diff --git a/federated-catalog/fc-03-static-node-directory/target-node-resolver/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/sample/extension/fc/CatalogNodeDirectory.java b/federated-catalog/fc-03-static-node-directory/target-node-resolver/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/sample/extension/fc/CatalogNodeDirectory.java
index eb312034..b14a93c7 100644
--- a/federated-catalog/fc-03-static-node-directory/target-node-resolver/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/sample/extension/fc/CatalogNodeDirectory.java
+++ b/federated-catalog/fc-03-static-node-directory/target-node-resolver/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/sample/extension/fc/CatalogNodeDirectory.java
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.edc.sample.extension.fc;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.eclipse.edc.crawler.spi.TargetNode;
 import org.eclipse.edc.crawler.spi.TargetNodeDirectory;
+import tools.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class CatalogNodeDirectory implements TargetNodeDirectory {
@@ -35,11 +34,7 @@ public CatalogNodeDirectory(ObjectMapper objectMapper, String participantFileCon
 
     @Override
     public List<TargetNode> getAll() {
-        try {
-            return objectMapper.readValue(participantFileContent, new TypeReference<>() {});
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
+        return objectMapper.readValue(participantFileContent, new TypeReference<>() {});
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 4b1745a1..0d8fe4a0 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ format.version = "1.1"
 
 [versions]
 awaitility = "4.2.2"
-edc = "1.0.0-RC4"
+edc = "1.0.0-RC5"
 okhttp-mockwebserver = "5.5.1"
 restAssured = "6.1.0"
 rsApi = "4.0.0"