version.eclipse.emf>
         <version.geoserver>2.22.1</version.geoserver>
         <version.geotools>28.1</version.geotools>
         <version.geowave>1.2.0</version.geowave>
@@ -786,6 +787,21 @@
                 <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.zookeeper}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.eclipse.emf</groupId>
+                <artifactId>org.eclipse.emf.common</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.eclipse.emf}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.eclipse.emf</groupId>
+                <artifactId>org.eclipse.emf.ecore</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.eclipse.emf}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.eclipse.emf</groupId>
+                <artifactId>org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.eclipse.emf}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.geoserver</groupId>
                 <artifactId>gs-main</artifactId>
@@ -939,10 +955,6 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>org.eclipse.emf</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>