diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1eb80ca1c..19e9a347e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ mkmf.log
 /.idea
 /.rake_tasks~
 vendor/
+*.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/adiwg-mdtranslator.gemspec b/adiwg-mdtranslator.gemspec
index bb2829a78..19ad30744 100644
--- a/adiwg-mdtranslator.gemspec
+++ b/adiwg-mdtranslator.gemspec
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "thor", "~> 0.19"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "uuidtools", "~> 2.1"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "json-schema", "~> 2.7"
-   spec.add_runtime_dependency "adiwg-mdjson_schemas", "~> 2.8"
-   spec.add_runtime_dependency "adiwg-mdcodes", "~> 2.8"
+   spec.add_runtime_dependency "adiwg-mdjson_schemas", "2.8.1"
+   spec.add_runtime_dependency "adiwg-mdcodes", "2.8.4"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "jbuilder", "~> 2.5"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "kramdown", "~> 1.13"
    spec.add_runtime_dependency "coderay", "~> 1.1"
diff --git a/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/writers/iso19115_1/classes/class_dataQuality.rb b/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/writers/iso19115_1/classes/class_dataQuality.rb
index 85024fa68..04f794bcd 100644
--- a/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/writers/iso19115_1/classes/class_dataQuality.rb
+++ b/lib/adiwg/mdtranslator/writers/iso19115_1/classes/class_dataQuality.rb
@@ -17,12 +17,19 @@ def writeXML(hDataQuality)
             reportClass = DataQualityReport.new(@xml, @hResponseObj)
             citationClass = CI_Citation.new(@xml, @hResponseObj)
 
+            codeListValue = nil
+            unless hDataQuality[:scope].empty?
+              unless hDataQuality[:scope][:scopeCode].nil?
+                codeListValue = hDataQuality[:scope][:scopeCode]
+              end
+            end
+
             @xml.tag!('mdq:DQ_DataQuality') do
 
               @xml.tag!('mdq:scope') do
                 @xml.tag!('mcc:MD_Scope') do
                   @xml.tag!('mcc:level') do
-                    @xml.tag!('mcc:MD_ScopeCode', codeList: "http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_ScopeCode", codeListValue: "series")
+                    @xml.tag!('mcc:MD_ScopeCode', codeList: "http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_ScopeCode", codeListValue: codeListValue)
                   end
                 end
               end