diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b9ee31..860234b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     </developers>
 
     <properties>
-        <gridsuite-dependencies.version>26</gridsuite-dependencies.version>
+        <gridsuite-dependencies.version>28</gridsuite-dependencies.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/merge/notification/server/MergeNotificationApplication.java b/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/merge/notification/server/MergeNotificationApplication.java
index ba6ef1e..9bf39d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/merge/notification/server/MergeNotificationApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gridsuite/merge/notification/server/MergeNotificationApplication.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 package org.gridsuite.merge.notification.server;
 
-import com.powsybl.ws.commons.Utils;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@
 public class MergeNotificationApplication {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        Utils.initProperties();
         SpringApplication.run(MergeNotificationApplication.class, args);
     }
 }