diff --git a/support-services/gn4/Dockerfile b/support-services/gn4/Dockerfile
index c435d9302a..63b9c7c35d 100644
--- a/support-services/gn4/Dockerfile
+++ b/support-services/gn4/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ RUN sed -i 's#</dependencies>#<dependency><groupId>org.geonetwork-opensource.sch
 RUN sed -i 's#</artifactItems>#<artifactItem><groupId>org.geonetwork-opensource.schemas</groupId><artifactId>gn-schema-dcat-ap</artifactId><type>zip</type><overWrite>false</overWrite><outputDirectory>${schema-plugins.dir}</outputDirectory></artifactItem></artifactItems>#' \
     /app/web/pom.xml
 
+# this will use the same version as the parent in the dcat-ap pom
+RUN PARENT_VERSION=$(awk -F'[><]' '/<version>/{print $3; exit}' /app/pom.xml) && \
+    sed -i "s#<version>.*</version>#<version>${PARENT_VERSION}</version>#" \
+    /app/schemas/dcat-ap/pom.xml
+
+# fix error in ESAPI properties (https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8522)
+RUN sed -i "s#ESAPI.Logger=org.owasp.esapi.logging.log4j.Log4JLogFactory#ESAPI.Logger=org.owasp.esapi.logging.slf4j.Slf4JLogFactory#" \
+    /app/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes/ESAPI.properties
+
+
 RUN mvn install -DskipTests