diff --git a/deployment/assets/postgres/edc_schema.sql b/deployment/assets/postgres/edc_schema.sql
index 15a829d5a..502aa05be 100644
--- a/deployment/assets/postgres/edc_schema.sql
+++ b/deployment/assets/postgres/edc_schema.sql
@@ -242,3 +242,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS edc_edr_entry
     contract_negotiation_id       VARCHAR,
     created_at                    BIGINT  NOT NULL
 );
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS edc_federated_catalog
+(
+    id                    VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+    catalog               JSON,
+    marked                BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE
+);
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 52834e52d..37e990d99 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ format.version = "1.1"
 [versions]
 assertj = "3.24.2"
 awaitility = "4.2.0"
-edc = "0.8.0"
+edc = "0.8.1-SNAPSHOT"
 failsafe = "3.3.2"
 jackson = "2.14.2"
 jupiter = "5.10.1"
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ edc-oauth2-client = { module = "org.eclipse.edc:oauth2-client", version.ref = "e
 edc-fc-spi-crawler = { module = "org.eclipse.edc:crawler-spi", version.ref = "edc" }
 edc-fc-core = { module = "org.eclipse.edc:federated-catalog-core", version.ref = "edc" }
 edc-fc-api = { module = "org.eclipse.edc:federated-catalog-api", version.ref = "edc" }
+edc-fc-cache-sql = { module = "org.eclipse.edc:federated-catalog-cache-sql", version.ref = "edc" }
 
 # specific dependencies needed by the catalog server
 edc-controlplane-catalog = { module = "org.eclipse.edc:control-plane-catalog", version.ref = "edc" }
@@ -162,5 +163,7 @@ sql-edc = ["edc-sql-assetindex", "edc-sql-contractdef", "edc-sql-contractneg", "
 
 sql-ih = ["edc-sql-ih-credstore-sql", "edc-sql-ih-didstore-sql", "edc-sql-ih-keypairstore-sql", "edc-sql-ih-pcstore-sql", "edc-sql-core", "edc-sql-pool", "edc-sql-transactionlocal", "postgres"]
 
+sql-fc = ["edc-fc-cache-sql"]
+
 [plugins]
 shadow = { id = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow", version = "8.1.1" }
diff --git a/launchers/controlplane/build.gradle.kts b/launchers/controlplane/build.gradle.kts
index d8fce1f38..bebcc0c23 100644
--- a/launchers/controlplane/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/launchers/controlplane/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ dependencies {
     if (project.properties.getOrDefault("persistence", "false") == "true") {
         runtimeOnly(libs.edc.vault.hashicorp)
         runtimeOnly(libs.bundles.sql.edc)
+        runtimeOnly(libs.bundles.sql.fc)
         println("This runtime compiles with Hashicorp Vault and PostgreSQL. You will need properly configured Postgres and HCV instances.")
     }
     runtimeOnly(libs.bundles.dpf)