diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/pom.xml b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/pom.xml
index 66be700c0567..26091d8c2cab 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,14 @@
       <groupId>org.locationtech.jts</groupId>
       <artifactId>jts-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gt-epsg-hsql</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gt-cql</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <!-- Test -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hisp.dhis</groupId>
@@ -243,6 +250,11 @@
       <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gt-geojson</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- Other -->
 
diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapgeneration/InternalMapObject.java b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapgeneration/InternalMapObject.java
index 2f769a38b97c..62008824bb10 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapgeneration/InternalMapObject.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapgeneration/InternalMapObject.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public SimpleFeatureType getFeatureType() {
     }
 
     try {
-      return DataUtilities.createType(GEOMETRIES, "geometry:" + type + ":srid=3785");
+      return DataUtilities.createType(GEOMETRIES, "geometry:" + type + ":srid=3857");
     } catch (SchemaException ex) {
       throw new RuntimeException("failed to create geometry", ex);
     }
diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapgeneration/GeoToolsMapObjectTest.java b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapgeneration/GeoToolsMapObjectTest.java
index 208e15f574f3..71169f368fec 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapgeneration/GeoToolsMapObjectTest.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-reporting/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/mapgeneration/GeoToolsMapObjectTest.java
@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@
  */
 package org.hisp.dhis.mapgeneration;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.geotools.geojson.geom.GeometryJSON;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry;
 
 /**
  * @author Kenneth Solbø Andersen <kennetsa@ifi.uio.no>
@@ -39,6 +44,11 @@
 class GeoToolsMapObjectTest {
 
   private InternalMapObject geoToolsMapObject;
+  private GeometryJSON geometryJSON = new GeometryJSON();
+  private String multiPolygonCoordinates =
+      "[[[[11.11,22.22],[33.33,44.44],[55.55,66.66],[11.11,22.22]]],"
+          + "[[[77.77,88.88],[99.99,11.11],[22.22,33.33],[77.77,88.88]]],"
+          + "[[[44.44,55.55],[66.66,77.77],[88.88,99.99],[44.44,55.55]]]]";
 
   @BeforeEach
   void before() {
@@ -92,4 +102,16 @@ void testSetGetStrokeColor() {
     geoToolsMapObject.setStrokeColor(Color.WHITE);
     assertEquals(Color.WHITE, geoToolsMapObject.getStrokeColor());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void testCreateFeatureType() throws IOException {
+    Geometry geometry =
+        geometryJSON.read(
+            "{\"type\":\"MultiPolygon\", \"coordinates\":" + multiPolygonCoordinates + "}");
+    geoToolsMapObject.setGeometry(geometry);
+    assertDoesNotThrow(
+        () -> {
+          assertNotNull(MapUtils.createFeatureLayerFromMapObject(geoToolsMapObject));
+        });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 79f683621a8c..315ae180be7e 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -1355,6 +1355,16 @@
         <artifactId>gt-referencing</artifactId>
         <version>${geotools.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gt-epsg-hsql</artifactId>
+        <version>${geotools.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gt-cql</artifactId>
+        <version>${geotools.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
 
       <!-- JAXB -->
       <dependency>
@@ -2003,6 +2013,9 @@ jasperreports.version=${jasperreports.version}
             <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
             <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.projectlombok:lombok</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+              <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.geotools:gt-main</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+              <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.geotools:gt-epsg-hsql</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+              <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.geotools:gt-cql</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.springframework.security:spring-security-core</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>net.sf.jasperreports:jasperreports</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>